Rewind 40 years with a random selection of photographs including a few familiar faces, places, sports, events and Hindley Walking Day in 1983.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 8th May 2023, 15:45 BST
RETRO – 1983
9. 1983
Old shops at the top end of Wallgate in March 1983. On the left is the alleyway leading to Flax Mill fabric shop, then Frank Barnes travel agents, OObiDo discount store and Dollond and Aitchison opticians. Photo: Frank Orrell
Future Wigan rugby league legend Shaun Edwards who as a schoolboy at St. John Fisher Catholic High School, Beech Hill, was picked for both the England Schools rugby league team and England Schools rugby union team in March 1983. Photo: Frank Orrell
Every vantage point taken by spectators at a stage of the Lombard RAC Rally which roared through the grounds of Haigh Hall Country Park on Tuesday 22nd of November 1983. Photo: Frank Orrell