Fire Service mascot Welephant with Jennifer Raw a pupil at St. Peter's Primary School, Bryn, who won a fire safety slogan competition run by GMC Fire Service in February 1989.Fire Service mascot Welephant with Jennifer Raw a pupil at St. Peter's Primary School, Bryn, who won a fire safety slogan competition run by GMC Fire Service in February 1989.
Fire Service mascot Welephant with Jennifer Raw a pupil at St. Peter's Primary School, Bryn, who won a fire safety slogan competition run by GMC Fire Service in February 1989.

RETRO: Wigan news and events in 1989

A glance back at 1989 to Wigan news and events, including the demolition of the Westwood Power Station cooling towers.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 30th May 2023, 04:55 BST
Updated 30th May 2023, 10:23 BST

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A glass of warming punch for guests arriving for a Victorian evening organised by Wigan Leisure Department at Haigh Hall on Tuesday 19th of December 1989.

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A glass of warming punch for guests arriving for a Victorian evening organised by Wigan Leisure Department at Haigh Hall on Tuesday 19th of December 1989. Photo: Frank Orrell

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The Tour of Britain Milk Race passes Rogersons bike shop at Orrell Post on a stage of the top cycling event on Sunday 3rd of June 1989.

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The Tour of Britain Milk Race passes Rogersons bike shop at Orrell Post on a stage of the top cycling event on Sunday 3rd of June 1989. Photo: Frank Orrell

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A lone angler is undisturbed as across the canal Westwood Power Station is demolished on Thursday 7th of September 1989 following the cooling towers demolition on January 15th of that year.

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A lone angler is undisturbed as across the canal Westwood Power Station is demolished on Thursday 7th of September 1989 following the cooling towers demolition on January 15th of that year. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Lesley Anne Booth, from Ashton, whose dad won the Hospice Draw for the honour of pressing the plunger which blasted one of the huge concrete edifices, the cooling towers at Westwood Power Station, into smithereens.

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Lesley Anne Booth, from Ashton, whose dad won the Hospice Draw for the honour of pressing the plunger which blasted one of the huge concrete edifices, the cooling towers at Westwood Power Station, into smithereens. Photo: Frank Orrell

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