Pop group "Wigan's Ovation" sign copies of their hit single "Skiing in the Snow" in Woolworths store on Standishgate in March 1975.
The record got to number 12 in the hit parade and saw them appear on "Top of the Pops". They also got to number 38 with "Per-so-nal-ly" in June and number 41 with "Super Love" in November of 1975. — Pop group "Wigan's Ovation" sign copies of their hit single "Skiing in the Snow" in Woolworths store on Standishgate in March 1975. The record got to number 12 in the hit parade and saw them appear on "Top of the Pops". They also got to number 38 with "Per-so-nal-ly" in June and number 41 with "Super Love" in November of 1975.

placeholder image — Pop group "Wigan's Ovation" sign copies of their hit single "Skiing in the Snow" in Woolworths store on Standishgate in March 1975. The record got to number 12 in the hit parade and saw them appear on "Top of the Pops". They also got to number 38 with "Per-so-nal-ly" in June and number 41 with "Super Love" in November of 1975.

RETRO: Wigan news in 1975

By Michelle Adamson

Published 19th Aug 2023, 15:45 GMT

The latest excavations from our photographic archives take you back to Wigan in 1975, when our photographer Frank Orrell met Scouts, visited schools and took pictures of some familiar faces.

Wigan in 1975

21. 1975

Legendary comic Norman Wisdom gets a lift up from Eileen Owen and Joan Vanes as he frolics with shoppers in Standishgate during an impromptu visit to Wigan town centre in May 1975. Photo: Frank Orrell

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RETRO: Wigan news in 1975

The latest excavations from our photographic archives take you back to Wigan in 1975, when our photographer Frank Orrell met Scouts, visited schools and took pictures of some familiar faces.

21. 1975

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