RETRO: Wigan pub landlords and landladies in the 1970s and 1980s
Looking back into our vault of thousands of photographs, here are some of Wigan's licensees in pubs around the borough.
By Michelle Adamson
Published 18th Jan 2021, 15:03 GMT
Updated 18th Jan 2021, 15:06 GMT
Do you remember any of these friendly faces?
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Landlord of the Victoria Hotel on Liverpool Road, Platt Bridge, John Lyon, left, takes a picture of regulars Arthur Shuttleworth and Horace Waterworth in January 1972. John was a wedding photographer before becoming a licensee.
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Landlord Jack and Joan Fearnley with dog Whiskey at The Dog and Partridge pub on School Lane, Standish, in December 1971.
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Frank Fielding, landlord of the Old Pear Tree pub on Frog Lane, holding a branch of the old pear tree which locals say stood on the site of the former coaching inn which is reputed to be one of the oldest pubs in Wigan at 200 years old in 1971.
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Arnold Collier, landlord of the Commercial Inn on Heath Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, in October 1971.
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