RETRO: Wiganers at work
By Michelle Adamson
Published 17th Jul 2022, 04:55 BST
Here’s a selection of photographs from our archives of people at work, market traders and shop sellers from the 1960s to 1980s.
9. 1968
Staff in the new cafe at Lowe's store on Market Street after the official opening in March 1968. Photo: Frank Orrell
10. 1967
The queue for a job at Dave Whelan's Discount Store on Hope Street, Wigan, in 1967. Photo: Frank Orrell
11. 1969
Wigan artist James Lawrence Isherwood with his painting of mum Lily in April 1969.
Photo: Frank Orrell
12. 1966
Stacking the shelves at the new Shevington Co-op supermarket in 1966. Photo: Frank Orrell