Plessey Telecommunications staff receive their British Safety Council awards in 1974Plessey Telecommunications staff receive their British Safety Council awards in 1974
Plessey Telecommunications staff receive their British Safety Council awards in 1974

Take a stroll down Wigan's memory lane with these photos from yesteryear

An awards night and a street scene feature in these pictures from our Retro archives.
By Henry Widdas, Communities Content Page Manager
Published 10th Feb 2021, 15:45 BST

Recognise yourself in any of these photos? Let us know if you do!

A driver's view coming up King Street to its junction with Rodney Street with Lennons supermarket on the left in the early 1970s

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A driver's view coming up King Street to its junction with Rodney Street with Lennons supermarket on the left in the early 1970s

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Police were called to move a group of travellers parked on private land whilst visiting Wigan in 1970

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Police were called to move a group of travellers parked on private land whilst visiting Wigan in 1970

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The Flying Scotsman engine on its last journey through Wigan in 1968

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The Flying Scotsman engine on its last journey through Wigan in 1968

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The Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle offices and print works at Brock Mill, Wigan. The presses began rolling on October 4 1965

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The Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle offices and print works at Brock Mill, Wigan. The presses began rolling on October 4 1965

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