Here are a number of Wigan picture opportunities from the 1990s. Rugby stars and mayors appear to have been ther preferred guests.
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The Mayor of Wigan Coun Evelyn Smith officially opens the new Barnardo's shop on Standishgate. Pictured at the opening are, from left; Audrey Rogers, Shop Manger Marie Birkett and Fiona Logan Photo: PAUL SIMPSON
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Jason Wilcox, Blackburn Rovers and England soccer star officially opens the new ZAP exclusive boys wear shop in Jaxons Court, Wigan, with owners, Lindsey Banks and Mark Bennett toasting the event in champagne, watched by admiring schoolboy fans Photo: UGC
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Margaret Murdin principal at Wigan College officially opened a new shop on the first floor at the Pagefield building. Students would be given hands-on experience in a retail outlet without having to leave the building. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBARROW
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Wigan RL star Nigel Wright gives the thumbs-up to the new PDSA (People's Dispensray for Sick Animals) shop, on Bradshawgate, Leigh, after he officially opened it. He is pictured with Paula Atherton, shop manager, and Bandaged Barney, alias her husband Mark! Photo: NICK FAIRHURST