Here is a small selection of happenings pictured there between the 1960s and the 1980s after which most of it was demolished to make way for the new Wigan bus station.
5. 1966
The Queens Hall Methodist Mission and the derelict W.H.S. Taylor food depot on Market Street, Wigan, in 1966. Other shops in the row are Elizabeth Wilding Cameras, C. Kershaw Opthalmic Opticians, JDR Cameras, Schofields shoe shop, Singer sewing machine shop and Coombes shoe repairs. Photo: Frank Orrell
6. 1963
Celebrated oboist, Lady Barbirolli, practising at the Queen's Hall, Wigan, in 1963. She was the wife of Sir John Barbirolli who revived the Halle Orchestra. She died on January 25th, 2008, aged 97. Photo: STAFF
7. 1982
All the pomp and circumstance enthusiastically conveyed by younger members of the audience at a Proms concert with the Cecillian choir and orchestra at the Queens Hall, Wigan, on Saturday 18th of September 1982. Photo: Frank Orrell
8. 1979
RETRO 1979 - A European Fair was held at Wigan's Queens Hall in Market Street in 1979 Photo: staff