Do you remember any of these shops and businesses from in and around Wigan? Our photographer Frank Orrell took these fantastic photographs of familiar shops in the 1960s to 1980s, including Bulldog Tools, Clarington Forge and Tickles on the Wiend, classed as leather and grindery merchants but sold just about anything.
Take a look back at the Wigan neighbourhood that has changed out of all recognition
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On the buses Wigan-style: Fond memories of the great old Corpy buses and the characters you found on them
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NOSTALGIA: The Verve play Wigan s Haigh Hall
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RETRO: Wigan secondary schools in 1971
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