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A view down Greenough Street with rubble from the demolition of the old Scholes streets in March 1973.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: GREENOUGH STREET.JPGStore Filename: 35944971.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: GREENOUGH STREET...

Private John Green s coffin is carried out of Atherton Parish Church by comrades from the Queen s Lancashire Regiment.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: GREEN SOLDIER FUNERAL 3AB.JPGStore Filename: 35944970.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank...

Crowds gathered to watch Private John Green s coffin carried into Atherton Parish Church.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: GREEN SOLDIER FUNERAL 2AB.JPGStore Filename: 35944969.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: GREEN SOLDIER FUNERAL...

Neighbours gather to watch the coffin of soldier Pte. John Green carried on a gun carriage from his home in Devonshire Road, Atherton, to Atherton Parish Church for the funeral service. Private Green was the victim of an IRA sniper whilst guarding a...

The George and Dragon pub on the corner of Perch Street, Whelley, in 1975. Jimmy Henry s bookies is next door and between Perch Street and Bedford Street was a bowling green belonging to the pub which was used for panel bowling matches which attracted...

Browsing the stalls at a flea market in the Queen s Hall, Wigan, on Saturday 24th of May 1975.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: FLEA MARKET 3A.JPGStore Filename: 35944963.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: FLEA MARKET 3A.JPG FLEA...

DJ Emperor Rosko with fans at Wigan Casino where he was broadcasting his Radio One Club show on Monday 19th of November 1973. Front are Denise Orrell and Karen Cooper and back, Jane Hilton, Jackie O Donnell and Bernadette Harrington.Upload Date: 08 Feb...

A game of leapfrog for lads in Duke Street, Swinley, in January 1975.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: DUKE STREET SWINLEY.JPGStore Filename: 35944956.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: DUKE STREET SWINLEY.JPG LPL-180802-144528016...

Duke Street, Goose Green, resident Emma Hitchen in February 1975.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 3A.JPGStore Filename: 35944953.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 3A.JPG DUKE STREET...

Duke Street, Goose Green, in February 1975.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 2A.JPGStore Filename: 35944952.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 2A.JPG DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 2A.JPG...

Duke Street, Goose Green, in February 1975.Upload Date: 08 Feb 2018Original Filename: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 1A.JPGStore Filename: 35944951.jpgByline: Frank Orrell Frank OrrellKeywords: DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 1A.JPG DUKE STREET GOOSE GREEN 1A.JPG...

Darlington Street with Kaye s Surplus Stores and Norcliffe s Corsets prominent in July 1973. Norcliffe s shop at Number 22 was a tripe shop in the 1930s and where George Orwell stayed whilst researching for his book The Road to Wigan Pier .Upload Date:...