Plenty of memories are sure to be stirred up by this collection.
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18. A civic send-off in the Mayor's parlour for Wigan scouts planning a trip to Japan in 1971
.Photo: STAFF
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Plenty of memories are sure to be stirred up by this collection.
.Photo: STAFF
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