Retro - buildings and scenes
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The Bowling Green pub on Wigan Lane with gentlemen's hair cutting and shaving saloon attached at the turn of the 20th century. Photo: Frank Orrell
2. RETRO
Castle Hill, Hindley, in 1926. Photo: Frank Orrell
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The Cherry Garden Hotel on Wigan Lane with the name of James Norris over the door around the turn of the 20th century. Photo: Frank Orrell
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The Brown and Haigh clothing factory at the end of Wood Street, Wigan, in the 1960s.
Billy Davies, Wigan's well known gay man, who worked as an attendant at the Ritz cinema for many years, lived in the street and used to berate the workers for walking over his newly mopped front. Photo: Frank Orrell