Home RETRO: Wiganers at work By Michelle Adamson
Published 17th Jul 2022, 04:55 BST
Here’s a selection of photographs from our archives of people at work, market traders and shop sellers from the 1960s to 1980s.
1. 1966 Brian Shacklady's fish shop at the old Wigan market in 1966. Photo: Frank Orrell
2. 1969 Butcher Fred Barton at work in his Wigan shop in 1969. Photo: Frank Orrell
3. 1967 Eckersleys Mill, Swan Meadow Road, Wigan, still in full production in 1967. The cotton mill finally closed down in the early 1970s. Photo: Frank Orrell
4. 1967 Nurses at work in the newly opened intensive care unit at Wigan Infirmary in May 1967. Photo: Frank Orrell