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Woodcock Street, Wigan

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OUTDOOR MARKET 3
OUTDOOR MARKET 3
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 28276
Thanks to Trevor Smith( Smith's Book Shop) for the photograph.

Comment by: Linda Massa on 26th August 2016 at 06:56

It was on one of those stalls there that Dave Whelan started off by selling hairspray, soap etc.

Comment by: WN1 Standisher on 26th August 2016 at 12:48

Vauxhall Chevette in the forground, Hillman Avenger to the right. You could hear them rusting in front of your eyes !!

Comment by: Colin Harlow on 28th August 2016 at 07:45

I agree with the rust part, WN1 Standisher, but the car on the left is a Vauxhall Cavalier and the other a Morris Marina Coupe.

Comment by: SteveT on 28th August 2016 at 11:52

Definitely a Marina Coupe, Colin. We got one in the mid 70s after a couple of minis, and the offside filler cap always confused my missus, afer the nearside ones on Minis.
The Avenger filler cap was on the back pael, between the boot and the bumper.

Comment by: Alan lad on 28th August 2016 at 20:38

Was it Whelan and Taylor Linda?

Comment by: Linda Massa on 30th August 2016 at 08:16

I think it was Alan. Don't know what happened to Taylor it was just Whelans when he converted the Church to his supermarket.

Comment by: SteveT on 30th August 2016 at 21:31

Colin Taylor was Dave Whelan's brother in law. Sadly he died a few weeks ago.
Whelan's was in Ormerod's Buildings, not the church. The chhurch (Congregational) was demolished over forty years ago in about 1974.

Comment by: Garry on 31st August 2016 at 09:24

Didn't British Leyland have some awful colours for their vehicles. I remember a brownie/green colour in the 1970s on a Austin Allegro, awful car and awful colour. It was voted Britons worst car.

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