Wigan Album

1950's/60's we must clear the slums (some were not). 2022, we need houses asap!

How it has changed, just a few nights ago we parked our car near the VW dealership on Wallgate and walk along the canal to DW Stadium to watch the match. All the old houses have gone now replaced by retail and industrial buildings. The old Seven Stars pub long gone, in 1964 next door was the Seven Stars school of motoring, I learned to drive with them in a Triumph Herald the registration was *** GJM, funny what you remember isn't it !. The value of these old photos is wonderful. Thank you Tim for posting you have brought back many fond memories with this pic.

I used to pass the Seven Stars daily for a while, on a Ribble bus to Upholland & Ormskirk.
Looks as though plans were made for Wigan many moons ago, have those plans made the town any better ? Slums to souless retail parks

Is that Pottery Road in the foreground?.

Are those buildings shown in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph the Wigan Corporation bus garages, and workshops?.

used to visit the seven stars regularly in the sixties with my mate bob berry because they used to have a juke box in there with the record called turn turn turn by the Byrds,the only place we found who had this record for us to listen to ! imagine somebody making an effort like that today.

Albert, I think you are right about the Bus Depot and Pottery Road, Looks nothing like this now does it ?

Years since I was in that location Wigginlad.

What a truly remarkable photo this is it brings cascades of memories back for me just wish to thank you very much ,and should there any more of Prescott st/Frog lane i would dearly love to see those .

What a great photo. I have never seen any like it before. I lived in the Seven Stars for years when my Mum and Dad Jean and Benny Holleron were land lady and landlord there. Happy memories.

JIM JUST FOR YOU....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4