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Standishgate

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Standishgate, 1980s
Standishgate, 1980s
Photo: Fred Foster
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Item #: 4821
Standishgate, 1980s

Comment by: Helen on 3rd February 2008 at 10:00

Hi Fred, good job people like you take photos of Wigan !
Where Debenhams is, was once Pendleburys department store which was destoyed by fire, they move to a building by the Market Sq I remember.

Comment by: David Devine on 3rd February 2008 at 15:02

Hi Helen.They moved to Rushton's old warehouse.

Comment by: Helen on 3rd February 2008 at 17:19

Up past Debenhams, opposite the corner where the road went round to the Ritz, was the National Westminster Bank. Has anyone got a pic of in its heyday ? I used to go in there as a child with my Mother, it seemed like a black & white marble palace to me.

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