Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan
Album Contents
Album Contents
Wigan Album
Market Place, Wigan
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PC76 Robert 'Bobby' Harrison
Photo: Carl Culshaw
Photo: Carl Culshaw
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Item #: 5544
Item #: 5544
My Wifes Grandfather on point duty at the top of Wigan in the 1930s
Comment by: Dave Marsh on 19th March 2008 at 15:56
What a great old photo.Anyone remember The Empire Cinema?
Comment by: Mick on 19th March 2008 at 16:49
Later a Bingo Hall. Sadly demolished c.1979
Comment by: Sinex on 19th March 2008 at 19:32
The seven sisters on the window lintels are still there today.
Comment by: Frank Healy on 2nd April 2008 at 14:11
Dave. From what I can remember it was a "pokey" hole with access to the cinema via a flight of stairs. A friend of my parents used to man the entrance; a large rotund chap, not much hair. I think his surname might have been Barton.
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