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great photo roy best motorbike shop remember mick miller well he was a great guy to deal with bought 3 bikes from there did you used to work in shop on swan meadow road as well as millers anymore photos from that time

yeah great times i have some more pics of millers,trying to find them to put on here...did you mean newsagents on swan meadow if so yes i did...

yes roy newsagents opposite honeysuckle,i had a chat with you a good few years ago about millers you said you would bring photos in for me to look at but shop was sold shortly after and i never saw you there again.do you know what happened to mick miller last time i spoke to him he had a shop on st pauls ave not seen him since.

i believe mick moved out of wigan after shop in st paul,s but now back in wigan...what was the 3 bikes you had from millers !!

Can you please tell me were exactly this shop was

a yamaha 125 cc twin,honda cb250k4,suzuki gp100,now got zzr600.are you still into bikes???

yes joan this shop was situated opposite wigan fire station .exactly were scs is now on the big roundabout at newtown..

stephen i remember all the bikes from that time not into motorbikes anymore my best 3 bikes were cb400four,gt185,gs400 bought new in 1978...

I only went in Millers once for a 4 inch piece of petrol pipe they wanted 3 quid for it in 1972 needless to say I never went back there.

sounds like a obvious price error i remember petrol TAPS being 3 quid in 1977 and that was with 4 inch of pipe!..i must have sold hundreds over a ten year period.....

I bought a bike from Millers, but the one on Manchester Road Ince, a 250cc Royal Enfield, that would be in the mid to late 50s, I had it exactly 3 days, came off it and broke my leg, 6 months off work, never been on one since.

roy would love to see more pics thanxs

i remember the two white kids suzuki's in the showroom spent lots of time sat on them dreaming in the 80's great times. then i went home and watched swap shop . i think they were about £350 .

I got my Yamaha fs1e (yammy ped) from there in 1976 Remember the reg now, OTB 367R, Also got done for speeding on it Ha Ha. great days.

hi john think i remember you i was working there in 76 and prob got your bike ready i had a ss50 at the time but the FS1E was the best moped...

I know you Roy, i lived on Lambton Street, No3 until about 1965, my Nan had Bradshaws off licence. Didn't you have an RD250?

john i had a suzuki gt185 in gold, my mate dennis had a rd250 i remember the off license was it were kellys used to be!!

Happy days indeed.
I bought my Suzuki AP50 in 1977 (SEK 456R).
Then in 1979 a new Suzuki GT380B (DED117T).
From the age of 13 me and my mate spent every Saturday at Millers dreaming of the day we could ride a bike away.
And yes i still ride a motorcycle every day !

Hi Roy. I bought my first bike here in 1971, a new gold Honda CB250 (£325). 6 months later I bought my first new superbike here, a gold Honda CB750 sohc (£713 on the road! Some time after this I bought a used blue Suzuki GT750 (kettle). Eventually I graduated to big BMWs and I was a biker for 25 years, till I finally got married! I often went in this shop just for a mooch about and a chat. Les Gregory worked here then, a fine mechanic. I remember Peter Naylor too. Nice to see these photos Roy, thanks for posting them.

What happend to trev.

Hi Roy, I well remember this shop as worked round the corner at sarah lynns bakery, spent many a happy hour in the shop oggling the bikes and bought my first new bike there in 74 a dt175 yamaha in gold dust a great looking bike but plagued with problems always in the workshop!
there was a nice mechanic there called les always happy to help.. if only we could turn the clock back as happy times for sure...
I used to know a girl at school carol aspey at hindley secondary any relation to you roy?

Hi I liked millers. And Tom Halls rotordean and rodersons was a good shop back then. I bought three bikes from there myself but I liked Dough hackings Bolton first bike I bought from millers was a DT175mx 1979. RD250 loved how the bikes look through the windows all lit up at night. Great days. I’ve still got a DT. It’s like going back in time.