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I just loved reading this! I was 15 at the time and remember all the names mentioned, Alfie Bass ect.
Thanks for that, much appreciated.

Interesting but nothing to do with Wigan. So why post it? Or, am I missing something?

The actual cutting came from an edition of the Wigan Evening Post which contained pix of the slipper works in Campbell Street.These I posted sometime last year. I thought that this cutting from the same paper would revive a few memories for us older folks.Sorry if it doesn't meet with "Wiganners" criteria.

Didn't Bill Grundy appear at The Wigan Little Theatre before his T.V career.I would love to see the first programme with Armand Dennis.I remember going to see a lecture he gave in Liverpool around 1964 and the beautiful theme tune 'Morning' used on the Safari programmes.We only had the 2 radio programmes,North and Light (courtesy of Radio Rentals) before we had the tele.

I enjoyed it too , Fred. Thank you for posting it.

Hi Fred,Michaela visited Belle Vue when she was promoting her book 'Leopard in My Lap' and I met Armand when he visited Chester Zoo many years later.

An interesting read Fred, and has validity.
I would far sooner see this than all the 'Auntie Nelly at Butlins' photos which litter this site.

Enjoyed looking at the TV listings, I can remember those programs, thank you for the cutting. It may be national TV but it is still part of Wigan's recent history - we all watched those programs ( if you are old enough ).

It's got everything to do with Wigan if you watch TV.

I was born in 1960 Fred, so I found it interesting to see what my parents would have watched, also you mentioned 'slipper works', was this Lord and Sharman at the top of Little Lane? I worked at the slipper works 77-82

Doctor Kildare, Supercar, Take Your Pick, Rawhide, I was quite a small child at the time but remember them well.

Yes Susan, it was the slipper works, or Ross works to give it's proper name. My uncle Jack Foster was I think, personnel manager there for a while.When my brother and I were little, uncle Jack used to bring shoes for us to wear. We were "guinea pigs" for him. He would take them back after we had nearly destroyed them by playing out in them, so that they could see if any improvements could be made.

When I worked at Slipper works (Ross Works), it had started to decline. I can remember some really nice people, but unfortunately the managers just didn't have the dedication that should have had. I can remember
Marks and Spencer's canceling a very big order, and that was when it became apparent that things were going downhill.