Birkett Bank, same viewpoint 50 years later
Photo: Keith

Photo of Dick Barnes, one time Cinema Manager of the Empire in Wigan, sitting on the steps of Bibby's Clarington Haulage Firm whose offices were situated in Darlington Street East, across the way the Crispin Arms has been largely demolished (1955) to make way for the new building (although the pub remained open all the time building work was in progress) and the lorry is parked in Birkett Street. The "up to date" view from a very similar position I took around 2005.