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Wigan Pier Fun Day (Early 1980s)
Wigan Pier Fun Day (Early 1980s)
Photo: Lawrence Thorpe
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Item #: 19077
A photo taken from pottery road overbridge of the leeds & liverpool canal looking towards seven stars.

This was one of the trial fun days in the early 1980s at wigan pier before it became a tourist attraction

Comment by: Rev David Long on 3rd December 2011 at 07:56

In the summer of 1983 the Inland Waterways Association held its annual National Rally at Wigan. 50,000 visitors, and 428 boats, attended over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Your photos are probably of this event.

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