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In the Photographs of Wigan, Album – Places – Higher Ince Section, there is a photo of Ince Post Office from 1971 and there as been a lot of debate as to where the Post Office was located, although just about everybody as finally agreed that the Post Office was in Higher Ince.

Higher Ince Post Office 1971

So here is proof of where the Post Office was located.

From a 1969 Map of Wigan, which includes Higher Ince, the map shows the location of Post Offices, the black dot is the location of a Post Office


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Map key


A 1967 Walking Day photo of Manchester Road, with arrow pointing at Post Office


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Present day photo of the bus stop on Manchester Road, which is exactly where the 1971 Post Office was located