Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

Linma, I know. But, thanks for those details about it being Prospect garage etc.
"It was about 1970 when it was demolished to make way for the apartments. I know because I lived at the garage."
Interesting to read that you once lived at the garage. But, sorry to say, you are mistaken with the year. Possibly, the garage you mentioned was demolished around 1970, but was replaced by a more modern garage and not by apartments. The garage that I mentioned was definitely there in the late 1980's, because I bought things from the shop and my dad sometimes got petrol there. Additionally, the garage - which was still called Prospect Garage - was not an old building and could have been built in 1970 as it was a typical design of that period. The garage/petrol station (Prospect Garage) was a similar structure to the one on Wigan Lane, at the top of Walter Scott Avenue. This petrol station was also demolished about twenty-five years ago. Possibly, both petrol stations were owned by the same company.
The garage/petrol station (Prospect Garage) was very close to where we lived. But! I cannot say anything about the area and what it was like in 1970 and the 1950's and 1960's, because I wasn't around then.
By the way, my parents nearly bought the bungalow next door to Prospect Garage for my grandparents to live in.