We here track back 50 years to revisit pubs and clubs in the Wigan borough when our photographer Frank Orrell captured social scenes in the 1970s.
RETRO: 1970s
1. 1972
Landlord of the Victoria Hotel on Liverpool Road, Platt Bridge, John Lyon, takes a picture of regulars Arthur Shuttleworth and Horace Waterworth in January 1972.
John was a wedding photographer before becoming a licensee. Photo: Frank Orrell