HERITAGE: historic pictures from Wigan's great cotton mills
By Charles Graham
Published 29th Aug 2023, 15:45 BST
Along with coal, cotton was the lifeblood of Wigan for generations, employing tens of thousands of people (mainly women) right up to the 1970s. We take a look here at some vintage pictures stretching back many decades and mainly featuring those working at Trencherfield and Eckersley’s Mills.