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Wigan got its first
omnibus on Saturday 7th June 1919. It ran from Pemberton station into
town.
This picture is a Massey Bros built Thorneycroft Bus. Photo was taken in 1924
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| Wigan Parish Church 1832 |  |
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WESTWOOD POWER STATION This is how it looked during construction in 1950
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| WESTWOOD POWER STATION
These cooling towers were 314ft high and could be seen all over Wigan |
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WESTWOOD POWER STATION The Power Station was demolished in 1989 |
| In the late 1890s the popular form of transport was the tramcar. This double decker belonged to Wigan Corporation. Its seen here stopped outside the Abbey Lakes Pleasure Grounds. |  |
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Members of St Thomas Mothers Union, Caroline St, Wigan. Sailing on Leeds Liverpool canal 1936. Day out to Parbold on horse drawn barge |