Looking back to when our photographer Frank Orrell visited primary schools in the Wigan borough for school features in 1971, including Woodfield, Bickershaw, St Thomas and Pemberton.
WIGAN – 1971
1. 1971
Pupils at St. Thomas's Junior School, Caroline Street, Wigan, in January 1971 learning about the new currency just prior to decimalisation with help from headmaster, Douglas Hedley, left, and former teacher Tom Ashcroft. Photo: Frank Orrell