RETRO: Wigan schools in 1972

By Michelle Adamson

Published 9th Oct 2023, 04:55 BST

A gallery of pictures featuring primary schools in the Wigan borough in 1972.

RETRO – 1972

Pupils with their papier mache piggy banks are Stephen Thompson, Ian Lorimer, Lee Cumming and Robin Groves at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972.

1. 1972

Pupils with their papier mache piggy banks are Stephen Thompson, Ian Lorimer, Lee Cumming and Robin Groves at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972. Photo: Frank Orrell

Young Zoologists Jane Elliot, Hilary Wright, Robert Pickles and Paul Martin with guinea pigs, Butch and Nibble at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972.

2. 1972

Young Zoologists Jane Elliot, Hilary Wright, Robert Pickles and Paul Martin with guinea pigs, Butch and Nibble at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972. Photo: Frank Orrell

A needlework class at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972.

3. 1972

A needlework class at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972. Photo: Frank Orrell

Boys of Class 1R with their papier mache boats at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972.

4. 1972

Boys of Class 1R with their papier mache boats at St. James Road County Primary School, Orrell, on Tuesday 8th of February 1972. Photo: Frank Orrell