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King Street & King Street West, Wigan

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Scanned from an old postcard. 1912.
Scanned from an old postcard. 1912.
Photo: Ron Hunt
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Item #: 1302
King Street, Wigan. Scanned from an old postcard. Postally used 1912.

Comment by: George on 27th December 2010 at 15:43

This photo shows the Shakespere Hotel (formerly The Theatre Royal)And next door the Hippodrome Theatre.The Theatre Royal was converted into a public house when the Hippodrome was built, but the facade was not altered. the stage area was was used to build a dressing room block for the Hippodrome.This remained in place until the area was turned into a car park.

Comment by: Brian Johnson on 4th January 2014 at 16:48

i remember when i was five or six years old all the cages outside the hippodrome with lions tigers and bears outside and i remember a man pulling a bus with his teeth

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