Wigan Album

Campbell's Chemist still exists though it has been run by Boots for a few years. Shop sun blinds are not as common as they used to be.

I love this photo with all the old sun-blinds. I bet there were special offers written in whitewash on the windows too.

End of the 1950s early 60s you could pick these old cars as seen in the photo for as little as 5 pound in the scrap yard we were stupid not not to buy a few but 5 pound was a lot of money in those days.

A typical Late Saturday afternoon on Pem. The shopping all done - and all the fellahs doing the 'day' in the alehouses.

I remember some shops used to have orange cellophane over the windows in sunny weather, usually clothes shops so the merchandise did not fade in the strong light.

As a kid, after much badgering, the shop-keeper would let me with the big pole push up or pull down the window blinds. This was exciting for me as a youngster. Even now on my travels I keep my eye open for shops with blinds and hang around 'til closing time! lol

That's right, Duncan.....I'd forgotten that cellophane; it was the colour of Lucozade, wasn't it?

That's it, usually it was clothes shops where garments were displayed on dummies.

It was that colour, Our Irene. Mellings shoe shop on't Bar had one to stop the sun fading the shoes.

I remember the "cellophane" in Melling's window, Our Joseph, and the Lucozade bottles in Campbell's Chemists would have been covered with crackly yellow cellophane too.

Our Irene, Our Joseph, Our Giovanni.
Luv it!! One big happy Wigan Family!!
Now lets find my other "relatives" in the Brocket toneet!! lol