Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan
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Wigan Album
Wallgate
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The Yanks Are Coming c.1945
Photo: RON HUNT
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 10245
Item #: 10245
American servicemen from Burtonwood, marching up Wallgate c.1944-45
Comment by: Catherine on 30th March 2009 at 22:51
I remember my Dad telling me that he didn't get home for his lunch one day during the war when the Americans were travelling through Wigan. My Nanna thought he'd got lost but he simply couldn't cross the road from the old Wesleyan School because of the Americans and their tanks.
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