Hindley crown green bowlers line up with their haul of trophies at the annual presentation evening in 1973

A Wigan car fanatic covered his Vauxhall in velvet instead of an expensive respray in 1973

A school crossing patrol in Wigan 1973

Determined protestors pictured with their placards staging a road block on Laburnum Avenue, Ince, to demand a reduction of traffic through their housing estate in 1973