Warm up the record player! Laura Barton returns to Alan's

Last month, Laura Barton wrote about her favourite and much-missed record store. When Alan's reopened, they asked her along to man the tillMesnes Street in Wigan runs from the heart of town down towards the park. It begins busily, with bakeries and coffee shops and the Tavern Bar, but at the far end slows to a quiet collection of buildings: a Hospice Shop, a fancy dress store, and the spot where Alan's Records used to be. Alan's stopped selling records in 2000, and for two years the shop stood s...

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