Hindley

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Family life

I was 3 years of age when my dad came home from the army (national service). We didn't have a car or much money, so my mum, dad and myself took long walks, Upholland, Dalton, Newburgher, Parbold. When I was tired my dad carried me on his shoulders. We knew all the farms which served tea and cake (still rationing), my dad loved cake and would have lived on it, with a large mug of tea and a woodbine. My mum knew all about flowers, trees, and birds and taught me about them. I too am a keen gardener and encourage birds and butterflies into my garden.
A memory of Wigan contributed by dorothy kelly

Re Comment by John Howard Norfolk on Wigan Clogs

Wigan-made clogs always did have a reputation even way back when - so it's nice to have this confirmation of their quality holding up even to today. I've even discovered that one of my ancestors made his living as a Boot and Clog Repairer having been Apprenticed to a Clogger at a very young age by to-days standards. I unfortunately never did get to own a pair - but oh! how I envied my school friends who did wear them, and could make sparks as they walked along the pavement!!   

I do remember however getting a few demerit marks for my House at school in Essex because of clogs - thanks to a few extra notes I added to ...read more here
A memory of Wigan contributed by Thelma Hurly

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no longer in existence although others that belonged to my gt Uncles do remain intact but in a sorry state compared to the days that I recall.  What I don't remember however is being removed from my pram - outside either Woolworths or Marks & Spencers (can't identify which from any of the photo's I've seen) when I was a few months old, by one of the Mill girls returning home from the Mill. Apparently after many ...read more here
A memory of Wigan contributed by Thelma Hurly

Good Yimes

Lived on Windsor Rd...  Ashton Heath...  68 to 81 when I first got married. Good times in the Eagle and Child .. Hingemakers .. Commercial .. pubs  etc. Are they still there?
Bill Harrison, Canada.
A memory of Ashton-In-Makerfield contributed by bill harrison