Wigan Album

Art,

My wife (Susan nee Lyon) was at the school around this time but only in the infants, so not in the picture. She would love to know the name of the headmistress. She remembers going to the senior class to see her and remembers being terrified by the cane she kept on her desk.

She will ask her mother who might remember more names. Why is it our mothers remember our childhood friends names when we don't?

If you'll send me your email I'll send whatever info I have. Also, any chance of the original digital scan file for printing to show the Mother in law, the picture WW is a bit low def for printing.

jim.orrell.p1@googlemail.com

Third from left in second row is my mum Myra Gill
now Myra Burns

Apart from the teacher, I knew all the others, but a couple of names have slipped from memory. some of 'em still live in SLG, one of 'em, two doors from me. They'll all be around the 70 year old mark now + or - a year or two

Johnny 5 I remember your mum in the late 50's we used to frequent the same dance halls.I believe her friend then was Ann Worthington(I think I've got the name right)Is Ann on the pic?

Art is that you second row down 3rd from the teacher with the black coat on

Johny5 sorry I DID get the name wrong.Your mums friend was Ann Marsh and the girl with the striped cardigan on the same row as your mum has a possible look of her

Nope Evelyn, I'm not on the pic at all. Correct with the girl with the stripey top, that is Ann Marsh

The seated girls are:
Phyllis Darbyshire, Mary(Fluff)Fisher, Myra Gill, Olwen Edwards, (?)Ellison, Mary Marrow, Jean Smith, Ann Marsh, Maureen Williams & Lillian Hart

hi evelyne , yes anne was my mums freind , she has lived in australia for many years , sadley she is on her own now as her husband passed away ,but her children are out there with her, her daughter is a vet and son is a fighter pilot in RAAF ,mum lives at haigh ,aspull and is plodding on she was 69 last sunday .

Thanks for the info johny we live in such a small world don't we.Hope your mum is well.
Art didn't I do well to recognise Ann after 50+ years.As for Myra she hadn't changed at all.
Thanks to both of you for the memories

I recognise two people.Front row rh side is my cousin Ann darbyshire,and seated on the lh side is another cousin Phyllis Darbyshire.Are there any more in the picture i have missed,would like to hear from them

The teachers name was Miss Pendlebury She lived at Boars Head

5&8 from left second row are Roy Fox and brother Colin Fox

I ATTENDED STANDISH LOWER GROUND SCHOOL IN THE 1940s
THE LADS ON THE BACK ROW THIRD FROM THE LEFT
ERNIE SHEFIELD JHON DUCKER GEORGE ASPEY ARTHUR HILL

I am on the photo - nee Maureen Williams. My first name was Elizabeth and since I married have been known by the above as my husband preferred my first name. The girl by the name of Ellison was called Audrey and was the girl in the front row centre known as Dorothy Rogerson! Also the boy on the back row at the top right was his surname Lunt! There was a boy named Alan Abernethy but I can't place him! I dont seem to recognise any boys apart from Arthur Hill. I remember a tragedy at school when Derek Ellison drowned in the large pond at the back of his house! Its amazing how one can still recognise some of the girls after such a long time!

To Art - as a boy did you live in SLG in Giants Hall Rd and did you have a brother!

Yes I did Maureen, Your Dad was Percy wasn't it? Not so many I see now, I'm still in the village, most are long gone. I see Kath Collins ocasionally around town, plus one or two others
A few deceased now :o(

Ken Stephens, did you live in the row with Bert Seeds shop on the corner?

YES ART I LIVED IN THE LAST HOUSE AT THE OPPOSITE END TO BERT SEEDS SHOP I HAVE A BROTHER DEREK WHO WENT TO S L G SCHOOL

I ART I THINK THE TWO BOYS NEXT TO MR PENDELBURY MAY BE ROY AND ALAN SHARPLES FOURTH LEFT MID ROW JIMMY GRAY WHEN I STARTED S L G SCHOOL THE INFANT TEACHER WAS MRS BLYTON AND THE JUNIOR WAS MRS EMERY

Ken,I'm struggling to picture you & your brother, but if I'm right, your dad was Harold, worked down the pit.
The Sharples brothers wer Roy, (still going) & Joe (deceased)
The lad in the dark zip-up top is Terry Marshall, on his right is Alan Abernethy, then Roy Fox & next to him Billy Gill.

To Art. Good to hear from you - yes - my father's name was Percy, Good to hear Kath Collins name mentioned. She was a friend of mine and I haven't seen her since her first baby was born! Do mention me when you next see her! Haven't been to SLG since the early 1980's. There must have been a lot of changes!

Does anyone know the date/year of the photo!

I ART MY DAD WAS HAROLD HE WORKED AT JOHN PIT I MOVED AWAY FROM S L G AGED ABOUT TEN MY BROTHER HIS FOUR YEARS YOUNGER THEN ME I NOW LIVE IN COPPULL MY MATES AT S L G WHERE GEORGE ASPEY AND BILLY GILL I WAS IN THE SAME CLASS AT SCHOOL HAS ON THE PHOTO

I would guess, as Billy Gill & myself are the same age, it would have been 1952 when the pic was taken.
Elizabeth, do you not live locally now? I don't think you'd recognise the village if you've lived away for any length of time, so much building has gone on..

Thanks for reply re date of photo Art. I left the village in 1963 when I married and haven,t been back since 1981 when my mother died! I must return some day, but I like to remember places as they were. I still keep in touch with Mary Fisher (now Stringfellow - who lives in Standish). She told me about this site!

this is a message for elizabeth turton nee williams. My name is alison and my mum is kathleen maloney nee collins, i know she would very much like to get in touch with you and she was very excited to see your name on wigan world, it wild be fantastic if you could email me back and you both could catch up.

So pleased and excited to hear from you Alison. I would love to be in touch again with Kathleen, your mother, as we have not see each other for so long!!!! I am not sure how the system works re email addresses! I now live in Chester which is not very far away but I am at a loss as to how to send my email address to you!! Sorry for the delay in replying but we have been away from home for a month. Really cant believe that we have managed to find each other after so long! Look forward very much to hearing fromm you. Elizabeth. system

Hi Elizabeth, thank you for your reply. Mum is chuffed your ok and doing well. She wants you to know she s still in contact with Joan Porter who is also well. We need to sort a way of getting in touch properley, if you can get in touch with email you can contact us direct on alisonmaloney@hotmail.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you very soon xxxxx

Hi Arthur,Did you post the original photo of SLG School on Wigan World and do you still remember all the pupils names???. My older sister was a pupil at that time but she is not on the photo. Her name was Enid.

hi trev jones,did you live the house before the coop.

Yes Ronnie I did live in the house next to the Co-op and you and me were best mates in the dim and distant past. I have sent you an email but I don`t know if you have received it or not. My email is attached to this post if you care to use it