Wigan Album

looks like the original Hand and Banner pub in the background .I use to carry a jug with a pint of mild and a kings ale in it back home to my Dad every Sunday, i was only ten or eleven

the little girl on the end left is susan not sure of her surname but she works in chemist in market st,next on front row is brenda barnett, next to her is joan davies and think one next to end right is marlene meadows

the little girlon the left is susan hemsworth she lived on chaple green

jane deakin second from right back row

the lady in the white hat in the middle at the back is may hewitt she was my godmother

i think the little girl on the front row third from right is eileen pilkinton she lived down george street

ino susan she used to work in woolworth where my mum worked my name was walker . i was speaking to susan a few weeks ago .i cant think of her last name .she still lives in hindley

christine nee walker did you live in hereford road did you know marion lindsey

yes i did live in hereford rd .cant remember marion lindsey did you go to all saints then argyle .mum worked in woolworth .nice to hear from you .i live in wigan now .hope to hear from you

hi christine i did go to all saints and argyle did you know malcolm blakeley from hereford road

hi not sure .i lived a no 30 hereford rd .do you remember kathleen heaton she lived round the corner .and dorothy fillingham .i see dorothy some times when i go to hindley there is nothing there now mum and dad have gone .i go to coffee mornings at st johns .where are you living now .love christine xx

christine he lived at 18 he had a brother graham they lived across from dorothy i used to work with her at cohen and wilks down park road i went to her wedding does she still live on sandy lane ?i live in westhoughton now

christine who were you friendly with at school

hi .dorothy still lives in sandy lane i was friends with kathleen moureen smith and jean murphy .moureen isnt very well .it will probably come to me who he is .susan rang me to thank me about her photo .i gave a message to my mums friend .and she past it on .she saw it in the libary. she hasnt a computer i live in wigan now . love christine xx

hi christine don't mind me asking how old are you there was a june murphy in the same class as was at argyle

hi i am 63 i think i remember june murphy .do you remember moureen seddon .christine bailey .we had a reunion in 1996 for pauline cordanley .she lived on casle hill her mum was a hair dresser .it is so nice to keep in touch .were did you live in hindley. christine xx

maureen seddon rings a bell was she in all saints morris dancers i lived in gloucester cres i am 63 in nov

hi i dont think so .she was very shy .christine xx

christine it's just come to me who maureen is did she live up ladies lane she now lives in westhoughton i have seen her a few times i thing her dad was a barber and the maureen i was thinking about was called moore i think

thats right she was shy .her dad was a barber .i havent seen her for a long time .do you remember brenda foster .and the twins.girls .cant think of there names .christine xx

hi christine i do remember brenda foster did the twins live near layland park ?

hi jane .i think so .i never got on with them .where did you said you live now .we are having a coffee morning on friday at st johns would you like to come .christine xx

hi christine i live in westhoughton now thanks for the invite but i look after my grandaughter wed till fri
jane xx

hi dont know if you remember moureen smith i went to our coffee morning on friday someone at school with me told me she died a few week ago .if you see moureen seddon will you you tell her .christine x

christine did maureen smith live in gloucester cre at the top of scott ave sorry only just replied not been on for a while

yes she did she wsa a nice girl at school we had a reunion in 1996 it was moureen who got us all together it so sad when you know them and been to school with them she is in castle hill cemetry .i dont no if she was cremated .there was a new one where mum and dad are they were cremated i didnt look love christine xx

christine did maureen have a sister? i remember i used to go to maureen's but i can't remember her face so would she have been 64 xxx

hi yes she did have a sister. i think she was 64 i cant think what her sister was called .i use to call for her going to school .with kathleen heaton .she played more at school with jean murphy christine x

christine were did kathleen heaton live was she in your class there was a kathleen heaton in the same class i was in she will be 63 she lived down park road do you remember sylvia finch and sylvia roper they both lived in gloucester crescent

kathleen lived round the corner from me in hereford rd. she is a year older than me i do remember sylvia finch and sylvia roper .i was asking some one at coffee morning at church to find out were moureen is in the cemetery iwill let you know if a find out christine xx

christine do you remember maureen crossland she lived near the top of bridgewater st she would be 63 someone told me she was dead

i think i do she was a year younger than me.. when i was little i lived in bride croft st then we moved to hereford rd in 1952

hi there is a photo of all saints hindley with mr pennington on .christine

christine were do i find the picture with mr penington

click on all saints it will come up as the one in wigan .go on page 2 go to the bottom and you will find it .good luck .it took me back .i have left a comment i can only remember on teacher .mr dowling .christine xx

christine teachers at all saint's miss carney mrs makinson
mrs alker mrs frew miss sidley miss parker her hair was like a bird's nest and mrs critchley her husband had a decorators shop near were the old legion was do you remember
any of these

just three of them miss sidley .mrs frew. mrs chritchely .i remember miss turton .i think that was her name .christine x

christine i think miss turton was the art teacher at argyle
jane xx

yes you are right. the one i was thinking about use to throw the chalk duster at you she was in the juniors at all saints christine x

christine i think mrs alker used to throw the duster

hi been looking at a photo of argyle in the 60s two of the names are wrong kathleen heaton and june murphy june was in my class we were taken with our class before we left i hope i am right it is nothing like kathleen our june ,christine xx

sorry jane i didnt know you had put the photo on .christine

hi again it was jean murpy not june i went to school with christine xx

the little girl third from right on the front row i think is christine speakman the taller girl next to her could be brenda thornley

hi i think i remember christine speakman not so sure about the other girl .christine x

hi christine brenda thornley lived in blantyre st xx

hi still cant place her where was blantyre st in hindley christine x

christine do you remember were morgan's shop was on chaple green ? blantyre st was opposite

hi yes i do do you remember betty batersby .i was talking to her on friday in hindley i was talking to somebody else she turned round and said .christine walker .that took me back she said i havent changed ha she still lives in hindley deans gate just round the corner from st johns .christine xx

did betty have a brother called peter
xx

hi not sure christine xx

hi jane do you remember mr horrocks i saw him in wigan the other day i ask him did he teach at argyle school i wasnt sure if it was him but as soon has he said yes i know it was him he hasnt changed. older as we all are he lives in standish .he left argyle in 1964 christine x

christine wasn't mr horrocks t5he one who looked like frankie howard

so glad you have replied. yes he did he hasnt changed ,older. i knew it was him when i saw him it took me right back to when he us to teach us .i think he smoked a pipe love christine hope to hear from you xxx

christine my friend christine speakman alway's had a crush on him i remember she once bought him a tie

hi i remember christine .tell her from me he hasnt changed older .where is she living now .we will have to meet up some time .to talk about the old days love christine xx

hi christine i am still in touch with christine she now live's in ashton i will mention you to her xx

to jane glover hi its maureen glover nee crossland just to let you know iam alive and kicking but nice to know you still remember me.