Wigan Album
Taylor Brothers Carpet Factory
16 CommentsPhoto: fra
Item #: 21512
thanks for turning photo round.they was taken over by bond worth of kidderminster and then merged with rivington carpets of blackrod what year not sure.
It became thomas taylor bros. carpets cc 1955,taking over from thomas taylors cotton mills ( victory mill)I started there in 1960,later to become Riving Carpets not sure about date,I was tranfered to Preston after the fire,I came back in 1968 I can`t remember if it was Bond Worth after that date.
tom faz did you live down the potteries iremember a lad named tom fazackerley
pat yes that was me born and bred in pottery road next to wigan pier
Tom whats your e-mail address, would like to know how Brenda is? Elsie & Brian ebhitchen@hotmail.com
front row.alan whalley.a.n.other.ray fletcher.frank boon.george gaskell.bill parker.
secon row.arthur lewrance.tommy frodsham.frank dallimore.a.n.other.john banks.brian pendleberry.jack jones.jerry goodie.
back row.mr,unsworth.georg boon.alan nutthall.brian hitchin.tommy fazackerly.denis.eddie baybutt
brian my email is tfazackerley@yahoo.com
Is the lad between Frank Dalimore and John Banks, Roy Sherrington? may have is first name wrong
I think your right brian,its a name that just escaped me.perhaps one of the gays on the photo will remember.the gay the on back row secend from end from the right is denis reed.
It is George Boon between me and franky is the pub the Seven Stars Thomas Frodshams stag do.
john,if that is george boon who is the gay second from the left back row.?
John I don't even think that George Boon is on this photo, the lad between you and Frank Dalimore is Roy Sherrington? Oh and Tommy gay don't you mean guy ha ha ha.
Brian you are right it is Roy Sherrington dont know who is that guy second from left.
sorry about the mispelling of guy,we did`t have gays them days or did we,or if we did was it was behinds closed door.
Yes there where one them days Billy Davies who used to work in the Ritz serving ice cream and used to bye is make up at Woolys
The one to the left of Alan Nutall is me Ray Green i used to work with George Penman then i went on night shift when the night shift finished a lot of us went up to Rivington Carpets at Blackrod the guy on the front row to the left of Ray Fletcher is Jimmy Ward he went to Blackrod with us.