Wigan Album

Shouldn't have fancied being the last in the queue. I wonder how they stopped the outlet,from getting blocked?. No teabags then, unless it was hot water poured onto the tea leaves, in the cups.

I've looked for my mam - can't see her I know she worked here in the 40s. It looks very hygienic with the serving ladies in their white overalls and turbans.

My Aunty Mary worked here and told me the girls used to set each other's hair with sugar and water.

Billy Cans at the ready how times have changed.

Irene,I remember my Auntie Margaret, my Mother's youngest sister,used to set her hair with sugar and water. This would have been during the second World war,probably about 1943/44.she was unmarried at the time and still living at home.She was probably home from being in the Land Army!Isn't it curious how a random remark triggers memories like this?

It certainly is, Ellen. I love to share memories, or relatives' memories, with others on here. I think they would have been pleased.

Veronica. I also looked for me mam. She was at Eckersleys from mid forties to early fifties. If there's a brew going she's normally at front of a queue. Not this time though.