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Standishgate

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Little London just off Standishgate c1890
Little London just off Standishgate c1890
Photo: charnock
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Item #: 14355
Slum area. Very poor.

Comment by: Joan Beckett(Wilding) on 6th April 2010 at 12:01

Oh my lord it's hard to imagine people living like that xx a great pic

Comment by: Rhonda on 22nd January 2017 at 21:49

doescanyone know when this was demolished

Comment by: Keith on 6th February 2018 at 21:14

Judging by maps over time it was probably in the late 1890's but the name remained (not sure how many of the houses) and I remember in the early 1960's using it as a "short cut" to Central Park on my way to watch Wigan play.

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