Wigan Album
Parish Church, Wigan
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Photo: Andrew Fishburn
Item #: 15969
People would give there high teeth for flooring like that these days beautiful xxx
Fantastic flooring, I vaguely remember those from the 60's, only vaguely on a trip from school.
OMG, Can someone please tell me if this is the way it would probably have looked inside when my grandmother Daisy Wood married Fred Lewis at Wigan Parish Church c.1907?? What beautiful Minton tiles! I can almost picture them passing over these on their wedding day.. and are the stained glass windows original?
The tiles were placed at the time of the rebuild of the church c1866. Back in 1907, the stone wasn't painted, just the plaster was whitewashed. The architect suggested that the stonework be painted I think in the 1960's to resemble the look of a medieval church. Unfortunately the idiotic idea was adopted and now the painted stonework just looks filthy.
Sheryl - I have checked this morning and all of the stained glass would have been in the church during the wedding in 1907. Best wishes, Andrew.