Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan
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Central Park
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Central Park backgrounds 1928
Photo: Keith
Photo: Keith
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Item #: 16231
Item #: 16231
Another shot of the same Rugby League Cup final of 1928 at Central Park. In the background a factory whose name I don't have, when I went to watch Wigan, in the late 1940's and early 1950's it was the space used by Calderbanks scrap yard.
Comment by: Betty on 27th October 2010 at 23:37
on a 1928 map of wigan,the mill could be the water heyes cotton mill.
Comment by: Keith on 28th October 2010 at 14:57
Thank you Betty but I think Water Heyes was a little further along. Just by pure chance I've come across a photo which identifies it as Ranson's Mill. I'll put this photo onto the site.
i think it was an old jam works because my grandmother told me she worked near central park inthe early thirties and it was a jam works
Comment by: Keith on 5th November 2010 at 14:27
Apologies Betty, according to the 1907 Wigan map, the building is Water Heyes Cotton Mill
Comment by: Robin Webster on 16th November 2010 at 17:03
Was the Jam Factory Deakin's Jam? If yes it was my grandmother's family
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