Wigan Album

What a cracking photo Ron-you've not changed.

Yep that's some Babe magnet Ron.

Did you let her have a go on your train Ron?

Which street would that be?

Them doorsteps were well 'whitewashed'.

Nicola it's SPRING ST. off Darlington Street. Taken about 1950

I dont think "white washed" was the terminology, it was probably "donkey stoned"

It looks like your girlfriends dad is running down the street to rescue her from your clutches Ron

Ther'es a man coming to bring you tea and biscuits.

Lovely photo Ron, when children were children and played outside in a car free street.

Hi folks, Thanks for your comments. Yes a time when girls and boys could play out in the street, all day. I peddled that train some miles up and down the street, even with the dodgy front wheels. I'd love to find out who the girl is, and if she still lives in Wigan? She really was a good looking little girl.

Those kind of toys were quite commonplace, I had one very similar, only a lorry not a train. It was dark red with a hole in the floor for your feet to go through so you could push yourself along - no pedals!

This train had 'pedals'if I remember they were two medal bars, you pushed forward which were connected to the front wheels.

You must have had the Deluxe version Ron! Mine was made of wood, my playmate had a metal pedal car with a proper chrome radiator grille, like a Wolseley. Pale blue it was.

How cute! Bet you got all the girls with that!!

My great Grandfather lived at 111 Spring Street. Peter Burgess, d. 1951. Any information available?