Wigan Album

So the shop with a fancy, ornamental top, that appears to be on a corner and seems to have three sunblinds on it, is what is now Subway, and if you turned left there you would be in Mesnes Street? Therefore the shops further on than that, leading out of the photo, are the ones now opposite Primark?

Correct on both questions, Irene.
By the way. Great photo, Mick.

Correct, Irene. The building with the ornate pediment is Cowling Buildings, on the corner of Mesnes St and Standishgate.

The Tram is heading up Standishgate toward Market Place,
despite it showing "Standish" on the indicator. The driver
and/or the conductor maybe forgot to change the indicator
blind to "Wigan" when they arrived at the Standish terminus.
Or perhaps they changed at the last tramstop,in readiness
for their next journey to Standish.

Before it was Subway it was Rumbelows and before that it was Nimans jewellers and fancy goods. My wife Edna worked there before we were married.

Thanks, Fred. I remember Rumbelow's well.

Before Rumbelows it was Bulloughs. Sold records downstairs and had listening booths. Presume the jewellers was before this.

There’s an outside possibility that the incorrect destination as it appears on the tram could be down to my maternal great grandfather, James Gorrie who was a Wigan tram driver for many years before WW1.

Fred,it's possible that your future wife served me when I bought a present for my future wife from Niman's. Are you the Fred I know from the Grammar School? If so, see you at the next re-union Dinner.