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F Malley shoe shop
F Malley shoe shop
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 30392
F Malley's shoe shop. Can anyone identify its exact location?

Comment by: Maureen on 4th April 2018 at 13:04

Ron,it was nearly at the top of Miry Lane,more or less facing where 'Pound Stretchers'is now...one of our teachers at St Josephs was married to Mr Malleys son..she was known as Miss McCarthy.

Comment by: Keith Beckett on 4th April 2018 at 14:06

Ron. The address was 174 Wallgate.

Comment by: Irene on 4th April 2018 at 14:57

Fascinating photo. Love it!

Comment by: Valerie Cooper (nee Walls) on 4th April 2018 at 15:14

Oh, I remember that shop, I can see the inside now and smell it, lovely smell of leather etc, Thanks Ron for the memory.

Comment by: Maureen on 4th April 2018 at 15:40

Keith,I've been trying to find out whereabouts no. 85 Packet House was, have you any idea..it would put me and someone else out of our misery..of course it was in Wallgate..thank you.

Comment by: Elizabeth on 4th April 2018 at 16:33

as soon as I saw this photo, I thought 'Maureen will know!'Fab pic.

Comment by: Keith Beckett on 4th April 2018 at 17:18

Maureen

The corner of Wallgate and Alker Street.
M A Peters saw mill was on the land at the back of the pub.

Comment by: winnie on 4th April 2018 at 17:53

1911

Name: Francis Malley
Age in 1911: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Wigan
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County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 161 Park Road Wigan
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Boot Reporter Assisting
Registration district: Wigan
Registration District Number: 458
Sub-registration district: Wigan

Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Malley 53
Ann Malley 54
Ellen Malley 25
Francis Malley 18
Mary Agnes Malley 14
Thomas Malley 12
Beatice Cecilia Malley 9

Comment by: winnie on 4th April 2018 at 17:58

1939
Malley Household (7 People)
174 Wallgate , Wigan C.B., Lancashire, England

Francis Malley 29 Jul 1892 Male Boot Shoe & Clog Maker Repair Married
Norah A Malley 20 Dec 1902 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Thomas Malley 06 Oct 1917 Male Boot & Clog Repairer (Manager Single
Mary A A Wilkinson (Malley) 22 Sep 1919 Female Hairdresser Single
Francis Malley 24 Feb 1926 Male At School Single

Comment by: Maureen on 4th April 2018 at 18:23

Again..thank you Keith,you're a star.
Elizabeth, a photo like this warms the cockles of my heart...memories.

Comment by: Brian johnson on 4th April 2018 at 19:05

this takes me back temperance bar next door to the right then post office then chippy shop the other way was ogalvies sweet shop who was the only one what sold wigan pier rock then the star pub i think

Comment by: Keith Beckett on 4th April 2018 at 22:26

Mauren.

Sorry to say I made a mistake with the location.
I've posted a correction map in places on Communicate.

Comment by: Patrick Malley on 4th April 2018 at 22:44

I was born there ! And lived there till I was 13.

Comment by: TD,. on 5th April 2018 at 07:02

Another good photo Ron. Wasn't there also a Malley shoe shop at the top of Hallgate? Any relation Robert?

Comment by: TD,. on 5th April 2018 at 07:11

OOps! Sorry Patrick, I appear to have made a blunder in my previous comment. Were the Malley's of Hallgate any relation to Patrick? (not Robert)

Comment by: Denis Malley on 5th April 2018 at 08:54

The 1st Malley shop selling shoes and clogs was opened in Scholes by Thomas Malley (1858-1926). By 1911 he also had shops in Park Rd. and Wallgate. From 1914 the Wallgate shop was occupied by Thomas' eldest son, Francis. About 1960 the running of this shop was taken over by Francis'sons, Francis and Gerard. Another son, Thomas, moved to London after WW2 and opened a shoe shop there.

Comment by: Elizabeth on 5th April 2018 at 16:28

I bet, Maureen. I know you have great memories of living in the Wallgate area.

Comment by: Veronica on 5th April 2018 at 16:38

All these shops gone forever! How much nicer to go inside and try on and choose,or go somewhere else! Another thing in common was the fact that the woodwork outside always looked in need of a lick of paint in the fifties. I wonder if there was a shortage of paint at the time- it was the same in Scholes! No disrespect intended.

Comment by: Cyril on 5th April 2018 at 20:10

Was there a Malley's shoe shop at Newtown too, I remember the name, though it may well have been this shop we walked to.

I can remember the wood yard being on fire, though can't remember if it was the 1950s or 1960s, also the big banner near Caroline Street advertising 'The Cheapest Man on Earth', no idea what he actually sold.

Comment by: Ruth on 6th April 2018 at 09:08

I have a Catholic Magazine dated 1908 there is an advert fo

T Marley Boot, Shoe & Clog Man - 110 Scholes and 50 Scholes and 174 Wallagate

Comment by: Cyril on 6th April 2018 at 13:59

Been having a think back and though we did go to this shop the name of the shoe shop at Newtown was Melling's.

Comment by: Madeleine on 6th April 2018 at 14:22

Bought my first pair of ballerina pumps there. Happy Days

Comment by: Patrisck Malley on 6th April 2018 at 22:52

Some memories from living at the shop in the late 50's early 60's were the sounds on Wallgate ; Clog irons on the pavement, steam trains and their whistles, the whistle for mill girls and the hustle and bustle as they came and went from work Late night revellers fresh out of the pubs singing and shouting. And later the 'mini earthquakes' when Taylors Mill was being demolished and huge stone slabs from the top were pushed and crashed to the ground. You had the Corporation buses waiting and collecting mill girls in the afternoon. There was the Doctor Who Police Box by the traffic island with it's light flashing to summon the local bobby. The old women in shawls and headscarfs. Everyone had their one fireworks on bonfire night, with bangers for a penny and no age limit on who could buy them. And young lads playing 'tap latch' on the dark foggy nights of autumn and winter. Wallgate was real life Coronation Street , but better !

Comment by: irene roberts on 7th April 2018 at 09:50

Wonderful memories, Patrick. I enjoyed reading that!

Comment by: Veronica on 7th April 2018 at 13:02

Sometimes we don't need a picture to see the past because it's all tucked away in our mind's eye although it does help! Lovely memories Patrick!

Comment by: Maureen on 7th April 2018 at 14:18

Patrick,I really enjoyed reading that..Wallgate had a pulse like a beating heart didn't it,I loved everything about it and can name nearly every shop down there..my own heart is still there.

Comment by: MarieM on 8th April 2018 at 11:46

Patrick, you have got to the heart of Wallgate there. What memories.

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