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Demolition
Demolition
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 30481
Demolition of Wallgate Station in 1977

Comment by: Kevan on 26th April 2018 at 23:51

I'm glad I'm not modelling that era, don't think I could reproduce something like that.

Comment by: Veronica on 27th April 2018 at 07:10

Can anyone remember what was in those buildings I didn't realise there was so many. I dimly remember a cafe or bar and waiting room and toilets. I wish there was a picture of it all before demolition.

Comment by: Mick on 27th April 2018 at 07:22

Veronica - I do remember the waiting room still had gas lighting in the late 1970s.

Comment by: Pw on 27th April 2018 at 08:20

It looks like Wigan Central were they fireplaces etc on display on the platform

Comment by: Jonno on 27th April 2018 at 09:41

I agree Pw, it also appears to be single track, and, which ever way you look along Wallgate station there aren't any houses /buildings to be seen as there are on here. I definitely don't remember station buildings of that size on Wallgate station.

Comment by: Tony on 27th April 2018 at 10:28

Pw its Wigan Wallgate as Ron says in the title.

Comment by: A.W. on 27th April 2018 at 10:36

It is most definitely Wallgate Station the photo was taken over the wall on King Street West, the building visible on the top of the image are buildings on Wallgate. It is true the old station was a very atmospheric place, it is a great shame it was demolished.

Comment by: DaveG on 27th April 2018 at 10:41

Definitely Wallgate station. This picture appeared in the papers when it was being demolished. It shows the eastbound Manchester line. The building is hiding the Southport line

Comment by: Mark on 27th April 2018 at 10:51

This is Wigan Wallgate station.
Go to the Places section of this album and click on the Central Station link. The last photo on page 2 of the Central station set shows it being knocked down. Nothing at all like this pic and the surroundings are completely diferent.

Comment by: Roy on 27th April 2018 at 11:10

Ron, Tom Walsh put this one on WW 5 years ago.

Comment by: Jack on 27th April 2018 at 13:01

Wigan Wallgate. I was working there when it was knocked down and rebiult. I remember one of the other lads working there had a hair brained idea they could save a fortune on demolishing it by burning it down.

Comment by: John on 27th April 2018 at 14:14

I remember when we were young on a day trip to Southport with our auntie s she would buy us some Payne’s poppets out of the machine on the platform and they would go into the refreshments room for half of Double Dimond,

Comment by: John Brown on 27th April 2018 at 14:59

Wierd! I can't remember the station ever being demolished, and then re-built?

Comment by: Jack on 27th April 2018 at 16:07

John Brown it was demolished autumn or winter 1977 and then the new station went up.

Comment by: Veronica on 27th April 2018 at 16:50

Wasn't there a kiosk at the end nearest to the steps coming on to the station selling newspapers and stuff or am I dreaming that?

Comment by: SteveM on 28th April 2018 at 11:41

I remember the station as having a row of single storey rooms and shops under a canopy roof but never as a 3 storey building . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2w3msEaLk

Comment by: DerekB on 28th April 2018 at 14:53

John Brown, I'm with you - if asked I would have sworn it had only been modernised to some degree but never demolished. Obviously I would have been wrong.

Comment by: DerekB on 28th April 2018 at 14:58

Veronica, you are not imagining it - there was a kiosk facing the bottom of the steps selling newspapers, magazines etc. Something else I remember from childhood when returning from a trip to Southport was on every riser on the steps going up to street level was a metal plate advertising Stephens Ink. How weird is that?

Comment by: Jack on 28th April 2018 at 17:20

Steve M it had upper floors. I should know I worked there.

Comment by: Veronica on 28th April 2018 at 19:28

I thought there was Derek- you have a good memory to remember those metal plaques on the steps... What you see now is the usual chewing gum on all the steps!

Comment by: Martin on 29th April 2018 at 10:03

Perhaps I can help resolve the debate about this building.
A low level canopy covered the greater part of the platforms at Wigan Wallgate, and this building protruded above the canopy about a third of the way down, very much like the bridge of a ship.
It is clearly visible on pre 1977 aerial photos of this part of the town centre.

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