Wigan Album
Goose Green
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Photo: Keith Beckett
Item #: 30740
Most of the land in front of the school was taken up with the building of the dual carriageway.
The wide track to the right is part of the track bed of the Winstanley Colliery railway. The Winstanley pits were worked out in the late 1890's, but the line was kept busy by extending it to the Leyland Green pit. Most of the line was lifted before WW2. The area where the line crossed Warrington road became known as Goose Green Crossing.
The old Freemasons pub to the left of the stone cross in the school playground
It is fifty four years since I lived in Goose Green. My house faced the small cemetery, that was situated on the main road, on the corner of Clap-Gate Lane, with the Freemason’s Arm’s on the opposite side. Mr Kay’s butcher’s shop was a little further down towards Newtown, and a coach company’s offices opposite to the Freemason’s. During the early sixties they built the small estate, Coleridge Place.
Brilliant picture that I've not seen before. I was born in 1950, went to St Pauls, and remember this area well.
I can't work out the orientation of the photo. Which way is towards Wigan and where would St. Pauls Avenue and Clapgate lane be?
Ron
Clapgate Lane originally stopped short of Warrington Road. Some time after the rail track bed was lifted the extension to Clapgate Lane was built on it.
Wigan is to the right of the picture.
Is the building bottom left the bulls head pub?
The building you referring to is approximately oposite Yeates chippy on Warrington Rd.
Was at the school until 1962. Remember teachers, Mrs Jones (reception), Mrs Millington, Mrs Price (?), Miss Alfred, Miss Jones, Mr Gibson and headmaster, Mr Richardson. Remember outside toilets at the back of rear playground and the animal pen attached to the farm. The pig in there we called ‘Stanley’ (Matthews) because it used to dribble any ball going over there with its nose.