Wigan Album

Thing of beauty to me. We lived right near the three sisters when I was growing up and us kids spent many happy hours having adventures over there

To me as well.
They flattend them put stone footpaths in and fences its bland now just grass. No wonder kids have no sence of adventure.It might have been dirty but what a great place to play. We would go home as black as the fire back.
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These photos are fantastic, i agree about how bland the place is. the photo is History and should be preserved

Ilived opposite the Co-op on Bolton Rd 7 could see the 3 sisters, often smoking, from my bedroom window. They were the origional 'adventure playground' for the children of Bryn Gates in the 50s

What a great photo! This was my play ground an all when i was growing up....fantastic place

Only ever climbed the black hill. The one that stood apart on the opposite side of path from Bryn Road to Bryn Gates. Always called them black, blue, and red, as they differed slightly in colouration. However lived on Rag Brew as a kid, from where we had a fine view of the trio. Moved to London in the Sixties. Imagine my surprise, I think it was in 68, when entering the Geology Museum There was a special exhibition: 'The Wigan Alps'! The original development proposals which they illustrated was nothing like what has transpired. It had ski-slopes and all kinds o' stuff! But what really impressed me was the detailed model which they had produced of the area (original) as I renumbered it with the railways, collieries, canal etc. etc. I always wondered what happened to the model, I would have expected them to give it to a local museum, or tec or similar! For it to just disappear or be destroyed seem to be sacrilege

one winter around 1960 there was a downfall of snow and me and Brian Thornton thought we would be a good idea make a wooden sledge and take it to the top of that black rook and ride on it down. So we made one out of old bits of wood out of our shed and dragged it from Bolton road to the three sisters. We managed to get about half way up but then didnt fancy the ride down ( it was steeper than it looks )so we let it go, good job too it must have been going 100mph at the bottom. You live and learn

where is this taken from exactly ?