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5th Wigan St Catharine's BB - Linney St
5th Wigan St Catharine's BB - Linney St
Photo: John A Hankin
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Item #: 18179
5th Wigan St Catharine's BB marching up Linney St from Platt Lane Mission to Church prior to walking day. Mace bearer Simeon Whitehouse. Circa early 1960s

Comment by: WATCHALOT on 28th July 2011 at 17:58

i think it could be late 50s iwas in brigade when simion whitehouse carried the mace iplayed the bugle and my brother played the drum

Comment by: JohnAlan on 8th August 2011 at 15:17

It could be very late 50's, although I still think it is early 60's as I played the bugle when Simeon was there and John Valantine usually played the big drum.

Comment by: ImReetCobbled on 13th August 2011 at 23:36

Tis not Linney Street - It wasn't veneered in TarMac - Dat's St Cat's St. - Linney Street had cobbled stones..So there..

Comment by: JohnAlan on 24th August 2011 at 14:55

Sure it isn't Catherine Street, off Scholefield Lane, as it wasn't that long and ran into Lorne Street at the church. However it could be Caunce Street. You can just make out Platt Lane in the distance. It may have been a normal parade Sunday, not walking day, when the BB led the brownies, girl guides, cubs and scouts from Platt Lane Mission to Church. We used to parade up Linney Street than down Caunce Street after the service, back to the Mission. I am sure both streets were tarmac(ed) some time before the whole of Scholes was decimated in the late 60s.

Comment by: eileen was(storey) on 31st December 2011 at 23:39

a bit late in commenting but almost sure it bottom of caunce st i lived top end of linney st. i remember simeon whitehouse and brian perry.does anyone remember my mum and dad and grandma and grandad tom and lizzie storey.

Comment by: Lorraine Paton on 14th January 2012 at 21:50

My great-grandmother, Sarah Harrison, lived in Caunce Street at the time of her death in 1925. Does anyone have any more info or photos of the street or know anything about the Harrison family?

Comment by: karen ellis on 15th January 2012 at 16:49

does eny one remember the ashurst shop henry and allice there daughter vivien wos my mum sadley passed away please get in touch

Comment by: Joe Thomas on 28th April 2012 at 14:07

This Is Linney Street I Used To Live There It Was Cobbled From Neville Street To The Bottom To Platt Lane

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