Wiganers at Work
rag .n .bone
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Photo: steve sargent
Item #: 235
( dickie ) and partner Jack Cunniff. Steptoe and son , were amateurs. RICHARD worked for P.M.ROBERTS . D.I.Y HINDLEY GREEN .later in life .Both now sadly gone . think the horse was called DOBBIN
dobbin . then jack then dickie
I remember Jack,he used to come into our pub The Farmyard Hotel on Leigh Road Hindley Green.
very.probable andy .they both liked a pint or ten. dicky was always .in the spinners at hindley green.jacks family still in hindley.
I think he lived in the street to the right of St.Johns Hindley Green Junior School.
he did . west street, i,m richards eldest grandson ,did you know him?
Is this Jackie O'malley
Were the 2 families close & do they keep in touch still? It may be something we see again now there is a credit crunch!
i remember that photo being taken in leigh when jack came home he told me all about it
jean do you live in thomas st and have you any daughterw
Did these gentlemen work in Pemberton too? I remember seeing the horse and workers, etc. I don't remember exactly what they did. I saw them when visiting my grandparents. Can anyone help me with this?
Dickie Atherton was my grandad, we have an original copy of the photo taken the year i was born, we used to live on Atherton Road facing Ruths shop and Gradad Dickie lived next to St Johns in West Street, my old school the good old days eh -
It's a long time between comments but I'm hoping that Andy Haselden still has an interest in this site. I'd like to chat with him (by email) about the pub he used to have - The Farmyard Hotel, Leigh Road, Hindley Green.
Thanks Ozzie Joan
The photo was taken by Dave Montford who is a family friend, some years ago he gave me a catalogue of his works & it's featured in there. It was taken on the avenue in Leigh between Charles Street & hanover street