Wigan Album

Would that be the orchard and Highfield House over the wall in the background ?

over that wall was pear tree and apple tree and this was mr ken long house he was teacher in the shool.

The boys of '68...fantastic...Will name them shortly...Nice one Cliff...
Where am I Elayne?

This was taken in August 1968 when the Beatles released Hey Jude...lovely autumn that...As you can see we've all come a long way since 1965; plenty sixties haircuts knockin' about. I've got my Wolves badge on; stands out a mile. Can't see Porky Davies or Dave Ridyard? Will be back to name the Squad soon...A smilin' Jem Farnworth, second from right, front row, brings a smile to my face...Rum lad Jem....

So, here we go...
Back L-R:..?..; Alan Almond; Ian Hitchen;..?..;..?..; Geoff Lees; Richard Milady
Middle L-R: Arthur King; Stephen Critchley; John Dawber; John Jarvis; Steven Sharples; Dave Massey; Geoff Atherton; Steven Lawrence.
Lower Middle L-R: Bill Beckett; Ste Mawdseley; Granville Hughes; Phil Masters; Alan Davies; Cliff Unsworth; Dave Green; Mike Jennion; Ste Guest.
Sitting L-R: Ste Cottom; Tom Stokes; Robert Tipling; John O' Connor; Kevin Close; Albert Cross; Jem Farnworth; Ian Sharrock.
Happy days these were indeed. All great lads...
PS: Can't remember three of them; think they came late into this class.

John, 1st one trevor bannister i think 2nd one terry scot? 3rd ones gone for now, my drawers are getting full.

Cliff, vaguely remember Trevor Bannister, but where's Porky, Dave Ridyard, Lawrence Bullough and Dave Batho?
Bill Beckitt is lookin happy on this one, but really, he didn't have much to smile about with that massive hole he always had in his pants...ha, ha, ha...Sorry Bill lad...
Keep postin' um Cliff...

Cliff, just came to me: second missing one is Terry Sharpe, not Terry Scot. Still don't know the third one...

Hey I see that my name was wrong on the listing it was Philip Lawrence not Steven

Sorry, Phil...I should have known...Memory fadin' a bit...

50 years have passed since this photograph was taken. It was the happiest time of my school life. Great lads, great times...And every time that hear Hey Jude, it brings me back to this late summer in 1968. Blessed.

I was madly in love with a certain Miss Pauline Scroggie at this time. She was in her final year, like all of us on this picture, at St Marks. I married her on June 23rd 2024. Life is full of surprises.