Wigan Album

Look at me Dad in his De-mob suit.
Cheers dk
What an honour to be related to you.

Many Cheers! dk

"As I travel down life's pathway
Know not what the years may hold
As I ponder hopes grow fonder
Precious memories flood my soul
Precious memories how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious memories sacred scenes unfold.

Precious father loving mother
Glide across the lonely years
And old home scenes of my childhood
In fond memories appears
Precious memories how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious memories sacred scenes unfold"

Bob Dylan 1986

Actually twas a hymn before Bob robbed it

I might carry on the tradition of tormenting tha dk, it's in me Jeans(genes)
Really great stuff.

Hi Mick, did your parents once live near the Pear Tree (Frog Lane)?

this his my grandad n grandma.( poeple say they can chosse the freinds but they can,t chosse there family well i,am proud to say that i,am lucky cause if i could ,i would change none of my family they all make me proud to be a parky) love you all

Yeh,Frank,100 Hallgate

Hi Mick, another question. Do the names Harry Hayward/Jack Healy/Bob Hurst mean anything to you?

Oh yeh,all Wiggin town centre Window Cleaners And Uncle Bob(not really an Uncle dk) had a partnership with me Dad until he Died in the 70s.Bob Hurst that is.

Me Dad's hair,well before JedWard.

Hi Mick, Jack Healy was my father. I think the three of them intended to start their own partnership but unfortunately my dad died in 1957. They all had a (wicked?) sense of humour so I'm surprised they ever got any work done. The last time I saw Dick was on a bus coming back from Marus Bridge; he said that he was 73 so I'll hazard a guess and say that it was 1997. Sounds as though he might still be alive; if so, where does he live?

No he's not Frank he died in 1999,me Mam Jean is Still gewin t Bingo though and she's now 80.
She told me all about them,Empress cafe etc, when she read your comments and she remembered you as well.
Think she said your Dad owned the business until he passed away.
Cheers relly should be Mike P, me dad weren't keen on me being called Mick.

Hi(Mike)Mick, sorry to hear that your father is no longer around. Whenever we bumped into each other we ALWAYS found plenty to laugh about but at the same time always reminisced about my father; I think that they and Bob were the best of friends because they all had a good sense of humour. I bet that, under normal circumstances, there was never a dull moment.

Good to hear that your mother is still alive; please pass on my regards. My mother died in 1986 aged 73; dad was only 43 when he died. There are 4 of us (children that is); Ann, John, Me, and Elizabeth all of us being well into our 60's. At the time of dad's death, the window cleaning business was owned, as far as I can remember, by Harry Hayward.

Thanks Frank, I'm sure if your dad had lived for me to meet he would have been an Uncle like Uncle Bob.
His son Graham lives nextdoor to my brother, R Dave up Highfield.
Don't know if you know him?

Is that dicks brother Joe on the wedding photo if so he was a rum character.

No potterite it's Bill the oldest brother, uncle Joe was there but only his wife aunty Trudy is on the picture.

Playing rugby in letterewe st your dad on his way from work stopped to watch what are you playing with he asked? a brick I replied,does it not hurt?only when I kick the goal,cheeky sod he said laughing.Next day he called me over can you kick goals with this ,he had bought a ball to share among us.

Thanks for sharing that gem potterite.Did you know our Keith, Alan and Jill?
I was a baby when me Mam n Dad ran the Swan Meadow Pub,they used to put falstaff on my dummy to keep me quiet.
No wonder I have an affinity with real ale.

Yes I did know them in fact when Alan was diagnosed with his illness your dad asked me would I look after him when he was out playing,so in fact I was his bodyguard and a nicer lad you could not meet.I also went in the swan meadow when your mam & dad ran it.

Hi(Mike)Mick, never knew that your parents ran a pub. I presume it was during the early 50's