Wigan Album
Lower Ince
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Photo: j daniel
Item #: 16901
Donald Cornes is the choirmaster on the left. The Vicar, in sunglasses in the middle, is Bob Wagstaff (1958-75). I don't recognise the other priest. It's on Warrington Road, and I'm told the shop in the foreground was a bike shop, and the one on the distant corner was Little Joe's Toffee Shop.
yes your correct,my dads shop,was on the left hand side.it was a barbers shop.w. daniel.we lived 5,doors away from sammy bickerstaffes shop,she sold allsorts of spares for bikes,she was my mums friend.
Could it be Rev Ernest Traverse, vicar of St Barnabas Marsh Green, 1979-80 and ex St Mary's choir etc.?
Ernest Trasvers appears in a couple of pics in the series under 'People', 'St Mary's Choir'. He had a magnificent head of thick black hair - the Vicar here is taller, and grey-haired.
More names from St Mary's & Avril Court folk: Behind Donald Cornes, Joe Entwhistle; back of that row, Mike Cox and Bill Rimmer.
The choirboy on the right with glasses is Brian Sharrock.
And butter wouldn't melt in his mouth !!!