Wigan Album

I lived in Thackeray House on the 10th floor when i got married in oct. 1969 until july 1971 have very fond memories of living there

Surely it's Worsley Menses and not March Green?

This place was horrible. My gran used to live there and it was a dreadful place. Lots of drug users and break ins towards the end before they pulled it down. There were even more problems when there was next to no one living there.

I for one was keen to see the place go.

My Grandad Bill Ferguson was the caretaker at Masefield House, Dryden and Thackeray during the 1970's and 1980's. I have very fond memories of travelling to Wigan and staying at the flats, which seemed very exciting to me as a child. My Grandad and Nana Peggy retired to Co.Durham in the late 1980's. My nana was a Wigan lass, and we talked often of those days. They both sadly passed away in the last 18 months. I wanted to mention them here as a tribute to their memory and my treasured memories of Wigan.

yea brought up round there it was grim to say the least its paradise today compared to then

one word GRIMM USED TO LIVE THERE FROM BEING 5

9th floor thackeray house dose anyone remember marg knight and her son darren approx year 1973

does anyone know the where marg knight is who lived in flat 33 thackeray house worsley mesnes about 1974

Isn't that pic Dryden House, Thackeray was the middle block

Whenever I look at all these photos I'm suddenly a teenager again living in baucher rd in 1980 82 I havent been there for nearly 40 years I remember the days swimming in the canals fishing in scotsman's flash train spotting at springs branch bmx riding kids of today have no idea how exciting it all was

Whenever I'm looking through old photos I always get nostalgic when it comes to worsley mesnes I now it was ruff but as a kid I felt like Tom sawyer making rafts for the canals children today have got to much phones computers cars the world is a different place to the world I grew up in

My dad was caretaker of dryden house

I delivered newspapers in all 3 blocks in the late 80's, terrified me at the time, dark, dingy and the lifts were always dodgy!

Does anybody now stephen Ellison. Or joey crompton Stuart Davis these are all kids i grew up with there all old men now but i wanted to mention them it's been 40 years since I lived in worsley mesnes I living ramsgate in Kent now but I never forgot wigan my old school was st Thomas Moore