Wigan Album

Love the photo - would like to know more about it.

Yes please,

jay,sorry don,t know photo was given to me.

A wonderful photo, Peter.

you can see clear the landlord,s name John Gaskell.

It's obvious this group have been barred from the ale house for being too nicely dressed!

The pic looks like Edwardian times. Possibly a days out on a Sunday. Remember everyone worked six days a week then!

Looks like a wedding the men wearing button holes.

Probably one of our contributors, a photographic boffin, can enhance the photograph. The only other words I can make out, with the exception of the licensee's name, are ale, and porter.

Almost certainly a wedding, as Steve says.
Looks to be the Edwardian era, or possibly the late 1890s. As Giovanni says, it could well have been taken on a Sunday, as that and Christmas Day were often the only days people were free to get wed. There used to be a lot of marriages on Christmas Day.
Albert - the sign reads along the lines of: "John Gaskell Licensed Retailer of Foreign & British Spirits, Ale, Porter, Wines & . . ." I can't make the small lettering out.

Could the man on the far left be old Ellis Perry wih his wife? Their picture is also under Kitt Green in the Places section. They lived on a farm opposite the pub. When you blow up the photo, he has the same kind of white whiskers.

We must never ever lose this!!!

I recognise this photo, it's a family one. it's my Grandmas family, Peggy Hilton (nee Howard).
She grew up in the Old Springs pub, it must have been the Howard family (they lived in Old baiting house farm/houses nearby) and the Gaskell.
Such a fabulous photo. The Howard family hadn't been at Baiting houses/farm long then, they came up from South Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire area. (Samuel Howard and Dinah Howard(nee Oakman) Dinah is in the black hat/dress, on the left of the gentleman's shoulder (who is sitting front/middle of the doorway

The photo has some history , John Gaskell licencee
There where 12 people living in the pub of the Gaskell family .
Peter one of his children went on to marry Annie Topping of Whalley house farm ( top of Walthew house lane, opposite of where Heinz is ),
(my Aunty once removed )
again another large family of six to eight