Wigan Album

I remember going to Latimer's for yeast, (which my Mam called "barm"), for breadmaking in cookery lessons at school. My boyfriend Peter, (my hubby of 43 years),
worked just a few feet away at Sawbridge's Butchers in Commercial Yard. I can hardly believe we were ever that young!

I remember it, and I loved Commercial Yard.

A shop with its own particular smells of bacon and cheese and yeast and dried goods. The personal service between the nifty,white clad assistants and the queuing customers that you don't get nowadays. It was interesting to watch what was going on - that's what I remember most.

Look at the price of the bacon on the window. 4/6lb It was the same price when we had our shop in Billinge road in 1969

The lady in the photo looks like a bus conductress going to work

My grandmother liked to shop there and I was often sent for 'rody'bacon whatever that was. I was also told to ask to be served by a woman called Lillian.

Face in the window upstairs....great photo

Wendy , the face at the window was looking out from The Conservative Club which was over Latimers and some other shops, you could get a decent lunch there quite reasonably priced. However the best value in Wigan was the restaurant upstairs in the UCP , 1968 a three course meal cost 5 shillings sixpence (27p)

trewyth....rhody bacon was streaky bacon.

Ah thanks Tom, I did wonder why he was there, cheers for the info

Been to the Con club many times for the Business mans lunch. It was also one of out Ports of Call on our Friday nights pub crawl along with the Market, Minorca, Beer Kelle,r and we always ended up in the Clarence. Happy days

Veronica your man shopped here I'm sure ?

She did Theresa -my dad wouldn't have bacon from anywhere else! I was sent there as well -and Vose's pie shop!