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Can any body tell me the name of the church to the extreme left of the picture. Thanks.

Hi, that was St Joseph's (caroline St)

Which is St Thomas's school? Is it between the two churches?

that was my old school my grandparents had the pub across the road call the vine inn in 1948

tht was my old infant school in 1960 i remember mr hedley our headmaster

nice to a see a picture of the old school. i also remember Mr.Hedley, great teacher.

This is taken from the back of the church so the building to the left is the school. St Josephs still stands empty on the other side of Caroline st.I was a pupil at the old St Thomas nursery in Clayton St before 1940 and at Caroline st until 1946. Mr Arthur Jackson was the very strict headmaster.

not good memories about this school, the headmaster Mr Arthur Jackson was the most uncaring person to this day that i've ever met, he always had 2 boys awaiting his arrival in his car (baby austin CJP 10),and they opened the gates you see in the picture.Joyce Dennis rapped my knuckles many times with a ruler. mr ascroft really was the nicest teacher i ever came across.

ha ha i remember mr headley wot about the care taker mr fairhurst lost touch with all school mates ,we where the last ones before closed .

I lived in the pub across the road 1961/71.Also was one of the pupils before it closed Remember the caretaker he used to play cricket with us in the front play ground.Remember playing ZIGGA ZAGGA Good times

I lived in the pub across the road 1961/71.Also was one of the pupils before it closed Remember the caretaker he used to play cricket with us in the front play ground.Remember playing ZIGGA ZAGGA Good times

hya ste i remember you n your melvin n banks,s and a few more kids remember u findin that money in old shop at bottom of st to ha ha

Only got a pound reward for finding that.Do you remember Tommy Tramp he used to scare the hell out of me ?.

ha ha yea n maggie bella , still remember diveing off the wall onto cross bar of goal posts ,that was only school i ever liked goin i hated the rest , i allways wanted to get to the kezys nest in the church lol ,nice to hear from you good mems , feel like one of the old gits of the muppets lol

remember it well,good times,remember you well stephen dingsdale and your family,we had some good times,do you remember when we locked the caretaker in the boiler room,

hya paul nice to hear off you , its les gaskell here loads good mens of that school better school than some of crap now n kids better behaved , demolished for what crappy shops what a waste hope you well hope you remember me lol

yes i remember you well les been telling my brother kevin it would be nice if we could get together from the old school there has been a few on this site already nice to hear from you

hya paul i was told that john newton if you remember him was ill with cancer i hope not coz it be a shame coz he was dragged up as kid n wouldnt harm a fly

yes i remember john hope its not true one of the good guys of the street.

hya paul i live in hindley green now its like jail you cant get in r out with traffic , i married n got 2 kid 23 n 18 girl n boy

Rememder the caretaker covered in coal dust ha.

mr fairhurst ste n it was coak dust lol the door to boiler room was maroon n remember the small window in the toilet yard we use to wach him , n haveing to go to church after school at cristmas lol that was best school of all i went

remember it well,also gettin a good hidin of my mother for lockin him in ,good times.

Hi Steven I also attended the school I also went to all saints with your sister margaret I lived across the road in chaple st,do u remember us.

Hiya i'm Pauls sister...i was at St Thomas's to till it closed then we went to poolstock ...Mr Headley if i remember correctly was headmaster when i was there....we used to live next door but one to the school....Mr linski lived to the the right of us and the Durnens to the left.

i have three gargoyles from st thomas church - my grandad (bert holland) picked them up after the church was demolished - i also have the old sign from hodson street, which my grandad picked up at the same time - all of the above are in my back garden

I have just purchased a grandmother clock that was presented to Louisa Newton in 1926, she was head of St Thomas's Wigan. Does anyone know anything about her or have pictures

this is the back of the church my brothers and me used to come over brew to school some times does any one remember it.mr hedley was my favourite teacher plus headmaster and miss anderton in infants

I remember walking up and down the brew past the canteens were we had dinners.

it was a quick way home for us living in eleanor street i started here in1955 and went on to all saints in1961.

This was my infant school, Mr Hedley, Mr Fairhurst, Mr Ashcroft, Miss Baxter (I think?)

yes john newton died he was my cousian i also went to st thomas and on to all saints went to mr hedley house in appley bridge with barry barnard to do some gardening

i am realy gutted about john he was a real nice lad and did not deserve to die like that R I P JOHN MATE i am proud to have know you

I used to go to this school and remember a lot of people who have left comments sorry to read about john newton.

i remember going to school there in late 1940s i think,about49 or 1950, i remember using a slate and chalk to write with, those were the days my aunty lived next door in caroline street.

iwent to thomas,s 51/52 until i turned 11 n on to all saints,mr jackson headmaster/mrs brierley/miss dawber/i remember scully brown n betty smith that church was eerie inside pity yet another part of history destroyed mr jackson was vile yeh mr ashcroft nice think a miss dennis n all remember school sportson playground n having walk down to clayton st for r dinners n bk

I went to St Thomas's up to it closing in 1972 remember well Mr Hedley Mr Fairhurst and Mr Ashcroft. We lived on the corner of thomas st until 1969

we had good times at st thomass me and barry bernard went to mr hedleys house one saturday to help him to do some gardening he lived in appley bridge he drove us in his car a austin cambrige