Wigan Album

Hi Janet, are you any relation to Billy Lomax who played for Wigan Athletic?

Not that I know of Ron.

Hi Janet, Lovely photo of your Dad. I lived in Hawthorn Avenue, Susan Atherton (sister of Brent) I remember all of your family so well.

Hello Susan, yes, I remember you and your family also. Hope you are well.

HI, janet just just looking thro photos and came across the one of your dad. just as i remember the warm cheeky grin, we went to your roys for two weeks last month all my love, FRANK

back row left dick ashcroft right jimmy prescott jimmys pay no was 180 i was his conductor till he went to heinz then i was dick ascrofts conductor till went driving jimmys daughter drowned on zeebrugge ferry good mates to have

and jimmy lomax was a grand lad i used to play cards with him

Thanks for that Roy, yes my Dad was something else !!!

we was on ashton beech hill run to gether they used to say happiness is a three bell load i dont think so we was always full it was all go

Roy, I remember my Dad telling me, when he had to do his first run to Beech Hill, he didn't even know where Beech Hill was.. Seems funny now, but back then when none of us had a car, we didn't know where anyplace was on the other side of Wigan..

do you still have dads brew can you could allways cadge a brew off jimmy and dick they used to brew up in office in market place

No Roy, I don't, Dad was a begger for throwing things away, never kept anything.. If he didn't have a use for something, it got thrown out and if it was nailed down it got painted, that's how Dad worked, Lol..

re Sturgeon and a three bell load! he never had one only the buses at back of them had that!epecially when they had a brew on!only got a load when bingo came out late at Ashton!

hi, i was wondering if you knew walter sharratt, who used to work on the buses, if you do or know anybody that does know him and has any old photos of walter sharratt on the buses please e-mail me, many thanks helen sharratt