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St Patrick's Walking Day

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WALKING DAY 1955
WALKING DAY 1955
Photo: RON HUNT
Views: 593
Item #: 35818
THANKS TO TOM WALSH FOR THE PHOTO ST. PATS BOYS SCHOOL IS THE BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND

Comment by: Veronica on 6th June 2025 at 11:39

Similar photo on Album states the date 1961. I remember a couple of those girls younger than me. Mr Finney holding fast on the banner.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 6th June 2025 at 23:06

Veronica I'll tell Tom off forgiving me duff information when I see him next...

Comment by: Veronica on 7th June 2025 at 10:40

I don’t think for one minute he would mind Ron. I know the little girl 4th from the left. She lived in the corner shop on HighamSt /Belvoir St.
she was a lot younger than me I would have been 9 at that time she would have been about 3 or 4 yrs old.

Comment by: Thomas(Tom)Walsh on 7th June 2025 at 20:13

Ron ,in my defence when I forward the photo I did say Circa 1955. But I know it's wide of the mark, Sorry. My reason for the date, I realise my mistake,
I thought one of the girls was Margaret Stockley .
Veronica the girl from corner shop did family emigrate to Canada or am I wrong again, if so I may be sent to Siberia.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 7th June 2025 at 20:22

Tom take 100 lines' I MUST GET THE DATES CORRECT ON ANY FUTURE IMAGES I PUT ON THE WIGANWORLD WEB SITE'. To be written in Latin..

Comment by: Veronica on 7th June 2025 at 20:54

Tom it was Margaret Stockley’s little sister Linda. She looked very much like Margaret.
Judith, the other little girl was Lilian Hart’s younger sister there was also a brother called Anthony( Tony) who was the eldest. You may remember Rosaleen Hanley ( Hart) who previously had a shop in Wellington St. before she owned the shop it was Wadsworth’s and they emigrated to Canada, you are correct.
Before Wadsworth’s it was Rushton’s. Was Anthony in your age group? I know he was older than me. He went to John Fisher.

Comment by: Thomas(Tom)Walsh. on 8th June 2025 at 09:07

Dies meos recte capere debeo.
Dies meos recte capere debeo
Dies meos recte capere debeo. Only 97 left,,,,,

Comment by: Veronica on 8th June 2025 at 11:29

3 Hail Mary’s would be quicker Tom…§;>)

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