Wigan Album
Standishgate
19 CommentsPhoto: RON HUNT
Item #: 33005
How 'posh' Standishgate was back then. Stately and sedate - no garish advertisements.
Look at the beautifully appealing architecture of those buildings compared to the cold ugly pustule that replaced them.
It looks very impressive above the shop, although I don't remember The Three Crowns pub.
The Three Crowns looks like it was a pub with character. It had long gone when I was going around town. You can see similar style pubs in Chester, York, Shrewsbury, BUT of course our council demolished it to make way for one of the three WHITE ELEPHANTS they have built over the years...The problem is the people who made these decisions have probably now moved on to other towns to do the same to them. These people are not accountable to the people of the towns they have ruined. And no doubt will retire with big fat pensions ..
What have they done lad?
Tha face is a gloom ,
Tha looking all vacant,
and tha charms left the room.
I'm full of all bother,
Mam they're breaking the place,
They're bringing and wrecking,
Be nowt of its face.
We better be gooin ,
what dust that mean run,
Mam , our time ere is finished,
ave look what they've done...
Your quite right Ron, that happened with the upside down housing in Scholes in the 70's.The people who designed them absconded, and in no time after, they were demolished.Complete waste of money.
Spot on Ron my late dad used to go in this pub after work is there anybody who can sharpen the picture up for sentimental reasons i would love that
Joe there are a couple of images showing the pub. on the site.
The shop to the left of The Three Crowns was Woodhouse., one of a chain of furniture stores.
There was passage way side timpsons shoe shop led to the market
Didn't Timpsons become Freeman Hardy & Willis? Think I bought a couple of pair of Como from there.
Timpson's and FHW were separate shoe-shops next door to each other.
The next gap in the buildings up from the one that went through to the market was a rear exit from Crank and Burtons, wide enough for a vehicle. The next building up from that was a dentists (Brown?) I think, but I'm not sure.
I remember a gap that brought you out near a shop that sold fabrics and trimmings etc. I can't remember the name but it was very popular. Opposite to that was the side entrance to BHS. It was a good shortcut to the outside market.
Hi Veronica, the fabrics shop was Liz Elastic. There is a photo on the site, do a search for Liz Elastic.
Will do that Brian - thanks.
That's the one but I remember it as Kane's,
Brought back some memories of mooching in there, it seemed dark inside though.
Yes, Veronoica. In the mid 195os I seem to remember a gap that led to a narrow passageway going to the back of British Home Stores and the Roy Cafe. My recollection is that Kane's was on the left of that passageway as you entered from Standishgate. My grandmother was a seamstress and picked up materials there.
Also on Standishgate near that turn there was a cafe/tea parlour on two floors where the waiters used to send bills and cash to a central point using a cartridge that was put into a pipe (not sure what those were named as).