Wigan Album

Ahhh... I see where it is now, bottom of Darlington Street East... near the where the Lidl store is now.

Nice one Thomas... again!

Tom, this is Darligton Sreet , to give some indication on the opposite corner to the telephone box stood The Foundry public house ,now the site of Lidel Supermarkt.

Remains of the old Central line in the background

All correct gents, telephone box still there replaced by a new one.

Darlington St, the brick remains of the old Central railway bridge that crossed over Darlington St and Warrington Lane. At one time, public toilets stood next to where the phone box stands.

Nice pic. Would I be right in thinking that in the "old days" the urinals would have blocked out most of this view from where the picture was taken. On a different tack altogether did you work on the railways Dennis and have a Beech Hill connection?

it is were the virgin tele offices are now and bus no 606 wigan to Hindley.brill photo

Also behind the photographers shoulder was Warrington Lane School. The railway line ran over the bridge support, behind the bus, with another support immediately to the left of the telephone box and carried trains into Wigans Central Station which was located on(for obvious reasons) Station Road, roughly where Debenhams is now. Other stone supports ran through the school playground and the overhead railway provided a dry area in which to kick a ball around when it rained. The school became the iron mongers and tool hire/sales outlet Entwistle and Joynt before them moved over the road, behind where the lorry can be seen on the photo.

Before Entwistle and Joynt took over the school Dave C, they first started their firm just a little to the left of that HGV truck.

Good photo Tom. I remember walking under the old bridge as a child, with my mother, on the way to Darlington St Post Office.Does anyone remember the old corner shops along the street? Harry O'Hara's, Mr Seddon the butcher?

Not one passenger on that bus. Odd saying one more stop to Wigan.

This also holds many childhood memories for me, one involved catching a bus (from near the phone box) to Lower Ince where we lived, during the 1940's - on a very hot summer day. It was packed and we'd been running to catch it - no room downstairs - breathless and very hot I proceeded upstairs (also packed) where I was "greeted" by clouds of tobacco smoke, this meant I was gasping for air and had to go downstairs to "survive" - happy days!

On one of the corners of the junction, wasn't there a ladies dress shop ,that sold quite elegant dresses,I believe my wife bought a dress from there many years ago, or am I mistaken, regarding the location?

Albert, the shop was A & L Smith. It was owned by Lily McIntyre ,(nee Smith).