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John Wood & Sons Ltd
I am from the Peak District Mines Historical Society in Derbyshire, we study most types of... |
Boswedden |
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Sticky! |
King Street Wigan - Heritage Action Zone
Please follow the link for information on "King Street -The Street that Was"
https://em... |
Ozzydog |
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Sticky! |
Wigan Borough Heritage Action Zone
Please follow the link to find out more about the Heritage Action Zones in Wigan and Tylde... |
Ozzydog |
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Sticky! |
mine shafts
Depending which books you read it is estimated that there were 3/5 thousand mine shafts in... |
PeterP |
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19th Mar 2025, 10:23
Howfenyed |
William Peace
Hi,
I am interested in any information regarding William Peace mining agent for the Ear... |
LesleyWallHey |
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18th Mar 2025, 21:02
LesleyWallHey |
Wigan Colliery Locomotive
I don’t know if anyone can help. I am after some information on a locomotive that was us... |
Howfenyed |
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18th Mar 2025, 19:52
Howfenyed |
Renumbering of houses between 1901 and 1911
Hello everyone
Researching my family history and have two sets of relatives living on War... |
davegaskell65 |
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25th Feb 2025, 14:47
surfer_tom |
In and Around Wigan
Hi everyone,
I hope you're well. About six years ago I began collecting postcards if W... |
JGWilson83 |
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19th Jan 2025, 19:24
JR |
Worsley mesnes parks
Hii don't know if I remember rightly but got in my head has a child they use be a park for... |
Tiger54 |
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27th Oct 2024, 13:30
JR |
1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment WW1
To all
I am writing a book on the 1/5th Manchester Battallion. To help write the book I... |
gingerfreak |
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18th Jun 2024, 07:39
retep1949 |
Back Scholes
Hi
Does anyone have any information about a place called Back Scholes? I had done old f... |
JGWilson83 |
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26th Feb 2024, 11:53
JGWilson83 |
The Park Show
Hello
Can anyone help with memories, or even facts!, about The Park Show. Hoping to incl... |
psharp17 |
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18th Jan 2024, 12:08
JR |
Pub in Coppull Lane
Does anyone have any positive info here?
Long ago when I was a youngster my dad (who orig... |
JR |
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31st Dec 2023, 18:23
JR |
Macfarlane's/ Mcfarlanes Foundry
Does anyone know anything about this foundry in Wigan? Only reference I can find is to a S... |
flaggy delf |
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6,158 |
24th Nov 2023, 06:48
Perkin Warbeck |
Kirkpatricks,Hindley
My interest is Alfred Evans of Hindley Green who worked as Cashier at Kirkpatricks and I a... |
646abs.Tony |
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2nd Oct 2023, 20:11
646abs.Tony |
Wigan Newspaper Archives for 1937.
My cousin sent me a copy of a newspaper cutting of his grandmother's obituary which featur... |
Winstanley |
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2nd Aug 2023, 22:20
winnie |
Wigan history - storm of 923AD
I wonder if anyone can shed light on this.
In David Sinclair's History of Wigan Vol. 1 (1... |
JR |
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25th Apr 2023, 16:55
JR |