Where is this place

Anybody know where I took this picture

From the Galleries carpark?

No,sorry Lisa.

yep definitely the Galleries carpark its on the open part overlooking the mesnes field ( I think)

No it's not Mavis, sorry....

I thought it was looking over towards Market Street.

Old Trafford...

Well it's not Lisa

Is it down near the pier?

No it is not near the pier brenda

Great George Street...

That is brillant that jarvo, because I know exactly which building you mean on Great George Street and it is right next to the railway line and I would have said it was that building, because it looks very similar to the building in the picture

However it is not the same building.....

Well how about a clue then?

GWH

Vote Nakky

Those machines are a clue.

Well ok - that shows the Jessop plant - is that where they're at?

They are 'diggers'.

The clue is not about machines.

Parbold.

So you want a Cloo brenda

I will have to think of one

Google it APLS.

Well be kind - I'm a long ways away!

Well I am not sure if this is a Cloo but I think that tower is a bell tower, that is my own opinion though, so it is probably wrong

From a standing position.

With the camera up your bottom.

I think it's actually a chimney APLS.

So it doesn't look like a Church. Could it belong to a school?

It's his house.

"I think it's actually a chimney APLS"

Well it looks like a chimney, but it has those slats on the side which church towers have, so that the bells can ring through them

It's a 'house'.

... or a factory?

It is not a house and it is not a factory

I agree APLS, but if you look at some of Brian's photos of it, it looks very much like a chimney.

Do you remember where you took it????

Work house?
Slaughter house?
Ale house?

It is not a house and it is not a factory

Apoligies. I thought it was GWH

Diggers hmmmmm - is it near the Roman dig?

apls I think the best shot of this is from the Parish Church Gardens?

Course I remember where I took it brenda and no stuart, it is not a

Work house?
Slaughter house?
Ale house?

What's a GWH dustaf

All gone quiet - has everybody given up?

quote rio caroni

"apls I think the best shot of this is from the Parish Church Gardens?"

Many apologies rio caroni I have only just seen this posting, we posted the last two posts at the same time

And you are bang on the button correct, I took the picture of the tower on the top of the County Court building in Crawford Street Wigan, from the Parish Church Gardens



And I had never seen this tower before and I don't think you can see it from the roads surrounding the Courthouse

And dustaf knew where it was too, these are Brians pictures





Are you happy now brenda

Yup - and what a neat building it is too - complete with turret!

Gooin wom neah...

The old Bluecoats School is this?

Has this picture been airbushed?

Where has the congregation of alcoholics gone from the Church grounds?

All these questions eh!

That's the old telephone exchange,to the right. The slats are probably housing the Wartime Air-raid Warning & all Clear Sirens.

I can't see'em having slats in a chimney..

it's the old court house on Crawford St.

GWH = Gerrard Winatanley House

JCB 'diggers' Diggers

Brian's pics

As for the 'chimney'. I suspected that it may have been for the central heating system (boiler house). But it could possibly be a ventilation chimney to cool the place down, Similar to the one on Strangeways prison.

Jarvo's comment about the Gt George Street tower was the giveaway.

Some time ago Elizabeth enquired about a structure with metalwork on top of it, which she had noticed from the NW Station platform. Prompting a look at the Wigan rooftops and Brian's pics from the Parish Church.

Why do you not get a job proudidiot?.

You could then spend your time, doing something useful.

fp,he was supping his cans in the parish church yard with his mates

fp,he was supping his cans in the parish church yard with his mates

You probably know this because you were there also?

the foorum clown stooie is on again.

foorum

......and I'm the clown??

Just go and buy the wig and be done with it.

foorum

......and I'm the clown??

Just go and buy the wig and be done with it.

What I love about this site is the level of adult conversation, pure magic.

The Crawford St side (left hand) was the County Court & Lancs County Police, building.
The Dorning St (right hand)side was the Telephone Exchange
The door on the right of the vehicle entrance was The Employment Exchange (dole)
At different times & for different reasons, I attended all three..

All those chimneys

To good to miss!

I nearly did it the other day.

Was giving lots of thought to the GWH chimneys. Did a bit of googling about the Strangeways tower but nothing positive.

Someone briefly suggested that it served as a chimney and a ventilator.

Seem to remember Adam Hart Davis doing something about the design of Victorian prisons. Improved ventilation systems saved many lives.

Spot the chimney/tower.



Photo by Harry Gardner on Album.