Some Leighers

Just like to upload this photo for the people from Leigh to look at they came to Garswood Hall Bowling Club yesterday, their of the Leigh R.U.Club bowling team I put the photo's up of visiting teams do you know anyone


Plus this of Aspull 'A' team

A few more visitors to the club





A bit of bragging here it's a private members club which I am now a honorary member

Nowt wrong with that for a day out Dougie,just look at the smiles

Yes, I know two of them. This Bowling Club of Leigh has the best bowling green I have ever seen; the greenkeeper works very hard on it day in and day out. Me and my husband are members of this club, it's local, and the beer's good (so my husband tells me !!)

locklass-Is their any chance of you printing 1 or 2 off for them,are putting the club address on here for me to post some, I've not dropped on the before I think they may be a new team in this year

fossil- It's a free afternoon out as the club only opens at 3.30pm and the match is over by then,so you can't buy you apponent a drink if you win but they do get free tea and biscuits

Tyldesley used to have bowling greens like yours and then Wigan Council ripped them up in favour of a 'low maintenance park' - I remember putting greens , tennis courts, rose-beds, greenhouses, toilet facilities, a bandstand and an exceptional well kept park just like the parks you see in the town of Wigan today - treasure what you have because what has been Wigan Council's gain has been to the detriment of local towns such as Tyldesley, Atherton and Leigh

Dougie

Do you have any names for the Leigh crowd? I'm sure i know a couple from the dim and distant past.

Sorry gaffer they was all new faces to me,
I've started putting visiting teams in the away shelter, I'm hopping the rest that come will have theirs taken to add also hopping to get £1 to cover postage plus address to send them six 6x4 photos as a keep sake of their visit to Garswood Hall, before they start popping off

first pic is allan molyneux {x flocker man at contitech a good mon } at the end right ,

Gaffer,

The guy on the far left of the back row on the first picture is John Scott. He is my cousins husband.

Broady,
You are right it is Scotty,we used to work together
Fourth picture down,Billy Simm,bright blue sweater and shades

Alan Molyneux used to work on the cab line at Case/David Brown tractors in Leigh. A good bloke

i remember Alan on the cab line.I was a press setter in 816

I worked on drills in 813

happy days.

Yea where you from originally

Hindley Green

whats thi name i know you know my mate Wally Mitchell

Frank Farrimond

sorry mate dont know you i knew a Farrimond from Hindley but cant remember his 1st name

i'm from hindley originally.I still have a pint in the last orders now and again with Ian Crooke.

Did you work with Geoff Nuttall and George Jervis in 816 I knew a Frank had long hair and beard used to go round car boot sales with little Billy the welder

didn't go to car boots,remember the other two.I worked with Ken Llewellyn.

OK wrong guy again

I remember you as well.

i must know you then Frank i was there 76-shutdown in 88

I was there 16 years 'til it shut.I was then at Peter Miles on the same site for 14 years.

Frank,Ken Llewellin died last week hes in this weeks journal he was 65

Lad's just rung me.He said colin pemberton text him with the news.RIP Ken,he was a good friend and workmate.

the little guy on the left front row is Derek Prescott dont know any more

sonlyme

I did about 6 months at P Miles,and got out just before they locked everybody out,would that have been 2003 ??

peter g

Did you know a scouse lad from Wigan at that place,John Small,dont know when he packed in there,but I think he would have started about1983

yes kenny,2003.It's 8 years to this weekend since it shut.

The Leigh photo I've left them some 6x4 photo's for them in the club bowling hut with the rest, for next time they visit as we have two teams "A"and"B" they've only played the "B" team so they will be back

Sorry Kenny it was a big place around 1300 worked there at its peak and it was 23 years ago.can't remember.

All that singing haggled thi' brain ??

yea ha ha