DURHAM STREET WHELLEY

Did anyone live in durham st whelley between 1970 - 2000 or know anyone that did?

kerry roberts, martin lenoard, mandy whittle, theres a few more but cant remember there names lol

i lived on durham street from 1992 to 1998 in the flats.kerry roberts used to come round mine with my niece jody.also knocked about with adele brown shirley dunns sister.

I remember mandy whittle, didnt she used to live in the terraced houses on sole st with her mum.

yea shasha she did, she lives across rd from me now in ince with her kids, i used know kerry when i was in primary school

Shes lived at a few places has mandy, was told she had moved from durham st, didnt know she'd moved to ince, im sure she used to live at bickershaw yrs ago.

Im not sure, i used see her round whelley cos thats were im from, and i know she was in a hostel before she moved onto this street,, i dont really talk to her anymore

do you know simon priestly or martin pete from durham street and the howarths..jimmy.mark stephen etc

Iremember jimmy mark & stephen,think they lived down lower ince before they moved to durham st & they used to go to rosebridge. Not seen any of them for years. Dunno simon priestly or martin pete

the howarths did live in lower ince before durham street im not sure but i think they live in upholland now.i very often see jimmy in wigan but havent seen mark or stephen for a while

Saw jimmy howarth earlier in town checking telephone boxes for money- he looks awful.

he does look terrible doesnt he,thays what drugs does for you isnt it

I WAS BORN IN DURHAM STREET IN 1954 IN THE PREFABS OR TIN HOUSES AS THEY WERE KNOWN.WE MOVED OUT WHEN THEY WERE BEING REFURBISHED.I CAN NAME A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT STREET. THEY WERE GOOD NEIGHBOURS. WE LIVED OPPOSITE THE FARRELL'S ! ANDY FARRELL'S GRANDPARENTS !SALLY AND TERRY.WE MOVED TO THE FLATS HIGHER UP DURHAM STREET. YEARS LATER DURHAM STREET GOT A REALLY BAD NAME. SUCH A SHAME BECAUSE ALL THE FAMILIES I KNEW WERE DECENT AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. HEY ! 'WE DIDNT AV MUCH MONEY BUT WE DID SEE LIFE ! '

i lived facing brian oh i cant think of his last name..his wife was carol she was in a wheelchair and he had kids called brian and sharon.the ruddys lived across from me too,and julie stone.

brian heart thats his name remembered now

i lived in berwick place whelley knew all the neighbours there from 1974 to 1997 the simms the worralls the worswicks it was good there we used 2 no evry1 i remember the street party 2 and bomfire nights ad a bomfire at top ov berwick place

martin leonard lived in roach green at bottom near gap with his brother mark and sister michelle no them well i mate with their mum helen fr years now we live in scholes and so does helen and her daughter michelle

my sister used to date martin,,yrs n yrs ago,thats how i know him, they used to mate rnd whelley area cos we are from lamb st, so they used to go into the old dinner hall for whelley school and what used to be called the gravel

zoe hello luv it karen kayleighs mum i at mi mum now on er pc i got mi own but thr summot wrong wit mi tower at moment hope u ok sawur joanne at wkend

i'll bump this post back to the top, because i've told a lady that was mentioned on here to come and look if she knows anyone

My sister in law is from Durham street, Jacqueline Barton, has 3 sisters. Her mum and dad still live there. also went to school with Jacqueline Round and Shaun Richardson. They all lived on the same block in the dutch houses.

MY FAMILY LIVED IN ROACH GREEN SALLY TOMMY MALONEY IM BARRY MY BEST MATES WHERE PETER GARDNER BRIAN FARRELL ANTHONEY LONDEY MY FAMILY STILL LIVE IN WIGAN I LIVE IN WALES DOES ANYBODY NOW THEM

hiya barrybus, i remember your family very well, dont see much of them now, you had a sister linda and was it 2 other brothers....was it kevin, tony ?? there may have been another if am not mistook. We all used to drive your mother mad keep jumping over your wall !!!! those were the days. We loived opposite Brian Farrell, was talking to him only last week.

hello barrybus i sit with your sister sally everyweek in swinley labour club ill tell her youve been on wigan world

i remember anthony and peter , sadly peter died a few years ago

sorry ! think it was jimmy that died , apologies

lived in sole st next to the whittles.the police were never away from tne place.always fighting and arguing,better than coronation street some nights[:d]

brenn you lived near the MOORES then

moores lived on durham st.the whites lived in roach green who i think were related

well brenn , margaret moore married chalkie white and when the Bimpsons house ( next door to us ) came empty they moved in, but Maggie's mam and dad came from Sole street. I remember Christine, and i think there were 2 other lads, you are perhaps to young to remember the original family, but am a lot owder than you lad !!!! have you seen mi nephew nipper lately ?

was out wi him on sunday,took some money off him regarding the darts final on sky,easy money[:p]

he's a daft bat !!!! dont tell him i said that

the Moores had a massive family, think maggie .... now, sorry was it maureen... ?? ? forgot now... but think she had about 12 kids. got confused wi the names now ... its mi age u know !!!

just asked my mum and she said there was 2 familys named moore.the ones ur on abt was before my time.the moores i was on abt were lets say a bit ropey

AAAHHH. think i know the whittles you lived next to. was there a tommy ?? i remember the other side of the moores lived ..... cant for the life o mi think of their name, nice family.. was in Caunce ??? the old chap had a big built up shoe ? mi mam and dad were friendly with um.

the whittles lived at number8 we lived at number 6,it was geoffrey and brenda the parents and the angelic amanda not lol,we lived in the brick houses not the prefabs,dont no anyone wi a built up shoe

RIGHT !! am going back when the prefabs were there a long time ago !!!! but there will be people out there who know who am talkin about. the BOYLIN'S were another famous family along that stretch !! Christine was a right charachter, John and Tommy are her brothers. brilliant family

christine moved in across the road from us n i no john and tommy,i was mates with some of the younger boylans many years ago who lived in bedford street,do you remember my mums sister from durham st annie kenny

yeah !! i do , mick , jimmy , a brother died ... ???

there was no jimmy but mick n david,it was david who died a good few years ago

jimmy who i know is a relation in some way.. lives near me .. i remember seeing david when he was in hospital, he had come out for a smoke whilst i was visiting someone.. and i chatted with him. jimmy is about 70 now

Hiya Barrybus,this is Jacqueline Penman I know all your family and you might know some of the younger ones of ours.

My mam moved into Durham Street in 1969 as she was waiting for a 4 bedroom being built on the Scholes state.I always thought they were good family houses on that estate,nice people too salt of the earth.Barbara Hatton,Christine Cunningham,Eileen Brady,Margaret Pennington all in my year at school all lived on that estate.

jacqueline, didnn't you live next door to the Brady's at the bottom end ? i remember all the people you mentioned, like you say " salt of the earth " i mated with Linda Monaghan and a few others from the street.

i was born at 18 durham st 1956 my maiden name was hutchinson

Strange little bits on here: my mum was a Whittle and she had relatives called Geoffrey - who I went to school with in Marsh Green - and Brenda - who lives near my mum in Kitt Green. Their dad is Matt.

Weirdly enough my mums grt grandma was a Bimpson ( or Bimson); MUST be a relation some way !

Buzybee yes we lived next doot to where Bradys lived number 13,will I know you buzybee ?

well i lived at the top end no. 43. FAIRHURST ??? dont think you do , but have seen you around, will make myself known when i see you. i know Joan Barnes, the Tucker family, Kenny's , Hutchinsons, Mugurrins , Farrell's, Cannon's, Dean's , Sumners..... Appleton's , etc... i try to go from top to bottom of the street at times trying to remember all the names. you are part of a big family aren't you ? Fracis rings a bell ? ... the good old days love.

Yea Buzybee
Richard
Thomas
Sammy
Terry
Veronica
Jacqueline
Frances
Carol
Denise
Ian
Yvonne
Pamela

hells bells ! didn't think there wer so many of you !! its an army !!!

HI JACQUELINE BARBARA HATTON WAS MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND USED T O CALL FOR THERE TERRY TO GET HERE TO COME OUT THEN GO AND SITE ON THE GARAGES BY THE DUTCH HOUSES

BUZYBEE I WAS BORN IN ROACH GREEN IN 1957 MUST KNOW YOU

Hi Barry she was a crackin girl Barbara,her sister comes on here,think she goes under WinWin.

HI SAINTPAT OUR SALLY BEEN GOING TO SWINLEY CLUB FOR ABOUT 40 ODD YEARS TELL HERE I WAS ASKING ABOUT HERE

JACQUELINE DID YOU USED TO BOTHER WITH OUR MAUREEN

JUDYTEEN I WAS BORN IN ROACH GREEN IN 1957 I WENT TO SAINT MARYS THEN TO WHELLEY BARRY MALONEY

Barrybus it was our Veronica whos the same age as Maureen they were friends at school and Lindas the same ag as our Frances

JANMCI WAS YOUR MOTHER JULIE WHITTLE GRANDMOTHER PEGGY

JACQUELINE I NEW ONE OF YOU BOTHERED THEY WHERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS MY OLD GIRL WAITING FOR MY OLD MAN TO COME FROM WHELLEY LABOUR THEN START SHOUTING AND FIGHTING ALL OF THE STREET USED TO BE OUT.

LUCKY LADY I REMEMBER THE WORRALLS I MARRIED ONE OF THEM LYNN

barrybus i am Brenda Fairhurst yeah you should know me ... i know you !! do you remember Christine Boylan ?

I REMEMBER YOU AND CHRISTINE I HAVENT SEEN ANY OF MY OLD MATES IN 30 YEARS LIVING IN WALES NOW LAST TIME I WAS IN WIGAN WAS MY FATHERS FUNERAL 2 YEARS A GO HE LIVED IN QUARRY PLACE ARE YOU LIVING IN WHELLEY

hiya again Barry, yes am still in Whelley, near the hospital, well actually the hospital has now closed. I used to mate with Linda Monaghan, not seen her in donkeys years but have spoken to her on the phone, she lives Westhoughton way now . Sorry to hear about your dad, i remember him. Is your mum still alive ? My dad died on my 21 st birthday and my mam died 4 years later. I still see Brian Farrell and his sister Susan occasionally, also Maureen Cunningham. Well what made you move to Wales ?

BUZYBEE MY MOTHER DIED NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PARENTS. HAD TO GET AWAY FROM LYNN WORRALL.I HAD 2 KIDS WITH HER HAVENT SEEN THEM FOR 20 ODD YEARS THINK DONNA LIVES IN DURHAM ST. BEEN TRYING TO FIND BRIAN NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM TELL HIM I WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.

BUZYBEE WAS IT THE TICKLES WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR TO WHITTLES

yes barry , then i think it was the Moores, Mr. Caunce ? with the big built up shoe, think i may have the name wrong. The Blakes lived in the end house i thnk.

Sorry Barrybus - must be another set of Whittles - unless me grandad had a fast bike!

one of the worrall girls died years ago , am i correct ?

Barry, it was Mr. Curns with the big built up shoe, not Caunce. Do you remember the little old lady that lived at the other side of the backs , her front door was in Northumberland st, but the big gable end was at the top of Sole st, we used to play ball against her wall and she would come out playing merry hell !!!

buzybee i can remember pembertons and seddons and the odd family who lived next door to the hattons i can remember the mother set her self on fire and died.i think it was joan worrall died of breast cancer.his whelley school still open.our terry just moved by you then.

Barry, it was joan's sister that died. As far as i know Joan is still living. How's your Kevin doin ? Does he still live in Whelley ?

Hi Shasha, i lived in durham street, round about when your now fellow lived there. i miss it, them were the days..... i enjoyed myself them days and i think so did your joe, i miss all my mates from that era, i miss playing marbles! i miss the street parties, basically, i miss everything, what does your Joe miss?

BUZYBEE OUR KEVIN LIVES IN LONDON HAS BEEN FOR 25 YEARS LINDA AND OUR MAUREEN LIVE IN WINSTANLEY OUR MICK LIVES IN SCHOLES OUR TONY LIVES IN LEIGH

hiya Barry, i have seen your Mick knocking about but dont think he remembers me. Didn't he have an alsatian at one time, there was an article in the post and chronicle years ago about him taking the dog for a walk into the woods, the dog got spooked by something and would not walk any further, it was said it had seen the ghost of Lady Mabel ! true storey that... ask him

buzybee can remember that he was living in wigan lane at the time.always said he was a nutter his boy andrew always in prison.have you ever seen terry hatton around

not recently barry , but terry never forgot me. always said hiya if i bumped into him. i see his brother walkin up and down whelley ... Peter ? older than him... i think it was his sister .. Barbara . died a few years ago... not very old.

buzybee just read general board sounds like your not the same slim girl i new in early 1970

AM NOT THAT BAD !!!!! GO GYM 4 TIMES A WEEK , BIKE , WALK. AM NO BLOB YET !!!!

buzybee going to visit our linda in late feb shes coming down in april to watch rugby

brilliant, wherabouts does she live now ? Do you remember my brothers Arthur and Brian ? Sadly our Arthur died very suddenly 2 years back.Was a big shock for us all.

buzybee can remember brian didnt remember arthur our linda lives in winstanley sorry to here about arthur how old is brian did he bother with one of my brothers

hiya barry, our Brian is in his late sixties ( i think !!! ) well he has retired now ! not sure if he knocked about with any of your brothers, but he would know them well. He still goes in Whelley club.

buzybee i think it was our billy hes in his late sixties he lives in spring view

will ask him 2 morr he only lives up the road from me.

I was brought up near your children then Barry in Orchard house, we lived on the next balconey and used to mate with your Carl n Donna, in fact I only spoke to Carl a couple of weeks ago asking after his mam cos i'd not seen her for years, my mam used to go in Lynnes massionette for a brew n chat

we lived in durham street no 16 peter and dot gardener with lindsey,andrew and sammy ruth and teddy lived next door kath across the road and mary and johnny on the corner of bedford street.

del-girl havent seen carl and donna for 2 years last time i saw them was at my old mans funeral.we havent spoken to each for 30 years.

lindsey b his dot peters wife havent seen him for over 30 years. do you still live in durham st and does peter if so tell him i was asking about him

barrybus dot and peter were married they got divorced 10 years ago sadly my mum died 3 years ago but dad remarried. i went to school with your donna she was in my class.my dad would love to get in touch he lives in goose green now i live in scholes.

buzybee it was our mick who botherd with your brian

right ! will ask him .

hiya barry, just spoke to our Brian, he still see's Mick in the club

lindsey-b what is your real name is your father on the net if so let me no and i will give you my e.mail adress.

buzybee what club is that is it whelley labour club.

hi barry im lindsey browne was gardener. my dad is on the net so send it me and i will pass it on to him.

barry im on face book so if you register and add me as a friend i will get your email address through them.

barry my dad just rang said he was out with brian over christmas.

Barry, yes Whelley labour club

lindsey b went on face book cant find you dont now what you look like im on face book see can you find me.

hi barry iv bin on facebook is your profile picture of 2 little boys.

The names off all the families living in sole st (prefabs) were blakes, (lovely family) moores, boylans kearns, moores (the larger family) whittles, tickles, and last but not least the johnsons, i lived in the prefabs when they were first built untill the LATE 60'S TO EARLY70'S, To barrybus, the familys living either side of the hattons were henrys and closes, mrs close was a lovely women who died at an early age, her twin sons richard and billy kept the house on along with younger brother geoff,, their father wasnt around unfortunately, forgot why, i knocked around with geoff in the early years and there was never a dull moment in his company i can tell you, the scrapes he got me into,(i was the shy quiet one) well id best say no more, ive only just joined ww so so im a bit late with my write up, hope people are still reading it, any one know what happened to geoff close? where he lives etc, i really miss those days.

list of names in old Durham st, from bottom platt lane was old Mrs Kelly, Dermots,Statters, Selby,s, Mills,s banks,s Cunnliffs, Brady,s Appletons,Tuckers, Barnes,s, Corbut,s, Wright,s, Swift,s, Dean,s, Monaghans,Fairhurst,s, Winstanly,s, Bimpsons,other side was Appleton,s Dermots,Kenny,s,or greenalghes, before Mrs Kenny Fernley,s Ewdels spelt wrong, Hutchinsons or hutchies, Whartons, Mathers, Farrels and I cant remember any one else all these were before others moved into Durham st

does anyone remember viv and eddie thier kids names were tina and jason they lived on durham street in the early 70.s

Can any of you guys put names to the photo posted on WW of 'Whelley Labour Club Members'?

mogger
Can you guide me to wereabouts in the photos this one is

Kenny,click Photos of Wigan, select Album,then select Assorted and find Whelley Labour Club members

This one Nogger?

i lived in Baron street and went to St Pats with Carol Penman

Thanks xrh59, yes that's the one. Come on you Whelleyers there must be someones dad/grandad/uncle on here.

s'awreet mate, no probs.

owd mon nogger thats going back some time,it looks like that must the old club,I don't even remember seeing that,but there will be someone who knows a few
Just a pity Frank Penney's not still around he was always good on owd Whelley fotos

Hi Kenny, yer right according to the photo its around 1960, as a lad I played football for Platt Lane FC and we sometime used the cellar of this club as a changing room. By the way how come you know both my christian names?

nogger
You've lost me there mate

Sorry Kenny, its just that at my age I've started answering to Owd Mon

If you are knocking on a bit you still have a sense of humour

Paul b I'll ask our Carol if she remembers a Paul b ,I'll. see her at the weekend

Owd enough to remember 'Prefabs' being built Kenny, and as the miserable Mrs Mop used to say "It's being so cheerful as keeps me going"

One of me msms owd saying as well

hi im kath brady just got into wigan world think it great but not sure wot i doin i remember most of people in street
wish i still ad all same neighbers now they were great come on joan an jackie lets here from you u no me well x x

Hiya rose 5050, didn't know you were on here Kath,your Nadine said last week that she's gonna join but not seen owt of her yet

I'm nearly sure an old friend of mine, Kathleen Winstanley, used to live in the prefabs in Durham Street in the 70's. She had a few brothers and sisters and I remember going to her house. Cant remember her mum and dads first names or that of her brothers and sisters but went with them to Whelley club a few times, especially when Catalogue Joe was doing the rounds Kathleen went into the police force and was based at Harrogate Street in Wigan

Know em all bigoqueen a very nice family

Hello rose5050 just lokking through the site said I would have you sussed how to get back on this site ther was no st like Durham St or (cardboard city) as it was nicknamed, people might not have had a lot of money but we were all in the same boat and you knew that your neighbours would help you if they could not like today they would rather walk past you than say hello, we are living in sad times, on a good note my neighbour is of the old school he always watches my house when i go out and keeps an eye out like they used to

Which Maloney is BARRYBUS,geet me stumped,just started talking to Titch after 30 odd years,moved back to gods little acre(whelley to u numptys) after being mentally challenged by Marrowland,do not know how anybody can survive 30 odd years living in the asylum called Aspull,still geet straw coming owt of thears.See Titch Friday neet in White Lion n Railway,gradely pint just like when Nellie French had it(God save Whelley).Been loads of places but always glad get back wom

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Although I came from Plantation Gates, I used to hang around with some of the Roach Green crew in the late 60's. Christine Boylan is my cousin.
I remember Bri Farrell and Barry Maloney but no other name's come to mind.

When we were skinheads we used to hang around Morton's across from the offy.

Nothing but trouble in Whelley when the prefabs were there.

Durham Street had a name like mud!

i come from Windermere St and there were some great people lived in prefabs,had a lot of good mates from Durham St and Roach Green.Titch Maloney lived away from Whelley for more than 30 years but has returned to the "Holy Ground Once More"

stey fishwick, are you the same stey fishwick who used to knock about with carpet?

does anyone remember Paul Gibson from Durham street the tin houses in the 1970s

ello did paul have a sister named julie!

who is ann-spam

nogger, bottom right on the photo is John Leonard, club secretary from 1935 - 1975, he opened the new club and there is a plaque in there with his name on it.

Interesting story about John, he was shot by a turk in the first world war, he was given a pension but it was taken off him in 1922 as they never found the bullet. He won back his pensin in 1964 when they found the bullet in his hip!

he was also a union leader and spend some time in prison during the miners striker for his activities.

That's my great grandfather John Leonard bottom right on the whelley club picture ' I'd love to know where his plaque went from the club