Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

David, I kind of remember a Walkdens in Wigan somewhere. However, I remember my dad (back in the 50s/60s) working for a local firm called Naylor and Walkden. They might have been from Chorley or somewhere nearby. I believe they were builders and shop fitters (can't ask my dad as he died years back!).
Interesting fact - Wiganers always referred to Walkden as Wogdin! One of our strange dialect takes on regular words...