History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Aye, well, the path that leads up from Snowden Avenue, over the Smithy Brook bridge and onto the new estate where the new road is, that is the old railway line!
An old friend of mine used to live there, on St.Pauls Avenue, and we sometimes walked through that graveyard as her mum is in there, so I should know!

The chap you're on about, doing weightlifting, would be Frank. He's still very friendly with Arnold Schwarzenegger!