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Hi mary Oneil i have sent you an email did you receive it?I have had a problem emailing i just thank you for responding to my last message.Thanks J.W.

trying to get a site set up in here off anyone who has worked for gus over the last 40 years or so as the martland factory closes in Aug 07 at one time there were 2,000 people worked there surely there must be some good stories pls forward your comments ty

John Waldock. I tried to email you but it wouldn't go through try me through communicate. Regards Mary

What a fantastic site! Congratulations to all involved. I'm researching my family tree and am looking for the Heskeths from around 1840 in Ince. Henry Hesketh born 1839. I do know that he moved away Liverpool around 1870. I am trying to find parents or siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sydneylass,Thanks for the reply on olive abbott,yes she did have a brother john and a sister i'm sure?Did your sister go to ibiza in the early seventies with olive they were a great team,i met them on numerous times in wigan.i have a team photo with them in el-goucho bar san-antonio,please follow this up thanks.J.W.

i am absolutly astounded at your site have just spent many happy hours browsing. i will be on again tomorrow for sure.

I have to commend you, very sincerely because without a shadow of doubt this is the best site I have ever come across, the extent of information is breathtaking, I spent 4 hours on the site and honestly it felt like 4 minutes. Well done all involved, please keep up the excellent work, it truly is fabulous.

Saw photos of Paddys flash,remember when it was frozen over,we kids used to take a short cut across it from Wigan Rd to Bryn Rd,very foolish thing to do,I admit... I remember as a lad in the 40s the council tipping rubbish in it at Bryn Rd end.Happy days..

Adele,Couldnt agree more,Bryn is slowly fading away.Brought up in Bryn in the late 30s & early 40s,a great place to live.

this site is great, very informative and covers a lot of issues within the Wigan Boro'.

What i would like to know is .... what happened to the fotos you had for Bryn? we were looking at them just before Christmas and now they are not there !

Why is it lil' ole Bryn is slowly disappearing from Wigans maps and boundaries? There is so little written in the history books about it! It is another area steeped in History. We were one of the first areas - with Warrington - to have an iron age settlement.

ive grown up in wigan but lived in cheshire for 7 years,I .still see wigan as my home.A word people dont understand is chawvin (to annoy)please add it to your dicionary.Fond &lovin memories Collette xxx

This is a cracking site, there some things on here that i didn't know about wigan, and i thought that iwas quite knowledgeable 'bout Wigin

Its nice to have a site dedicated to wigan, it would be nice to have old photographs, such as walking day and carnival days, also peoples wedding photographs and that sort of thing!!!

I am the new Landlord of the Crooke Hall Inn...We will be reopening in about 4 weeks...Drop in and see us. Keep up with the good work on the site

Greetings back over in Wigan from the Plza in Stockport Cheshire.....as a keen fan of one of Wigan's most famous sons Im delighted we've been able to programme two of his films in a double bill here at the Stockport Plaza...we're showing a George Formby double bill on the giant screen on Friday Feb 9th at 7pm....a classic night of nostalgia not to be missed :)

looking for a map of a in m circa 1955?

I think i have the right area is there a Nazerth house called Ditton , It was once an orpahnage as a youngster I lived there before going to australia in 1952.
Not long after a movie was made called the leaving of Liverpool. On orphans in the Christian brother run schools in australia .
This sis a good sight and I hope someone can help me out as there was also from memory a place called Kelton in woodlands road Agurbirth or something?

Fascinating! My forbears come from Hindley, so I am very interested in the website. I was looking through the `Wigan Streets` (particularly Lowe Mill Lane, Hindley) and I noticed it was submitted by Keith Guest. I am trying to piece together several generations of my family - all named Guest. Would love to hear from Keith.

RESEARCHING FAMILY TREE - GREAT GRANDPARENTS BOTH FROM WIGAN - LOWER INCE / ASTON IN MAKERFIELD - LOVE LOVE LOVE THE SITE SO FAR LOADS OF INFO AND THINGS TO EXPLORE. MAYBE EXPLAINS WHY I HAVE AFFINITY WITH NORTHERNERS!!!

Trying to locate a Russell Ashcroft or Ashurst.Think he lives in Pemberton,and will be about 42