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Are there any Davenports or Birchalls out there. My family came from Wigan. My g.grandparents were William Davenport and Isabella Birchall. Are there any of their decendants still in Wigan.

realy interesting,funny,and a real tonic if you are feeling a bit out of sorts.i am new to this hope i get to join in with you all very soon

I am getting married and i was going to have my wedding at Heigh hall has anyone had theirs there was it good say hi to my husband to be sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!
hunni im pregnant luv ya

Just like to say it's a great site. But I was wondering if anyone can help. I originally come from Wigan and i'm interested in getting married at Haigh Hall. Just wondering if anyone had been to a wedding there and if so, was it any good? Thank you.

really great site.nice one.

looking for school friends

What a digusting vile area of the North West.Someone should have put a bomb under it and its people decades ago.


Response: Hmmmm.. nice. Let's all move to beautiful Crewe.

its a great site n we would jus like to say hi 2 every1 hu nos us xxxxxxxx

Am writing family history for my kids and my grandmother was from Wigan, is buried there, and mi mum was born there. I found wonderful things thank you when we came to Wigan all the places were pulled down in Scholes. I was sorry not to get photo of St Catharines Churh, grandma sang in the choir there. I was born in Bolton le Sands near Morecambe.

yar this site is kwl i wish i could make one as good as this with all the top information on it ive realli learned alot thanx 4 making this great site

At the age of 13 I was Tom Whalleys first Saturday helper.I will be 63 years old this year.Tom Whalleys shop was around for half a century.From the experience I gained working for Tom I became a zoo keeper on leaving school and spent many happy and very interesting years looking after all kinds of wild animals at Belle Vue Zoo and Chester Zoo.All my life I have had a great interest in all wild nature and have filmed with Gerald Durrel for Channel 4.I have Tom to thank for giving me my first start in looking after animals and birds and I will be forever grateful.

I used to work at Tom Whalleys Pet Shop. I had a great time there and all the animals were treated with the best care possible. I loved it there and miss my workmates loads, Linda, Jill, Amy and Brian. So dont go slagging off the Pet shop it was one of the best and the oldest business still running in Wigan and Wigan has lost great history now that its gone.

I think the slagging off of Tom Whalleys Pet Shop is wrong. They were always very helpful and always looked after the animals properly. I always use to go in there when i was a kid.

The pictures of Winstanley Hall are great.

well wiganers are very friendly :-) if you had stayed longer micheal you would know that.
yah the roads are busy in wigan hard to cross the road. but its a lovely town all the same :-)

My father Thomas was born in Pemberton 1897.His sisters Bella Parkinson,Alice Cullen and Dorothy Bond.His brothers Sam and John.
I was born in Leeds where my mother Lilian came from. Any cousins out there?

Very interesting and informative.
Could anyone tell me where the word/name
MESNES came from and give some information on the history of it.
Thank you.

I think wigan is stuck in the past.As for someone who is from lancashire.I never did like wigan.
Nothing is done about the traffic on the road.Plus what do they do built more shopping centre.So we get more cars on the road.
Getting a taxis can be hard a times.The bus service is poor.God help the old people.There a lights everywhere.Looks like london at times.

Good point: There a alot of good shops and clubs and pub.What they offer.
But my point is the wigan people do not mix well with outside people.

Great site!
Has anyone out there got a MARY ANN HUMPHREYS in their family tree?
She was born c1871 and lived at 1 Colliers Yard, off Ince Green Lane, Ince. I would appreciate your help.
Jean (made in Wigan!)

I'm tying to trace James Hesketh originally from beech hill, he was in the Lancashire fusiliers (39-45)and won the MM if any one know anything about jimmy please drop me an email
Regards Steve