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wigan is great am from ashton in makerfield but wigan is da best night life everxxxxxxxxxxx

good site brill pics. my mother and father lived in the kays houses, where obviously my dad lived and then also my mum when they got married. i have been trying to explain what they looked like to my wife and kids . if anyone has any photos' i'd be reet chuffed fot see um - cheers

i am trying to find out what happened to my fathers mother. my fathers name is ken kennedy and was brought up on beech hill in the 40,s his mother was annie florence twigg and his father was known as big bill kennedy.at the end of the 40,s annie left i have heard she went to nottingham to work in a hospital and then went off with an american soldier, my father is nearly 70 and would like some closure. any info no matter how small would be truly wonderful. thanks.

This site is awesome. The picture are cool.

this is for dee richards, the fun bar in the 80,s was clowns and the song was shattered glass fantastic staff great music.

Hello. This is just a short note to give you some more for your dialect section.

"favvers" = looks like
"kecks" = knickers
"sh*te hawk" = (I'll let someone else explain that!)
"puss" = purse
"cornish" = mantelpiece

A few phrases:
"ast geet a leet?" = "have you got a light?"
"tha's left thi puss ont' cornish" = "You've left your purse on the mantelpiece"
"I were called gooin up Pem" = "I was supposed to be going to Pemberton"

And my favourite:
"Weer wust fotched up? Tha speyks weel!" = "Where did you spend your childhood years? I can't understand your accent"

I'd like to thank the people who create this site. It must have taken a lot of time and effort. I could spend hours just looking.

i found this website very fulfilling as it gave me the information needed for my projects hee hee

This site is fantastic for research. Family traced back to 1839 in Lancashire area. Visited in 2003, tried to get photos of relatives graves in Haigh Parish Church grounds but gate was locked and we were unsuccessful. Can anyone help with this please. William Hilton died 3 Aug 1909 and his wife Margaret died 28 Feb 1874. We were only in the area for one day and was disappointed we could not get into the church grounds.

margaret ellison nee meadows i was born in wigan lived in springfield went to all-saints school left in 1955 would like to speak to any-body from that area.

Very informative site.Am trying to trace my cousin Michael Kelly,he worked in the garage trade back in the 1960's.He had a brother John who served in the Irish Guards.Originally all came from St.Helens.

This site brings back memories
Lived in Kays Houses 1930"s then Warrington Road until emigrating to NZ in 1957

Does anyone know how the tradition of 'fancy dress' on boxing day started and when?

served in T.A 1984-1991(Powell st then woodhouse lane) then transfered to chorley till 97, would like to here from any old mates and catch up (who remembers burtonwood,altcar,warcop!!!!)
Regards Steve.(heskey)

Hi 2 all my fellow pie eaters, well done to the site makers it's excellent! x

Keep up the good work!great site mi n mi mates love the chatroom we go on it at school (tut tut).Thanks for all the enjoyment i had looking at all the pictures!
from Laura,aged 12

Its a gud site mi n mi frends lik it alot we go on it wen we r ment 2 b workin in our ict lessons 2 talk each ova. xxxxx

This Website (and I'm a real old Guy)is Great, it is refreshing, Don't know much about Wigan and its Folks...But there Website ....THIS one is the best I've seen yet.
Congrats' to the creators and the Webmaster
The very best to you all
Derek Steele

I was just chatting to someone at work who was remembering going to a bar in Wigan in the 1980s. I used to live in Manchester and then Warrington and used to go to the same bar, but for the life of me can't remember what is was called and it's driving me mad!!

It wasn't in Wigan town centre, it was a fun bar and had guys n gals dancing on the bar, I even remember they used to have a guy doing something with a snake.... and the song 'Broken Glass' (or something to do with Broken Glass....) was always sung by one of the acts... can anybody HELP pleeeeease. Dee

Wigan is an ayce place to live cant beat the place!!!!

I was trying to find out about a building I noticed from the train,I think it is the old co-op,your web site is brilliant.