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My grandparents came from the area, there's a Mawdsley street, If anyone knows of them or other members please contact via email, coming to UK in 2006

Found whilst looking for details about my maternal great grandfather John Thomas of Lower Ince. Married to Mary Wright..I think. My parents were Hilda Ford 1914-2002[ parents Edith Thomas and Fred Ford)and David Edwards 1914-1988( parents Thomas Edwards, coal merchant and Margaret Bretherton). Both members of Queens Hall Methodist Church choir.
Regards
Margaret

Excellent site, I Need a bit of help with my husbands family tree,Im trying to find THOMAS MORLEYS cc1906 Wigan ,Can Anyone help with THOMAS" parents,brothers and sisters,
Any info would be great

This is a fantastic site. I've been on it for hours. Interested in researching THE ROYAL HOTEL, One Standishgate, Wigans where my great grandmother Sarah Ann WHITESIDE was raised by her uncle RICHARD WHITESIDE. Hope that the communication site can get back up - I will definitely log in again. AND hope to visit. Thanks for the great job on this site.

Great site, havign left Wigan in 1999 it's great to come back and read everything.

hello cant help you with the histoty of ambrose family, but I remember ambrose's living at the end of manor rd, harold used to be mates with my brother and one of the daughters married melvin heaton from randall ave, I'm to young to remember the pub in gathy yard, but remember all the houses, and owd tom sack,who lived there, I think the yard must have taken its name from gathurst lane (gathy yard)

Hi I used to live in Shevington till 1967 and I am now trying to find out about my family. It appears that my great grandparents named Ambrose ran two pubs in the Shevingtin area The Navigation at GAthurst and another one called something like the gafiyard/gaffayard near where the Co-op was/is. Has anyone any info one this pub or indeed my great grandparent Ambrose, Grandparents Harold and Lillian Ambrose(Nee Barnes). I think I may have a relative liing in Standish called Ronnie/Robert related through the Barnes side. PLEASE HELP ME. I'm really coming up against brick walls as no-one seems to remember Great Granfathers first name.

The site is brilliant!

I was delighted to find someone looking for the Holland Family. I am researching my family history and Heaps, Holland, Topping and Wareing are all names I need help with (from Lancashire, Wigan, Pemberton, Springfield, Shevington). Any info would be appreciated.

please turn it back on because some of us well all of us in marsh green libary at the moment is not swearing and it was very fun please i am begging you please turn the website back on please

really good friendly site plenty to choose from for all ages

my father , henry jolley was brought up at no. 10 albert street , ince wigan , he was born on 11/4/1890 , he had 4 sister's ;;; bertha;; bessie;;dorothy and one brother bill , bill i think emergrated to new south wales about 1930ish , my dad's mother's maiden name was prescott, thanking you BILL JOLLEY From wigan lancashire, england
gunnerbill@blueyonder.co.uk

Eyup! A few weeks ago I had been telling my daughter how you can find almost ANYTHING on the Internet. To prove my point I typed my name into the browser window and there I was! Nothing special, just a photo here and a mention there... you should all try it with YOUR names. As if to prove me wrong the said daughter typed the name of our street and there it was!! Out little street of terraced houses was in a photograph on YOUR site! Anyway, having nothing better to do I just typed "Bickershaw Festival" in the browser window, and guess what!! There's me! A photo of Bickershaw Festival in 1972 complete with hippies, mud and ME! (I hope my Mum doesn't see it as I was only fourteen at the time and I think I fibbed about where I was going.) (I hope my sister doesn't see it as I was wearing HER coat.) It's a small world intit?!

tell you what brian, you´re a credit to wigan and can be proud of all the work and time you have put into this site. i take a look most days , makes me feel a bit closer to home! i hope the site is here to stay, its brilliant.
thanks brian!

Well Brian. I've just finished reading ALL of the comments in your Guest Book from people far and wide and there are only a few clots with something bad to say about it. You've put an enormous amount of time, effort and information in this site which is excellent and very user friendly for a novice like myself. A note for the schoolies. Plees lern how fot spel proper will'ta! I cawn't mek out half o' wot yer tryin't say and tha'll never pass thi' English exams bowt it!
Cheers
Mollie

An excellent site..I love it.

Ello i fink that the site is good an stuff

my father , henry jolley was brought up at no. 10 albert street , ince wigan , he was born on 11/4/1890 , he had 4 sister's ;;; bertha;; bessie;;dorothy and one brother bill , bill i think emergrated to new south wales about 1930 ish , my dad's mother's maiden name was prescott, thanking you BILL JOLLEY From wigan lancashire, england

What a fantastic site!! Just started the Geneaology on my G.Parents Tinsley/Goulding. Found the street where they lived, saw schools they might have gone to, and maybe made a few connections. Thank you so much.

I used to live on beech walk in winstanley, great to see pics of wigan expecially winstanley hall, hope somebody buys it and renovates it!! Sad to see billinge hospital closed finally, the end of an era for anyone who was born there. pukka pies just aint the same as wigan made pies!!

Very good great to see the streets again PIE EATERS