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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

I used to live in Hawkley Hall,Wigan.I miss Wigan very much.I visited Wigan and took part in the bike race at Manchester Velodrome last year.I am hoping to come back to Wigan again.

What a wonderful web page. Takes Tom Sherry back to his old days of the Pepper Mill where he was an apprentice and also to Gullick Dobson - happy days.

Born in wigan-Wiganers are the best! moved South to find work in 1980 but could not stay away-back in 1988. Any pics of Whelley/ Wigan Rugby in 1970 onwards? Loved standing in the cold on a friday evening watching Tyrer and later, Fairbairn.

Excellant.But so much more can be done. What about a school class photo section, for instance? Bound to be a lot of memories and links therein. Families from Orrell,Pemberton and Upholland. Greaves,Cliff,Foster,Halliwell were grandparents. Can I help anyone tracing?

Excellant.But so much more can be done. What about a school class photo section, for instance? Bound to be a lot of memories and links therein.

the course was run by PAUL LEWIS it seems like the info is never ending it is GREAT

What a great site.I spent hours when I found it, just going through the various sections and reading the views and comments from all around the world. Who had this bright idea and how/when did it start ???. Can you get the local press,[Evening Post,Observer and the Reporter] to carry a article about the site, to enable more people to become aware of this excellent enterprise.Keep up the good work.

My dad's family are from Hindley,(Yates)also Dootson,Ellison to name a couple.
Brilliant site.

i didnt think any1 would have the time to make a site such as this to share wiv others what a great town we have im a member of the crooke society so i to wiv in the awful flood fetured in the pictures great website!