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I am searching for my late husbands ancestors who came from your area of Billinge/Upholland: Swift/Townshend/Cliff,it seems that most were farmers, I would like to find out when they moved to Essex, I have just found so many names in your 1869/81 Directory, now to try & find out if they are part of the family tree I'm doing, many thanks for such a great site

wish to introduce my site www.trainor-sudworth.ca esp. The Cry Of The Miner in honour of all wigan miners God bless u all.

A pat on the back for this superb site! Full of interesting items and photos. Keep up the good work. Three cheers for world famous Wigan!

good site I used to work in the mines Bold Colliery finishing up at Bickershaw Golborne Parsonage Complex 1990s anybody with memories. I lived in Aspull near the Moorgate inn see you.

Wigan looks really lovely. I wish I lived there.

Excellent site. Brings back good memories of home..Always good to be reminded of your roots. Wiganers that know me will probably know me by my former name of Paul Aspey. Deanery High School 1974-1977. Anyone still around that knows me?????

The market square picture dated around 1980 is about 1986 because of the ford sierra's in it, they came out in 83 and got updated in 85 and there is an updated one in the picture, regards mike

great site, found it a couple of days ago.
keep the old pics coming, any more of bickershaw festival???
good work brian.

Brill site, anyone out there who knows me get in touch!!!
Keep up the good work on this site.

I was born in Wigan and I am currently researching my family history. My grandfather, Joseph Henry (Harry) Evans was a grocer in Gidlow Lane up to the end of WWII. His father (I think Joseph Evans) was a grocer in Lower Ince. He was also a keen cyclist and amateur author. I am also interested in tracing the Murray family (my grandmother was Eva Lilian Murray) and Fisher family (presumed maiden name of my great grandmother who married Joseph Murray).

Great site, not found much conected with the houghton family tree, but sure ithat information is just round the corner. Happy new year to you all.

Brilliant site, I get all nostalgic every time i browse this site. despite living in Shropshire on & off for 27 years. Anyone in the Springfield area who went to Scared Heart school and John Fisher between 1970 & 1976 who remembers me please e-mail me

first comments of a new year ..keep up the good work .never forget your roots

It is with great sadness and regret that my brother Eric Whittle has passed away.Eric died on the 28th of December age 55 of a heart attack in his home in Durban South Africa.I just thought I would tell all of his friends on Wigan world

I have known Cat almost a year now, and we are very close thanks to the internet. We chat and e-mail each other as much as possible. She is a good person and I'm glad we have developed such a nice friendship. My dream would be to travel to Wigan some day and meet her. She could show me around this fine United Kindgdom town. Cat also likes to hear about the United States, so maybe she can visit here too. I must say, "Excellent work", to all you fine people involved with this site. A fond American admirer, Ted =)

Searching for pictures of old dolly tubs, wringers and poshers (the wooden instrument used to agitate the washing). Thought they might have been on your site, have visited wiganworld whilst in England. Fantastic place to visit spent a whole day there.

I am 15. I was born in Wigan and i spent the first 10 years of my life there. Basicaslly I love wigan(and its pies!). Just descovered this site and its wicked!Theres even pics of one of the roads ive lived on! luvin the site!

I've been researching an ancient ancestor who came from "Dover" (not the Kent one though) and who married in Wigan to a woman from Garston, Lancs. (not Garstang). I think Garston is/was SE of Liverpool on the river or canal. I think this website is one of the best I've worked with. Thanks a lot!

my dad`s family came from wigan and i went on friends reunited for Deanery, my dad informed me it was called all saints so i went back on and got in contact with a lovely bloke called Alf Higham who remembered my dad, he gave me the web address. i just sent the link to my dad`s so he`ll be very interested, by the way i`m a lobby gobbler

I found this site fascinating. I especially enjoyed the "old gallery". My grandfather was born in Wigan at 485 Warrington Rd on 2/14/1908. He and his father were both named Albert Goulding. My great-grandfather and his family all worked in the coal mines in Wigan before they came to America in May 1911 aboard the Carmania.
I love looking at the old pictures of the coalminers ... gives me an idea of how my ancestors lived.