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Great site, hope to find "long lost friends" thro' your guest-book !! Born in Spring View, raised in Bickershaw.... worked in Wigan for "then" N.C.B. (in N.Z 36 yrs.)

I love your site. I have been researching my ancestors who were born and raised in Wigan and area. Your old gallery gives me such insight into what life was like in the 1800's. Thank you for such a wonderful collection of pictures and information.

My paternal grandparents were born in Wigan and immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1906. I have researched my Wigan ancestors as far back as 1801. My sister and I spent a delightful week in Wigan in Sept, 2002 visiting cousins that we tracked down.
Learned a lot about Wigan prior to our trip by spending hours in your website. Thanks for all the info!!

My very first "Real Luv" Peter Carr came from Bacup. Used to catch the bus from Accy to meet him. I was 17yrs old He was 20. He lived with a Sister Bernice (or Bernadette)at 36 Tong Lane). I am talking 1958 or thereabouts. Must say your site is terrific, & I will visit often. Thanks. All the best for the New Year. May it be a peaceful & happy one for all.

Great find,already passed it on to my cousin. I'm looking for Prescott's. My ggrandmother was Alice Prescott b.1872 in Wigan as was my uncle Gustav Reichert b.1906 (her son)

A very enjoyable few hours with your page. I left Higher Ince in 1960 aged 19 yrs. Done family tree searching in Scholes and Lancs. Over 1000 names in my family tree, including dozens of Wigan surnames and a 20 year study of the BOOTLE surname.
I have replied to some of the entries and would be happy to exchange information with others.

i thought that this site was very interesting indeed.

This is a great site for Wiganers, love all the old pictures, keep it up, alsithee

This site has helped me appreciate the greatness of our town, wigan is finally getting the recognition is deserves, after the burough achieved the excellent status in the latest inspections. Glad to see pictures of Angers as i was told so much about it at school but never saw it, so cheers! Plus what am glad to see is development, the arcade plan looks good, i hope more buildings are developed over the upcoming years to give wigan even more character and status
will be back regularly
ferge

This is a brilliant site, I hope I have helped one of the people who requested information, I will certainly use the site again and to all the people who think they may know me, yes I am the old Evertonian Thanks

Excellent site. I'm secretary of Tyldesley and District Historical Society and we have a site and would like to put a link to yours.
Have a look-tyldesleyhistoricalsociety.co.uk

VERY INTERESTING SITE , LOVE WIGAN MYSELF , ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW WHATS GOING ON OUT & ABOUT !

Great site for old photos of Wigan and district,anybody got any Casino photos? send um in!!

AS I WAS BORN & BRED IN PLATT LANE 1944 TILL 1957 I ALWAYS DID MAMS SHOPPING AT DANNY ROKES SHOP TILL I WAS SHIPPED OUT TO MARSH GREEN AT 13 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY DEMOLISHED OUR HOUSE SEEING RON DAWBERS COLLECTION OF SCHOLES WAS LIKE CUMMIN HOME

Very interesting and informative. A part of old Lansford, was Ashton (before 1846)
Dave Kuchta President of the No.9 Mine and Museum in Lansford, PA
http://no9mine.tripod.com
(Miner Dave)

GRANDDAD DECIDED TO GO FISHING ON DAY OF MAYPOLE DISASTER MY FATHER WORKED DOWN NUMBER 1 ON THE PLODDER SEAM AND I MYSELF WORKED THERE TILL IT CLOSED AND TRANSFERED TO AGECROFT FOND MEMORIES OF A HARD MINE
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES ROY

just been for another walk down memory lane i find somthing new and memorable each time i visit this site ...and hey havent we spread across the world....must be the pies best in the world they are..... so i wish all of you a very happy and safe christmas god bless wigan and all who love her

awreet fettlers of wigin
a reet good site.but didn't see any pies

'A REET GREYDLY SAHT' if I may say so, just what the WWW needs, 'WI METBI PAH EYTERS BUT THA CAUNT BEET'UZ'

I am a student at manchester university, missing wigan i searched for sumfin on wigan -found this site and thought it was great! I especially liked all the pictures of local areas like new springs -where i am from!!!