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I was born in Wigan and saw some photo's browsing about Billinge hospital closing.Fond memories of there,and it was sad to see how and why it did close.Thank you for some wonderful photo's of people I knew,places I lived in Wigan.I tried to join the forum but I do not have my own web site,and it states,there on registration,that no use of hotmail,gmail.etc.I tried to contact and admin person via a link,but it did not work.
I hope that I will be able to join in there at some stage.Wishing you all the very best,and thanks for the memories,I hope one day I can come back home,and live again in Wigan.I am not that far away,but it feels like a million miles away.Thanks again everyone.

Love to read obout people who have relocated from the Wigan area.

my name is keith cheetham and my dad was from Wigan. The past couple of years I have viewed pictures of Wigan on the net. Today I found your page and have toured Wigan through your pictures. Enjoyed it very much and have been greatly impressed. Viewed the pier,canal and the city center. My heart longs to be there in the flesh. Thank you for your excellent Wiganworld page and info. keith

Rob, thank you for that. Momac told me you had replied.

Golden bear and Marie M the longpull was so called because it was quite a distance from the outside "cellar" to the hand pump on the bar. Its real name was

The Queens

Eileen,if you put full title e.g.'Harry Walders paintings of Wigan Market Hall' on Google I think you might find it there.

Does anyone know about a painting by harry walder of the wigan old market square which has been painted on board. I have tried to find it on Internet I have got this picture but can't find anything out about it.

cliff type in "the scottish horse" in the WW search box at the top of the page. It will take you to the pic of a train. Walters name appears there with an email address. Hope this helps.

Hi I`, looking to contact Walter Prescott from A in M, I know he contributes to this website and would be greatfull if he could email me @ c_pike@sky.com.

Cheers.

Neal Aspinal Jen hasnt posted on the site since 2014. You could try emailing ron

ron@wiganworld.co.uk

As I've not been able to register to the site for several months now due to some kind of site maintenance, I thought I'd try the guestbook for help.
I'm interested in contacting WiganWorld member Jen2312 regarding a family history matter. She has been trying to find my mother and I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to pass on my email address so she can contact me ( mojo_60s@hotmail.com ).
I'd be most grateful for any help.

Very interesting site, I had hoped to find photo's of my Winstanley's and Darbyshire's, but no such luck. My maternal grandfather was James Winstanley, born 1894 in Orrell, he and his brother William (1897), and sister Jane (1896) were the children of William Winstanley and Elizabeth Darbyshire. I remember visiting Wigan in 1945 with my grandparents when William's daughter Lilian (1921) was preparing for her marriage to Ronald Samuel White, I was their 5 year old bridesmaid.

Court Cinema photograph

Hi Alan,

You've my full permission to use the photograph.

The organist seated at the console in the company of Staff members is non-other than RONALD CURTIS, who later had his own organ building and maintenence business at the PARAMOUNT ORGAN STUDIO, Smiths Road, Darcy Lever, Bolton. He went on to become a very famous broadcasting and recording organist and his final engagements were as the custodian and resident organist at the famous Odeon Cinema, Leicester Sq, London, where he played the Compton cinema organ for as many as 20 Royal Premieres. I would very much like to use this photo in a forthcoming video of his life. Would this be possible?

What a wonderful site with lots of information that puts a broader picture on my decendants home town.

Ex leyther browsing web ,may have been link of Leigh site Love the site .good job.

Trying to find out if winwick hospital had a fountain of a seal in the grounds .

Yes I did mate did back ends with les Shaw
Who are you

Bob, did you use to work at Northern Counties ?

Been looking at the forums about old Wigan words heard one in the town centre last weekend. Chap came to the bar and asked for a mop as someone had ‘SHEYDED‘ their ale haven't heard that word for yonks