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brill website love alll of the interesting posts in the forum and all of them pictures are great especially the ones of the baths after it shut down and the ones of billinge hospital. keep this great site running

I am still trying to find my cousin Rita Howarth, they lived at either 197 or 179 can't remember Poolstock Road, Rita was born around 1941 her Mum and Dad where Lily and Len Howarth. Hope someone out there can help me find Rita.

I made a mistake with my previous message.My descendants come from Wigan.107 Poolstock Lane to be exact.the family name is Preston and they lived there up until about 1900 before they emigrated to New Zealand.I found the house in 1996 when I was in England and took photos.Not sure if number 107 Poolstock lane is still there,can someone let me know if it is please.Any information about the Preston family in the 19th century would be good.They go back on one side to Adam and Mary Sharples who came from Scotland in the late 1700s.

....greetings again from Swansea. Since you were good enough to post my Wigan Atletic v Swansea City preview, the least I can do is to invite any of your readers to read my Swansea-centric match report on
http://pierre91.blogspot.com/2012/03/wigan-athletic-v-swansea-city-match_04.html

Best of luck for the season- I hope we can both be good enough to make next year's return be a PL fixture, too.

Respect.

I wonder if anyone knows what happened to Anthony Rigby who lived in Moss Road Billinge H.E .in the 50's

looking for any one who went to orrell st james school in the 1950s

new to this research and will keep trying

Sheila - I know it's a long shot but the Slevins I knew now have a brewery, Prospect Brewery, on Bradley Lane Standish. They might know the person you are looking for.

I'm interested in Wigan as ancesters were born there.

Sorry Patty wrong John it was John Finch just looked and it was 1847 Sep 15th when they married

Hi Patty sounds like theres a connection somewhere Susanah married a John Leyland,will have to dig out my findings and have a proper look but you proberly know more than me about the name.keep in touch.
regards M

Linda - I don't know whether she was a nurse or not. Just know she lived in Standish all her life and her husband's name was Jackie. He died in 1999. They had no children

Hi; Les' Hope you are keeping well.I still dont know if Eric is ok.Pease let me know.

Sheila Mears - was the lady you are asking about a nurse? I knew the Slevin family who lived on Wigan Road and Mrs Slevin has died and she would have been in her 80's.

Hi maggie
Had a good look at tree so far my ellen was born 1890 her brother was called robert i will hav a look further back and b in touch

Looking for Betty Slevin who lived at 58 Almond Brook Rd, Standish. We used to correspond but have lost touch with each other. She may have passed on as she would be in her 80's. Would appreciate any information.

Hi Maggie
Nice to hear from you it looks like its the same family.There were ellen,susanah,martha and thomas and also jane nora who was my gr grandma.Parents were Mary ann (she had been married to a william lofthouse)he died then she married thomas baxendale am i on the same tree

Hello Jean Davies (Porter) Are you the Jean Porter who lived down near Dover Lock and went to Abram School.If you are perhaps you remember me, Olwyn Pearson, (now Holcroft for the past 46 years) How are you keeping? Seen a lot of photos on Wigan World of the Church walking days and you are on a few. Happy days. I can remember you going to Australia Take care.

PATTIE
forgot to say there was a Thomas {ellens brother}

PATTY
I have Baxendale in my family tree,susanah baxendale married All Saints 1841/ both widowed had a child 1843 named Ellen how far can you go back with the baxendales?may be same family.