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My great grandfather worked at Windy Harbour Colliery, 1852, located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Found this site and thought, at first, it was in the US. Realized eventually it was in the UK. Evidently the US mine was developed by an immigrant from Wales and named the mine after his native area. My compliments on your site.I found it of interest that there was a "patch" / hamlet / townland in th mining area named Wigan and it was famous for involvement in the infamous Molly Maguire legends in the US.

Your mum taught me at Byroms Commercial College in the 1960's stevan.

My name is Stevan Heathcote my mother Dorothy Heathcote had a school in Wigan that taught pitmans I am trying to trace any family or my sister Barbara if you can help please e mail me thanks

I used to be the ambassador from Angers to Wigan! It was in 1990/91 so things have changed quite a lot!

After reading some of your comments about accents, i had a look at your dialect list and although there are some words we don`t use in Derbyshire, there are common words and pronounciations we use. With all respect, I believe that what `Anon` wrote previously, regarding lazy, or inpropper ways of wording, became void `ears and `ears ago. Some people do write things how they sound to them, it`s life. Enjoy the wording, dialect will always be there.

This site is brilliant! i find it fascinating. i am searching for a Miss Claire Moorfield (NEE) of, or formally of, Alma Grove, Marus Bridge. She will currently be around 30 years old. We lost contact in 1999/2000 when Claire was studying nursing at Birmingham. If anybody knows Claire, or Claire`s family, i would very much like to regain contact with her. 11 years is too long! thank you, Alec Nicholls.

When I was seven at Worsley Mesnes Primary I wrote a poem that was published in a book called Written in Wigan.If anyone has a copy or knows of the book I would be grateful if you could email me .I would love to see my old poem about Jack frost even a photocopy/scanned would be great.Thanks

Hi. I'm wondering if anybody knows of a Carol Smith who lived in Wigan. She's my old friend, we met early 2000's in Fethiye, Turkey. I lost her adress and phone number so I unable to reach her. I found her photo: http://repairs.walh.co.uk/press/hamper.htm, it says she was scheme manager at Kildare Grange, Hindley.
If you know her, please e-mail me at ssincan@hotmail.com
Thank you.

Hi Louise Brian and Jean Marsh are my cousins as was your mum Joan.I see Brian occasionally he lives in Scholes he is on facebook but not often.i will tell him when i see him hope you are ok/

hi iam looking for bryan and josie marsh brither and sister they lived in hindley with joan and lizzie kely of gaskell street thanks

Hi Laurence bradshaw,
I knew a Brian macintyre age 65-70ish maybe few years out,if its same Brian he passed away last year,he was in the home i work,independent living extra care,he lived with his mum,i think his dad died years ago in wigan lane when they passed on came to our home,he was tall,well spoken,and i know he went to grammer school,his house was sold maybe 2 years ago,and now as a yellow with a balcony if you go pass and remember the house youll know if its the same Brian.hope this helps

hi anyone recall.mike carr now in swizerland,need to get in touch with him

Can anybody tell me if Brian McIntyre still lives in Wigan - he used to be on Wigan Lane, almost opposite Woodfield School, a bit further up the hill. We were at Wigan Grammar School until 1959.

hello my dad is green vigo <3

wish someone can post in "photo-a -day" a good shot somewhere along Foundry Lane...
thanks in advance whoever will grant this request. : & imaginin' my 1st x-mas in wigan -so exciting!

Does anyone know of a Borsdane Square in Aspull? My grandad, John Norris was born there in 1892. Would like to know who else was living there but can't find it on 1891 census.

sadly missed old man. xxxxx

I lived in Durham st Whelley in the 60s, I remember the Farrells, Brian & Susan also Brenda Fairhurst, is this the same Brenda Fairhurst on here

It's great to have found the old photos of Orrell (where I was brought up)- it was many years ago!
I often wonder what happened to our friends.

Laurel, put this url into your browser,You'll see the original shop:

http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/images3/wv4.jpg