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yes marie jimmy is my brother.ialso have abrother andrew and sisters madaline.sandra.& pat.

josie i remember a jimmy bekett his wifes name was marion he used to do a bit of singing are you related

I put a message on earlier, re: living in New Fold (By Upholland Grammer School) which has since been demolished, also by attending St James C of E School, St James Road, my te achers were Miss Peers, (Art) Mr Winstanley (Geography) and Mr Davies was the Head Master, also Mrs Winnard. Maybe someone out there remembers them, because they were the classes that I was in. I also remembered Jean Roby I think she married someone named Huxley and had a butchers in Orrell, she was Miss Millie Gee's niece, Miss Gee used to do a lot of voluntary work for St Thomas's church in Upholland.

i lived in Forge st in the 60s and 70s henry lived in Bolton st i know his daughter in law Margaret very well

d oes anybody have old photos of york st hr ince demolished about 1962 i grew up there in the 50s. also marie. i think henry bannister was the grandad to the coyles? although not sure of mothers maiden name bannister or staziker linda. ls relation to the syaziker family i will ask as i veryoften see her in morrisons , always talk about old times. josie x

I also lived in forge street, and i know the coyles, i went to school with john and marie, and an older sister jenny.

Alan Hunter
Tamworth Staffs.

I was talking to an old lady the other day she's 83 and I asked her if she new any butchers by the name Hunter and said yes there was and it was in HEATH STREET GOLBORNE
next to the Methodist chapel, don't know iff that will help any. The shop is a chinese take-away these days.

Would like to contact any old school mates who left Rose Bridge in the summer of 1971, especially the ones who stayed on at school and were 16 at the time

hi josephine i lived in Forge St. didnt know the coyles but i know they were relatives of Henry Bannister

Donna
Ask Brian for my E-mail address.

brian@wiganworld.co.uk

hi dave, you might want to check with her brother terry,i think he has car repair shop on miry lane.Did we know each other?My maiden name is Belz.

hi marie. yes it must be same family i dont remember ellen only frances (and their flash)did you live in bolton st marie my best friend in the 60s lived in bolton st her name is linda coyle there was 8 of them they must have moved to the estate up bell green lane same time as us about 1962 did you move there? by for now josie.

I find this great, I have just put a message on with no trouble at all, I did try to register and log in a while ago, but I hit all kinds of snags - I find Guestbook straight forward, with no hiccups - so I will stick to this in future.

I used to live in New Fold in Orrell in the late 40's, I went to St. James CE School in Orrell, we lived there for about 6 or 7 years, our next door neighbours were Jean Melling, Bessie and Majorie, I would like to get in touch with them if poss to see how they are doing, also if any of my school chums remember me, I would like to hear from them - I know this is a long shot but it's worth trying.

Norma Mears

Vivienne Hand.
I'm looking for her also Donna, no idea where she is.

dave i went to school with vivienne hand.would like to get in touch if you know how to.is she in wigan or australia?

hi josephine a remember walt richardson think they lived in bolton st.they had two daughters helen and francis had many a pair of clogs off him for my kids

I found the information contained in the cemetery index very useful in finding the location of my relatives. I thank all who worked to compile this testament to the people of Wigan. Their efforts are greatly appreciated.

The list was also very useful as a document of social history. I was particularly struck by the high number of Wiganers surnames that are of Anglo-Norman descent.

What we consider today to be common English or Irish names like, Butler, Fitzsimmons, Haigh, Lyons and Mayor are in fact of French-Norman origin and have been subject to numerous spelling variations down the last 900 hundred years as the English clergy transliterated the surnames in slightly different ways.

So it is clear that the Wigan area was heavily populated with Norman people in the years that followed the invasion of 1066, in spite of the fact that Wigan was not chronicled directly in the Norman Domesday book census.

This would confirm recent tests which showed that males in West Lancashire carry over 50% genes of Viking origin. The Normans were originally Vikings and were given the land of Normandy by King Charles of France.

Does anyone know where GIDLOW FARM is, please? MY Great Great Grandfather lived there in 1886.I would be delighted to see a photo if anyone has one.

hi ellen macknicolas. i lived in levens place hr ince in the 60s about 4or5 doors up was mr & mrs ritcherston or richardston i dont know their first names were mr richerston was a clogger i dont know where he lived before but maybe over rose bridge as lots of people came to that estate from there & top of bell green lane where i came from .he was friendly with my dad jimm beckett as neighbours i remember takeing shoose to be mended and he worked in a shed or out house at home they had a dog a big alsation called flash i was fricnt deuth of it i only remember a daughter frances and when i had my son in august seventh 1971 frances had a son frank we were in billinge at the same time . mr &mrs richerston were lovely people .dont know if same family ellen please let me know i am also new to all this .ovo