Photo-a-Day  (Tuesday, 19th June, 2012)

The first McDonald`s, in the UK, was in Woolwich,London in 1974 and they have now approx.1200 restaurant`s in the UK.
No vehicles on the pavement, Tom!!

For McDonald`s `Poetry` advertising video refer:-
http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/2009/10/mcdonalds-poetry-ad.html

the world comes to platt bridge guess the local chips feel the heat

I once worked with an Australian in the 80s who said that he had never had a McDonalds.

I though he must be one of the few.

Much nicer and safer than Shevvy

For the sake of us Wiganer`s, michael davies australia, would you please explain your comment?

Mick, I`ve only been a couple of times in a McDonald`s - they don`t know how to make chips !!

This is totally unknown to me and has made me feel a little sad. Where is Warrington Road from here?I have never had a Mc Donalds either.

Well taken photo. You can see Belong in the background a very nice place and the Bistro is worth trying. As for Whelley Wayne - why do you have a chip on your shoulder about Shevington. I am a pensioner and can walk there at 11pm and feel very safe. It is one of the nicest places in WMBC. More of our Council Tax has been put into Platt Bridge to improve it than Shevington - Wigan don't even provide a park for the children of Shevington but we have one provided by the SECOND tax we pay to the Parish Council. Look at the plank in your own eye before you look at the splinter in some else's eye.

hmmmmmmmmm golden arches .

I've never had a Mc.Donalds! Just does not appeal to me. I guess it is always possible, that one day, I will be very hungry, and they be the only option, but other than that, it is not likely that I ever will!

Had a McDonalds in Moscow.Big queue but your order was taken whilst queuing and ready when you reached the front.Spotlessly clean including the toilets,about the only clean place in the city to spend a penny.

the red door in the building facing was to have been a Tesco express, finished up being a betfred, that now makes 2 as there is already one across from Iceland, says much about the pace doesnt it, mind you Ince Bar now has 2 betting shops near to each other

My first McDonalds was in Hongkong in the early 70s but since then Ive had them from all over the world including Califonia and in the worlds biggest in Singapore

'Platt Vegas' as one wag described it. The trio isn't complete though. You need: Bettin Shop, Off License, and Newsagent.

Maggie, What you are looking at is the very end of Liverpool Road in Platt Bridge, if it were possible to pan over to the right on the picture, across from the traffic light showing green, you would see The King Billy. McDonald's occupies the plot where the row of shops housing Webster's Butchers and Seth Ratcliffe's fruit and veg shop stood, and The Galloway's Bakers and chippy you can see are on the site of the now-demolished Platt Bridge Inn.If the turquoise-coloured car over to the right of the picture went left, it would go up to Abram, and if it turned right it would go towards Moss Lane and on to Wigan. Hope this helps to get your bearings; it must be so difficult if you can only see it in your mind as it used to be.

I read not long ago that there are more McDonalds in Moscow now than there are in New York. Apologies Dave for misunderstanding your post re the Ritz.

AP
"I will be very hungry and they be the only option......"
Do you come from Somerset? An uncle of mine was a Somerset farmer and when he arrived somewhere, would never say like most of us do "Here we are". He`d say "Here we be."

No problem,Roy,I sometimes type as I speak,very confusing.

Sorry to go off at a tangent from Your photo,Thomas,but Roy just made me realise I never courted a girl in Wigan,quite a profound moment for me...to late now.

Ernest Pyke,

That does sound exotic: but alas no, I am from Scarisbrick Street.

Mick
I had a mcdonalds in singapore but it was quite small
Hardly a big shop
This was in Kampong glam
I dont much care for McDonalds but its any port in a storm

Irene, you mention Websters butchers, I used to know a Fred Webster - he had a mobile butchers van. Is he still around?

So Dave you moved away from York St and Wigan before you started fancying the other gender, when did you leave TLS about 59/60? Again sorry Thomas for using your photo as a social network.

Well said Maggie K, i did 30 years in Shevington and i know of the two where i,d prefer to walk arounnd at midnight and it aint Platt waz.

I have moved our chat to The Wallgate thread,Roy.Cheers Thomas for your thought provoking photo.

Mick, I have been in McDonald's largest outlet but that is in Orlando, Florida? The new one opening in London is going to be the NEW largest in the world

I've been in many McDonald's and their ilk,in the U.S. and Canada,but can't call myself a fan.(apart from McD's Egg Mc Muffin and the occasional salad.) Have to say,however, that the most exotic McDonalds I was ever in, was in the Haymarket in London, before the theatres,in the evening. Many beautifully dressed, bejeweled and fur-clad patrons at that time! It was all a little strange!

Hi Dave i,ve been out, just back. How do i get on the Wallgate thread? With apologies once again to Thomas.

Platt Bridge certainly has changed over the years,not all for the best I might add.I refrain from saying Platt waz,a derogatory term used by outsiders.

Roy Click on "people" press "end" and it will take a few seconds to get to the end of the posts and you will be able to post. You can contemplate all the posts, over two thousand, at your leisure.

David - if you mean the Fred Webster who had a butcher's shop in Hope Street, Spring View - I took his Funeral in 2010, and his wife Veronica's in March of this year. They lived in a bungalow on Hope Street at the end of their lives. I only knew of a butcher's shop in the old Hope Street, opposite the chapel.

Dave and Peter it used to be bigger when I went in and it say here they served up the worlds highest volume og burgers ,,,,in 1979. And what an event it was! The world's highest volume of hamburgers was served that auspicious October day at Liat Towers.

http://www.mcdonalds.com.sg/companyinfo_milestones.html

Welcome back Rev.David. What`s the present position re St.Catherine`s spire re-build? Refer P-a-D 14th April`12 for last info.

Ann21, i,m still no wiser, clicked on 'people', but 'end' what,s that? Am i being dosy or what?

Gooday Ernest Pyke. My comments about McDonalds meant the local chip and fish shop will have competition....PS English was never my strong point. I was only educated at Gidlow Secondary Modern. Also McDonalds dont make chips. They make French Fries in Australia. At the moment they are doing London Fish and Chips. Not that I have had them so I dont know whether they are ok. Have a good day

MAGGIE Walthew lane and Platt st are actually (in) warrington rd or part of according to the WIGAN A to Z.

Tom, have you seen Dennis Miller`s photo #16319, one of 160 of Platt Bridge in Places, page 5, top row, 2nd from left? It shows Liverpool Road, in the early 1980`s, before McDonald`s and has 23 comments, several by irene roberts.

David, only just seen your post as I was out last night. No, the Webster's Butchers I mentioned wasn't connected to Fred Webster, and I think Rev. Long may have come up with the correct person in his post.

Roy, go on to "Communicate",. then "Places". Scroll down a bit and you will come to the Wallgate Thread which has loads of posts. Click onto it, wait for it to establish, (a few seconds), then press "end"; this will take you to the last post instead of having to scroll through the whole thing. You can then scroll up and down and read as many posts as you like.

Roy, I think I may have put Click onto "Communicate", then "Places".... if I have, it should have been "People". Apologies.

Thanks michaeldavies australia. Can see there being competion against local chip shops if they make the London chips which I presume are more thickly cut. Incidentally, Wikipedia shows a photo of a dish of french fries which look like chips to me !

Just as a note for the above comments, the chip shop actually opened up 10 years after mcdonalds. So in affect they opened up in direct competition with mcd's :-)

There is an old railway bridge over that road a bit further back from where that shot was taken, is it possible to get on that bridge and walk along the old line?

Rev. David, thanks for your reply. I think it must be the Fred Webster that I knew 40 years ago. he would be about 80 now. Fred used to drive an Austin A55 - I think - which was converted to a mobile shop. Thanks again, David.

aitch, the betting shop was always going in that unit - the only unit which is empty is the double-fronted one in the middle which was supposed to be a Tesco (it may still become one..).

I've lived in Platt Bridge for 3 years now. It is good to see improvements being made, but a place isn't made of bricks and mortar but the people in it - and unfortunately there's a few too many unsavoury folk around, who then in turn represent the many, as their inappropriate behaviour and lifestyle choices are more noticeable then those who conduct themselves with some respect.

Roy Click on "people" scroll down to "wallgate streets" Click on that and at the bottom right hand side of your keyboard you will see a key marked "end" Click and hold down til you get to the end and you will see Dave's post, it saves scrolling through all the posts each time, then you can peruse all two thousand posts at your leisure. Sorry I didn't explain properly before.

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