Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 12th June, 2022)

Looks lovely and peaceful, a very nice photo.

Where's me fishing rod?

Nice one, Dennis.

Remember the lodge very well Dennis. I bet you've done the research as to why its so called, I often wondered !!. I notice that there are now fishing platforms, does it belong to an angling club perhaps, we often visited here when we were kids on our way to Th'all Marra.

What a lovely scene Dennis,I'd love a walk around there.

Yes Walt, like most of the lodges where we used to fish as kids, they are all owned by Fishing Clubs now. Sadly, the days when kids could go fishing with nothing more than a cane rod and a gut bottom are long gone. You need a licence for everything these days.
I imagine that the name came about because the lodge is situated at the bottom of St David’s Graveyard.

That’s an unusual name for the Lodge -connotations of a disaster of sorts. It does look peaceful though in that sunny glade.

dead lodge next to chuch yard i think veronica

I have walked past St.David's loads of times but didn't realise this was so near,lovely area.

It is nice and serene, but why the awful name, even though it is beyond the graveyard surely the locals could have thought up a nicer name.

Posted under History of Wigan on Communicate Boards.
Started by: JR (328)
When I was a youngster, there was a pub opposite the bottom shops at Marsh Green. This would be around 1959 when we moved to MG. Anyone know its name?

If JR is looking in, the building opposite where you say was the remains of Dingle House Farm, and the pub was around where those shops are and was The Duke of York.

Cyril , Jimmy in Album names a pub The Bird Ith Hand Inn , which was 200 yards up from Scott Lane on Kitt Green Road on the right hand side . 200 yards up would place in close to the bottom shops if I remember , but it’s been a long time so this is just an idea . I don’t remember any pub opposite bottom shops .

There’s a beauty spot at Hindley Green and it’s called the ‘Clayhole’. Going past sometimes on the bus I think why on earth give such a lovely spot that name!

Veronica what was the 'Clayhole,'is called Westlake now.It is lovely,you're right.

That’s an improvement Elizabeth, but I bet it will take a long time to catch on…

There are some very nice hidden gems around Aspull. Lovely photo.

Dave, there was actually three pubs according to a comment by gaffer on Communicate: "There was a pub opposite Dingle House farm, the Duke of York listed at 23 Marsh Green. Also Bird in the Hand pub and The Inn beer house on Marsh Green."

I also have the same 1908 map that gaffer has posted, as you can see the only pub shown for that date is Duke of York. scroll down to map.
https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/communicate/mb_message.php?opt=f2&opt2=&msd=608715&offset=80&subject=Dingle%2520House%2520Farm

Ron has a photo of the Bird i'th Hand at Marsh Green on the Album (well a newspaper cutting of the pub before it was demolished)

https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=5&id=26963&gallery=PUBS&page=5