Photo-a-Day  (Thursday, 19th October, 2023)

This brewery lorry is a " Pagefield " built by Pagefield Engineering
at the far end of Miry Lane, Wigan.

That’s a lovely painting of times past but what a pity it will only last as long as the wall it’s painted on. I wonder who the artist was.

According to what my mother said, this is the original photograph of the artistically enhanced painting shown above. I'd rather have the photo..

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d2/fa/99/d2fa994f2efa6674ef9613c4e7006b38.jpg

Ray. I think Pagefields were built by Walker Brothers at their Pagefield Iron Works, which was off the bottom of Frog Lane.

Interesting photo De looks like this little truck had a chain drive the artist probably forgot to put a starting handle on.Would be good to know if pagefield made the engine or was it a Gardener or Cummins and Edbro probably bought the tipping gear side of the business after 1966 very interesting never knew they were made in Wigan.

Could somebody please refresh my memory. I was born in New Springs, but I can’t remember where The Commercial Inn Building was.

Veronica, according to David who put a photo of the whole wonderful mural on a PaD 16/05/2022 it was painted by Robert Tedaldi, and all of it in five days can you believe.
https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/photoaday.php?photo=2022-05-16

And here is the artist Robert Tedaldi painting the mural on the wall of the former pub in an article of him in Wigan Today 21/04/2022: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/artist-brought-in-to-reflect-on-the-beauties-of-wigan-waterways-3660866

This is probably chalk and not a paint.

Learning in a barrel ,
apprenticeship in a glass
, adulthood now coming ,
from school to working class.
Are tha lad now courting ,
on the arm the neet,
and sure enough eventually ,
you meet your love so sweet ,
Until ,
either slips or promise ,
your counting comes to three ,
and the barrels they keep rolling ,
you takes your pick and see..

Yes Jack, Pagefield Engineering was a section of Walker Brothers. My Father
in law worked there for several years in his later life. From 1990, I rented a
warehouse there for a few years operating my little transport and storage
business. then moved to a larger site on Cricket Street Business Park.

Just seen the painting I had forgotten about it. It’s brilliant Cyril …..mind you I wouldn’t want it on my gable end! ;o))

It looks like my name went missing again, sorry about that.
I think there is something wrong with my email.

It's not a good likeness of the original as shown on Sylvia Avery's link.
Would anybody make a guess at the name of the pub?

Kath H, the Commercial Inn was at the top of Cale Lane, near the canal bridge, New Springs.

According to Sylvias original photo it was taken in Warrington in 1912.

Tess Tickle my fancy Dr Hook & the medicine show said
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is busy, too busy to come to the phone. Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is trying to start a new life of her own… And the operator says 40 cents more for the next three minutes, please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while, please, Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye!

Don't like it :(

Thanks Dennis. Of course it was, I remember now. I never went to the top of Cale Lane, as we moved to Aspull, when I was nine.

Ray. I think Pagefields were built by Walker Brothers at their Pagefield Iron Works, which was off the bottom of Frog Lane.