Photo-a-Day  (Saturday, 6th January, 2024)

Drove past this place many times and it seems well used and cosy for the people of Standish. I presume Kaz's kitchen is a take away?

Never seen or heard of it but It does looks very cosy.

That looks so warm and inviting....reminds me of Garry's Coal Fire! Lovely! xx

Irene, mine is roaring away at the very moment and stocked up with the Sherry, great.
Yes a lovely cosy place indeed, nice area Standish.

Kaz's kitchen is indeed a take away PP but is independent of Copper Vines .
Both cook excellent if different food . The top half of the door of Kaz's swings open like Mr. Ed's stable and you're served through the hatch .
There's a nice beer garden at the back of Copper Vines. . Good picture Colin . Warms the cockles this frosty morn .

Looks lovely. They have a cool virtual walkthrough on their website!

https://www.coppervines-standish.com/come-inside

Sounds like Irene's been to Garry's for a warm and a Sherry.lol.
Lovely warm and cost atmosphere.

Kaz's Kitchen serve the best food in Standish.

Garry some parts of Standish is rough though. You have to see it all.
Nice photo Colin.

Lovely warm and Cosy atmosphere.

Can never understand why people seem to rave over Standish,bottleneck and overrated come to mind.

Brr.....can I come to yours for a warm and a glass of Sherry Garry.
It's freezing out there.
A brilliant photo, bet its not got a coal/log fire though Colin.

Standish as certainly gone up in the world with
Kazies kitchen and other eating places,it isn't the
Old standish that I remember of the sixties.

Fossil fuel isn't good ie coal.
I can also smell log burners when out with the dog. Horrible smell.
I'll stick with my gas fire, no smells or fumes and so efficient.

I can never understand why people rave over Coal or Log fires,
They are polluters.

It looks very cheerful & welcoming, a nice photo to look at on a frosty day....but its not frosty in Norfolk, the sky is blue & the sun shines in Nelson's County.

£24.50 for a lamb shank? Yeah, right. Some folk have more money than sense.

I’ve always liked Standish for it’s village
feel, but like Westhoughton it’s losing that with all the new property being built. Not forgetting the nightmare traffic. I can imagine the owd ones meeting for coffee and a natter in that welcoming and brightly lit building.
There’s too many coffee shops now where I live!

It’s very bright and sunny here Helen. Thank the Lord my windows face south warming the living room a treat! And the kitchen! Just wait till the sun sets though….Brrrr.

Me thinks Jack and Julie are one and the same person. Same old gripes and never happy!

The last time I went into that building it was Tom Walsh's gents' outfitters. The inside was an authentic Victorian shop with bare floorboards, long polished wood counter facing the door, and the stock kept on shelves and in cabinets behind the counter. The little building to the right was a ladies' hairdresser's - Nora Preston's if I remember rightly (?)

Veronica , did the 183 homes building project at Bowlands Hey get the go ahead ?
I’m very interested how they hand out these large projects whilst other places seem immune . Aspull only has 4000 residents why can’t they build it there . Standish only has 13,000 , what’s the thinking around WH which has 25 ?
I don’t believe it’s a need , but a select , which makes other places look exclusive which is not the Wigan way !

And I'll stick to my COAL fire and SHERRY.

No mains gas in our area, so we have a coal/log fire. Kaz's Kitchen sounds great - again, we're lagging behind in our village - no takeaways, shops or pubs and the nearest chippy is 5 miles away. Lovely photo - very welcoming.

Abram Alice if you drive from Wigan To Standish you come to the traffic lights in the town centre. Turn right at the lights and the Copper Vine and Kaz's Kitchen is about 30-40yards on your left

Yes there has been a lot of houses built down there on the right hand side of Bowland Hey as if there weren’t enough already.. I used to love walking down there towards the golf club. I suppose it’s the landowners that wanted to sell. All the lovely fields being swallowed up. It started with the industrial estate …once that got underway it didn’t take long for more land going. Like everywhere else Dave the town doesn’t have the infrastructure to cope.

I don’t blame you Garry.
I bet that roaring fire is far warmer than any central heating. You’ve dealt with coal all your working life so why change now…

That's exactly right Veronica, warmer and looks better and cosier. Toast on a fork is good too. And the coal reminds me of my working life as a bagger. X

I agree Garry, I used to love toast on a fork over the coal fire. By the way, have you tried Yates White sherry.Its soooooo nice.You could once get it in supermarkets.But I haven't seen it for a while.

Peter P if you drive to Standish from Wigan and turn right at the lights into Market Street you could be in trouble. There’s no right turn at that point.

Yes I have tried Yates Australia White Sherry, but it's quite a while ago, and it was nice. Cheers.

The one big problem with Standish is parking which very much diminishes trade. Every effort to provide more parking is shot down by the ‘Not In My Back Yard’ brigade.

Quite right David H, although it does get done quite a lot, along with jumping red lights. I agree Colin, parking is a massive problem in Standish which begs the question, what's happening to the land at the side of Tommy Walsh's ? A good photo Colin but I must admit I've not been in since it became the Copper Vine. Everyone I speak to say the same thing, not the cheapest place you'll go in but very nice.

WN1, agreed not the cheapest place but a meat pie or fish and chips in Standish verges on a luxury purchase!
David H, you have to turn right down Cross Street just before the lights of after the lights into Pole Street.
If coming up Rectory Lane from the Owls you are well snookered at the lights as there is no left turn.
All quite confusing to those not in the know. And if the M6 is closed for any reason it's utter chaos.