Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 3rd March, 2024)

The stone wall closest to the photographer was part of the footbridge which enabled customers to get from the platform on one side of the tracks to the platform on the other side.

Dennis, interesting view, is this taken from the near end of the platform at Wallgate Station?

I can't get my bearings here! Is that King Street West that the buses go along when they turn off Wallgate to go to the bus station? And is so, is the building on the left what used to be used to be Sloopies/ some other name nightclub? I only ask because you used to be able to make out very faint "ghost" letters advertising the former Gee's School of Dancing on the rear wall. Perhaps they've faded completely now due to the passing years or I'm looking at the wrong wall.

I can see the office window on the corner of the County Court I worked in. I was always looking out of that window. Yes you are right Irene. It was a long walk for folk wanting to go on the train in the old days.

Irene, you are right about the dark building on the left. It has been numerous night clubs of the years, I remember it best as The Las Vegas Club with Chuffers around the corner in the late 60’s early 70’s.
I think it first opened as The Golden Clogg!

An interesting thread here. The trees in the picture denote where the plague pits are. https://wigan-peers.forumotion.com/t1977-plague-victims-in-wigan?highlight=plague

The club has just closed down again ,It was a indie -club

Thanks Lolly, will check this out in the morning.
Woodhouse Lane is named after wooden houses that were built to accommodate plague victims in the mid 1600’s. We thought we had it bad during Covid.

The churchyard wall may have been moved to accommodate Wallgate station. So there would have been victims buried where those cars are. Someone did report that work had to stop on the night club, because bones had been found there.

The tree that Lolly mentions is between King Of Prussia Yard which is off Hallgate and the Parish Church.
Behind this wall there was a road that ran down from King Street West to the platform level of the old Station.
At the top end was a walkway across the track to the platform on the other side.

Dennis, here's a link to a discussion about the plague pit in the church yard from off Communicate started by Jo Anne: https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/communicate/mb_message.php?opt=f1&opt2=&msd=1454590&offset=0&subject=Plague%20Victims%20in%20Wigan

Cyril, the tree in that photo is to the left of the entrance to the Parish Church Yard from King of Prussia Yard.

Irene I well remember my first dance lesson at Gee's school of dancing, we boys had to dance with a chair as a partener, can't risk the girls feet!!! I never did improve mutch other than a bit of partener line dancing.