Photo-a-Day  (Monday, 6th May, 2024)

The remnants of what was…I have never noticed the gigantic chimney’s before on the row of houses. It must be decades since smoke found a way out of them.

I have a choice of three buses to bring me home from Wigan, and if I catch the 320 St. Helens bus it leaves the bus-station where the blue signposts are and you get a brilliant view of the hall itself up on an elevated position behind the building shown. As I have mentioned before, I remember Canon Forrest who lived there, and his lovely dog which he had taken in and cared for when it had been abandoned outside his home. I too love those chimneys!

Good photo of the gatehouse Dennis. I did hear that sometimes the aroma from the nearby mint ball factory drifts over that area. Hope you got a pleasant wiff, rather than the waft of secondhand marijuana smoke. Apparently it's all over town these days, and poor innocent Wigan folk who are forced to endure it say... "it stinks!"

The chimneys to the block of houses to the right have given up smoke too.

This looks like the Wigan
I remember.
I understand my father went to school in Frog Lane, many moons ago.
Good photo Dennis.

I think you’ve done very well there Dennis just getting the ‘old’ in view.
(By gum! ‘Vic’ that must have taken some
thinking about..!) Actually your ‘‘block of houses’’ to the right after the row of houses with the gigantic chimney’s is or was a pub, closed now. A previous PAD shows it was a small ‘convent’ at one time if I’m correct.

Great photo Dennis. It just shows what can be done with our lovely old buildings instead of them being left to rot.

A different view of the lane Dennis.
There was an interesting discussion on the site about the gatehouse by someone who's relations once lived there, apparently the folks lived in one side and slept in the other. I've looked for the discussion thread, but cannot find it so I'm wondering if it was on one of the defunct Forum threads.

I think the rugby player Phil Clarke had something to do with all the restoration

Yes Roylew,he bought it to be the headquarters of his business.

Cyril, you said "A different view of the lane Dennis." However, that's a view of 'the street' (New Market Street)

As Dennis states as he is stood in the Lane, looking towards New Market Street from FROG LANE.

So what's ruffled your feathers George de Hindley. My comment was not about 'the street' being New Market Street, if it was I would have said so - my comment was about the different view of 'The Lane' being the top part of Frog Lane and the rectory gatehouse.
It seems that today has been your day for nitpicking as you've had a nitpick on others comments today, I see. Just saying.

Phil Clark and his brother and Ian Lenegan

The photo looks to have been taken from Frog Lane, but “the view” is of New Market Street.

Whatever, George Hindley, if it makes you happy for you to have a daily whinge about this or other concerning something totally useless, then so be it, actually "am I bothered." No!
Plus my initial comment of "a different view of the lane," as concerns my looking at the left of the photo of Frog Lane and the Gatehouse, is correct!

George seems to be correct, Cyril.
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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1384502
Date first listed: 10-Jul-1983
List Entry Name: GATEHOUSE TO WIGAN HALL WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL

Statutory Address: GATEHOUSE TO WIGAN HALL WITH ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL, NEW MARKET STREET, WIGAN
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Well, I'm not afraid to hold up my hands and say I was in error if that is the case, though with George Hindley and yourself too for that matter, always being so stupidly pedantic when reading what folks may have just casually wrote in their comments on here. You have to then, with smug grins, gleefully point out that they are in error - so tell me- just what is the point or the fun in posting comments.
Remember, as you sow, so shall you reap.
Goodbye all.


https://wiganarchsoc.co.uk/cont/News_Letters/news139.htm

Cyril I remember a family living in the gatehouse just to the left and the room to the right was the churchwardens office. I think the family name was Caunce (not sure of spelling it was a long time ago).

Hello Brian, thanks for the input, and you almost right in the spelling, I think this photo (on the Album) in the link may jog your memory.

https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=1&id=6525&gallery=Wigan+Parsh+Church&offset=0