Wigan Album

The teacher on left Mr Parks. Headmaster Mr McGuire on right

Joe Fitzgerald on the top row was my mums cousin, she was very happy to see this photograph , he died in his 20's .

HI MARIE
THE FITZGERALD,THEIR MUM AND MINE WHERE SISTERS,JOE,MICHAEL
I THINK KENNY NOT SURE ALL DIED YOUNG.KENNY LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ME IN MASON ST,MOTHER BURIED HER THREE SONS,I WILL NEVER FORGET

hi marie
a correction on my post,joseph fitzgeralds mum,her husband
was brother to my mum,the son was eddy and not kenny,the other brother michael lived next door to eddy No 15 mason st
eddy No 13 myself no 11 hope that clears my mistake

Paddy and Elsie Fitzgerald had 4 sons and 1 dau. Joe Mick.Johnny. Edward. and Patricia

I think I submitted this photo a few years ago. I named the class and think it was almost 100%. Still see Alan Smith

i mated with eddie fitzgerald when i was 12 13 years old , the nicest lad you coud ever meet, we had some good time,s together.

Mr.Parks, a true gentleman, lwon't comment on the man to his left. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead!
Joe Fitz- a great forward!
Johnie Downing- hardest man in the school!
Frank Nichols- fromThe Old Kent Road!
Derek Gormley - sadly killed, on a foul night, in a motor bike accident
Billy Williams" The man in a velvet suit", quote from Owd Jack!
Alfred Hill and Kenneth Dale " Up Hill And Down Dale" ( Owd Jack) .
Vince Chatterley--- Poolstock Chatterley clan!
Derek Murphy -- best mathematician
" Block Mitchell--- I think he would agree, not good at maths but lotta
bottle--- gaining wings with paras!

Missing-- Joseph shepherd, Joseph Lynskey,Ronald Galvin, Billy Chambers( later a minder in a popular Wigan nightspot), and
John Fish( whose father had a news- stand outside the station)

wot a great pik michael fitzgerald was my dad we lived in mason street eddie and joseph died young but aunty pat and uncle johnny are still alive my dad died in 87

Vince Chatterley, my dad, sadly passed away in 1988.