Wigan Album

Flippin' eck Paul... you can tell he is your dad.

back row barrie james ??james moorcroft david watmough
paulroby
third from left could be david varey

I was in the school team at that time and was in the same class as Paul Roby and Dave Watmough.I've forgotten what i looked like at that age and don't have any pics of myself.

2nd left back row Malcolm Talbot.

I was in same class as erik and when we left school i met up again and we used to have a drink together in dog and partridge about thirty five years ago but i moved to standish and lost touch with every one dont know if any of my school friends are still with us.

Hi i was in class 1c-2c-3c and 4c in high school here are some of the pupils names who were in class 4c they are ... Doreen ackers... Pauline summers... Jennifer walker... Margaret snaylam... Linda webb... And Jacquline barlow( her mum and dad had a chip shop bottom of platt lane and moved to blackpool... Eric bamber... Alan carey... John sankey... Dennis smalley... Johnny hanker... John pickford... Richard disley... John atherton... Michal strong... Frank green (ihad heard that he has passed away RIP) Harold worthington(nickname lewie) (ihad heard he had passed away as well Rip) and myself Brian ashcroft... If anyone remembers any other pupil please add this is from rhe early sixties if you want to contact me by email my address is brianashcroft1949@yahoo.co.uk

I also remember miss turton (art teacher) ( mr greenwood phisical education ) and miss shephard (english teacher) and also mildred bennet (pupil)...

Some more pupils i have remembered... Norman purnell (he used to live down park road) john churnside ... Ian wolstenholme ... Christine gough ...margaret cunliffe(i think her name was margaret) ...geoffery pilkington,( i heard he was a actor in london not sure) i mentioned before linda webb i think her name was valarie webb (used to live on atherton road where borsdane petrol station is now when they knocked them down she moved down leigh road near railway pub i know this because i used to live in next row of houses on atherton road opposite end to knights shop) i was the eldest boy in class( now 63 and valarie was the eldest girl fond memoriesbe nice to get in touch with other pupils...

Is the lad at the back on far right David rigg?

This must have been an inter house team.I am sure all these lads were in the same year but not the same form.There were four hoses at school.Raynor, Langton,Eckersley and Leyland.

That's right lumper.I was in the B stream with Paul and Whatty.If my memory serves me right i was in Leyland house.

I seem to think this team was Langton.There were plenty good players in this year

Is this the frank farimond who knew my brother derek ashcroft if so im his brother young ash I was also in leyland group I know you do you remember me and does anybody know if erik bamber is still with us and how I can contact him thanks everybody.

Hi Brian,I am the same one,yes.How are you?

Hi frank im not to bad keep going living in standish now been here for about 30 years.

I'm in Preston now.Only been here three years though

Hi frank do you ever see any old school mates glad to hear your ok regards brian.

Hi Brian,not really.Dave Varey's usually in Last Orders when i go down but that's about it.

I think this is the Langtree( green ) House team not the school team. I believe it is Dave Rigg is back row far right. Frank you used to play goal keeper and center forward if i remember correctly. I also think David Varey is front row 2nd right.Other Faces are familiar and my guess is the year is 1963 or 64

Apologise for error yesterday yes it is Langton not Langtree. The other colours where Raynor - yellow; Leyland- Red and Eckersley - Blue

Alan, Iam sure you were in Raynor,I was useless at football but we did we go fishing together

Hi Peter, yes I was in Raynor and remember well how we went fishing and also represented Wigan fishing team at National level. Still a dab hand at fishing when I get back to Wigan

Alan. What was the name of the river we fished when we represented Wigan Witham or Welland. The brain is slowing down

Peter,

It was the River Witham .I also took you to Lancaster canal at Garstang by bus and the River Ribble. Those where the days when life was simple and fun

Yes it is Langton.Paul Roby was a good footballer.We used to play football in Wooddagger Close.Paul went on to play for Blackburn.