Wigan Album

Is it Brian Elsey ?

Is he someone famous? If so, Give us a clue!

its just me silly

Hee hee argh oh oh ..I kill myself .. what a plinker!

behave you plonker, you know, I was in MINDER on the box

its cliff higham

That cap brings back a lot of memories. When I was at WGS 1942-7 the cap and tie were the only bits of uniform we needed owing to rationing. The cap cost 5 shillings from Pendlebury's(later Debenhams)and I think the tie was 1/6d. We only bought one cap all through the school as when you lost it you went to the lost property office under the stairs and picked another one for 1d.

You wouldnt think that this angel faced little fontleroy would later become the terror of the school along with Dixie Dean. Baby Face Higham ..Public Enemy No. 2.

There is more than a passing resemblance between Cliff and Fred Mason. Did they have the same milkman I wonder.

Cliifs hat at a jaunty angle is his way of telling you he's a cocky cheeky chapy. Anyway I knew him prior to his grammar days. I think he's trying to set a record for pics on the site. For the benefit of all his groupies theres tons of pics of Cliff on the St Georges site.

I see Cliffs made the front page of Album .. atlast ... your 15 mins of fame Cliff!

By Gar, Trencher, lad...we do look alike, even our ties are crooked... must be the milkman connection.

Is it just William? No, no...Erm...Hang on! It's Jimmy Clitheroe...No... no..Erm...Got it! It's Jimmy's brother...Dick...

No Jon yur wrong his names cliff but come to think of it some women do call him Dick.

Dont you feel like gettin one o them wooden balls off the fair and trying to knock that cap off with it.

Don't be fooled by the angelic look. He was a little tinker at St. Georges school.

He was a bigger tinker at WGS.

unforgetable,,,,nice one cliff...only the cap has changed<<,

I'll bet the little tinker still has that cap.

Ok ok, you got me perhaps the cap gave me away, I was an innocent young boy all the world in front of me then from 1x I went to 2c then all my dreams withered away It was my destination to be something of this world, a leader to bring prosperity an peace throughout the lands far and wide, what did I get? a bunch of ne're do wells who led me astray. in veno veritas , good luck to you all, times awaistin so dont keep hesitatin, go have some fun go an have your share.
Oh! an I still have the tie.

Cliff Higham yoo 'orrible little man I arrest yoo in the name of the law. Yoo have comitted the 'orrible crime of displaying that 'orrible cap in public. I've got yoo bang to rights yoo 'orrible criminal. mark my words yoo'll hang for this mi'lad. Mark my words.

Bet he had black and red underpants.

Cap that.

Hey, Cliff,

Your ties crooked, mate..!!!!!!!!
Oh no...yer ties straight... the rest of yer is crooked....

Yuk yuk....

Now Now then Fred no need for that just keep on sprinklin that there gunpowder on your cornflakes.

Lets face it the guy looks a twit. Why do these wallies think we want to look at their fey fizogs.

Plonka!

Nitwit.

I still have that there badge, Cliff. I'll scan it and send it to you so you save it along with the cap.

Who is RUDD..?

Rudd?

There's a Wally Rudd on the cross country photo!

Was it Wally or Brian Rudd?

And to think that this little angel a couple of years on became a rampant teddy boy.

Hey up bill,,,,it were brian rudd,,,,,,met up with a few years back when he worked at gullicks for a spell

Thanks for tha Jas. I don't remember much about Rudd. I recognise him from the photo. Last time I saw him he was playing guitar in a local band but I can't remember the name of the band.

Last time I saw him was drivin taxis.

Posh privileged brats.

have you only just realised that my son, shame on you don,t resent your peers just carry on deliverin your bread you are keeping the wheels of industry well fed bravo! dear chap.

whats your name?

The lads name on the pic is Clifford Higham. Wots your full name Holly? If your looking for a chap - I don't know if Clifford is available but I get the impression the Trapper Fred Mason is desperate for female company. Post your thoughts here!

Thanks for that, Bill, but with all these squaws and eskimo lasses around me, I am spoiled for choice....Love those long dark nights..!! Gee, even the polar bears look good up here..

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.

Sheila. For the uneducated you are telling Cliff "Don't call me - I'll call you". Fair enough!

Sheila ! you little tinker you know my French fades with age mein shatz, bon soir, sllly sod j,taime somethin like that.

I wonder what this chump looks like now.

He's pretty much the same. Saw him the other day. A bit wrinkly and doddery but otherwise the same.

This is a daft pic, scrap it.

saw Brian Rudd in the market hall yesturday, I was buying a packet of them there 'dewdrops' from one one of them cheap,cheap stalls, surprisin, for a quid you can drift back in time to the wonder years, when we were in our 40,s

You didn't say hello!

oh, Hello Brian, how you doin?
sorry, I was in a hurry. I bought dewdrops £1 a bag beltin, memories keep on comin when I eat them there dewdrops.

sure I met this mon in strangeways ,, next cell. he sez to me ,, what you in for ,, I sez robin a wagon .. what you in for. he sez wagin me robin.

No way Mick. Cliff in Strangeways. No way. He wouldnt be seen dead in there. He were in the Scrubs.

Cliff h, wont be seen in a graveyard, he,s the lobby Lud of wigan, if you spy him just say 'Dewdrops' he,ll give you a fiver, all heart is young cliff, shame he never grew up.

Harold your name sunds familiar. Do you know Cliff?

Know him since a kid Jon, we used to catch butterflies with a buch o trigs off some privets, well we did,nt catch many, I suppose we killed most or then what was still alive we put em in a hole with some grass for food, all heart we were.
We used to fly around playin tap latch and stuff, I heared he,s not changed much
He doesn,t fly around these days, he must be pushin retiring age.

Nice picture of you Cliff luv. just as I remember you. Hope you had a good Christmas.

Doesnt this Grammar Grub look a complete dipstick in that cap. What a plonker! We were a harder lot at the Linancre.

I'll bet he used to take an apple for the teacher.

He always liked his apples. robbin orchards and things
I,ll hazzard a guess he is now a cider drinker.
He always did what he wanted and not go with the flow,00 Ja strange but there you go

Agnes, no, no, dont tell me your the same,you married
one of the wally family well if you did your my cousin I cornt speyk, how you doin luv?
anyroadup I saw this lad today well not young now is about my age in that posh pub on mesne or sumthin road, not sin him for years, he nodded to me as I went in so he must have remembered me anyroadup he was on his own in a corner eyin up the the yung girls,owd man always bin the same, somebody sed he wont grow up,silly owd sod,anyroad up I,ll ring your mam tomorrow and tell her I seen u int pub.an oh where,s our Maud livin now? somebody sed she went livin abroad somewhere Ungry I think, ope she,s alright, keep in touch agnes, tarrie for now.

hiya billy me owl marra ,,,,,, remeber me ,,,,,,, we worked at warrington gas works ,, yonks ago.

Why do these owd raspberries think we want to see their boat races? Cliff Higham - Monty Mason - its beyond me.

Today is a sad day for all those of us who are still alive from the above class. Cliff was always fun, always made one happy and a sheer joy to be around.
My condolences to his family and all his friends.

Cliff's funeral service is at St mary's church in Standishgate on Tuesday 2nd July at 2 pm.