Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan
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FORDS early 1940's
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Fords early 1940's
Photo: Keith Bowen
Photo: Keith Bowen
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Item #: 8234
Item #: 8234
The Ford company during the war were turning out Military vehicles from, what I believe was formerly, a Wigan Corporation Bus Depot, and I believe reverted back to this after the War.
It was situated off Pottery Road and may still be there as far as I know, sandwiched between Melverley Street and Pottery Terrace. I do have a very slight memory of "visiting" him here one lunchtime when my mother delivered a very welcome lunch, I would have been about 3 at the time.
My father worked here for a while before his call up for the Forces, he's in the middle of the back row with a smudgy nose just to prove he was working I suppose! I'm afraid I can't provide any more names nor can my father (Jack Bowen) who is now 93 years old, except to say that the chap dressed in the overalls on the front row was a "character".
It was situated off Pottery Road and may still be there as far as I know, sandwiched between Melverley Street and Pottery Terrace. I do have a very slight memory of "visiting" him here one lunchtime when my mother delivered a very welcome lunch, I would have been about 3 at the time.
My father worked here for a while before his call up for the Forces, he's in the middle of the back row with a smudgy nose just to prove he was working I suppose! I'm afraid I can't provide any more names nor can my father (Jack Bowen) who is now 93 years old, except to say that the chap dressed in the overalls on the front row was a "character".
I remember this very well I used to play in the ford boxes as a lad , and also the little items left in the boxes for the assemblers in the corporation depot .I do remember bags of peanuts
Comment by: heather whittle on 25th March 2015 at 21:27
i lived in the potteries and where the wigan corperation depot was was only built in the early 50's i played on that land as a child we called it the salt marshes as it was covered with white dust that was like salt so where was the depot
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