Wigan Album

Does anyone know approximately when this would have been? I'm thinking this was taken facing in the direction of the Church, and just north of Baxters Store. Please correct me if you know better.

This looks like School Lane to me. looking towards the Owl.

Parliament Street without a doubt.
Gaskell's cloggers on left was later occupied by Reg Baxter's TV shop.
Opening on right which can be seen behind little girl on pavement is entrance to Back Brow, and building jutting out on right near horse and cart is old Legs of Man pub.
Church gates and gable end of present day Conservative Club can also be made out in background.

I Remember the cottages on the right,reaching as far as "Rock House", and when they were demolished,how surprising it was that they backed right onto the rock face.

Yes Ellen,

My great Aunt lived in one of the cottages during WWII.
Until fairly recently you could still see the remains of some steps, and the plaster of the back kitchen wall.

It reminded me of School Lane at first, I can now se it's Parliament St with the church in the background.

ellen, everything mick mentions in the photo is correct,the postcard is dated 1903.

I'm thinking that the cottages were demolished in the early fifties;as that was when I walked by this way, coming home from Upholland Grammar School when it was at Sandbrook Road.

My auntie jean and uncle joe used to live further up past rock house, they delivered milk.

Was that Joe McNamara Val, who lived near the laundry gates?

Hello Peter, I am sure the man in the shop doorway is a relative of mine, as I know my 5 times great grandad THOMAS CATTERAL GASKELL, was a clogger living at 12 Parliament street, which was in 1841 cencus, and his descendants where there until about the 1920/30's, is it possable you could rescan both sides of the postcard at a higher resolution and email it to me please, I would be ever so gratefull...thanks in advance.....GEORGE GASKELL