Wigan Album

Definitely Legh Street (Spelling is correct: not Leigh) Photo is taken looking toward Bridge Street end, with the photographers back to the Barn Lane end. The fence on the right would be the boundary of Legh St park. The chimney is part of what I knew, in the late 50s / early 60s as the Sunpat factory where they used to roast peanuts, but it may have been a textile mill when this was taken.

I agree with all your comments Mike B,I would just like to add the Legh Arms to the list it can be seen half way down on the right. The factory was Brookside Mills.

I was actually born on Legh Street ( number6) and my Nan lived on the first house on the riight hand side of the picture next to the Legh Arms pub. I used to ask for peanuts from the drives who loaded up at the Sunpat Mill. There was a small corner shop by the mill where the lorries loaded.

Hi only just found this my dad
lived at num 3 with his mum Dorothy Dad Sam.

Hi my dad lived at no 3 with his dad
Sam & mum Dorothy they had shop.

i was brought up in legh st also my nan lived a few doors away from us we used to walk to school down t5he path at the side of sun pat if i rember think we lived at number 42 in the 60s

I worked at Sun Pat, Legh Street, Golborne at 15 years old as an apprentice joiner under Norman Prescot and Don Woodcock from 1961 to 1963. We were transferred to a parent company called Sovereign Toffee in Lowton three months after a big fire then we were made redundant. Lots of good roasted nuts and memories. Wayne

Gran used to live at the second house from Barn Lane end. Opposite the war memorial. Mum would take me on the bus from Leigh to see gran on a Saturday (about 1948). Then when I was older, about 12, I used to train spot at the station. Sweet memories.