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View from the thirteenth floor of Dryden House, 1987.
View from the thirteenth floor of Dryden House, 1987.
Photo: Stuart Naylor
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Item #: 2138
View from the thirteenth floor of Dryden House, towards the Red Pond and the Newtown area of Wigan. The high rise blocks, had fifteen floors. (1987)

Comment by: Rubyshoes on 29th July 2008 at 09:34

I lived on the fourteenth floor in Masefield House.

Comment by: pamilou on 17th September 2008 at 23:41

wow, cool pic, i can see my house! what great memories.

Comment by: Gill on 16th January 2009 at 19:06

This brings back so many childhood memories

Comment by: Lee parker on 25th June 2018 at 06:57

Wow its been nearly 40 years since ive seen the red pond i used to go fishing there in 1980 were have all the years gone i loved living in worsley mesnes it was like an adventure playground at the time i loved there all the cotton mills were deralict they were amazing to explore kids of today have no idea just looking at all these photos i can just imagine being 10 11 12 again my nan and grandad dad were all still alive then i can remember as a young lad wailking past the shops with mum and dad i only wish they were still around

Comment by: Collette Ingham on 28th May 2021 at 00:27

Oh that brings back memories! I lived on the 13th floor (97 I think) in 1984/85

Comment by: Ray Green on 1st August 2021 at 17:46

Ted Walls was the caretaker in the late sixties. He once showed me his army service book where he landed in Normandy on 4th June 1944, two days before D Day! Ted Turton was the caretaker of Thackeray House where I lived for a spell

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