Wigan Album

i spent a very happy childhood in the masonettes in housley close, we had such fun then and it dont look the same round there anymore, if anyone remembers me... norma riley or my sister or brother chris and david then say hello ok.

norma,your brother chris his is nickname fluff.

i remember you chris pye how you doing mate hope you well always smiling and happy you went mesnes high think you hung around with kev lynch.

This is Baucher Road, Worsley Mesnes in 1989 with the maisonette flats awaiting demolition. There was another block where the grass is that went in 1984, with another block in Mesnes Avenue. Identical flats were at Scholes, and a single block in Whelley, and Dumbarton Green, Beech Hill that are long gone. The trio of high rise flats, Dryden, Thackeray, and Masefield House were demolished in 1991, in total contrast to the Scholes blocks that are once again being refurbished. Demolition of Masefield House was delayed because of a stubborn tenant called Fred Bourne who refused to move out.

Does anyone have any photos of the maisonettes being demolished and the town houses being built in Sefton road?