Wigan Album
Shevington
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Photo: philip hill
Item #: 23560
thinkin about it i dont think it was called aspinalls then.
Did Derek Taylor not own it then Philip?
Im sure that lady is.... dolly heyes
i dont know who derek taylor is roy,yea ithink thats her name trev,i know her son brian,not seen him in ages,did dolly work in dandys papershop,bytheway if anybodys getten any pics of dandys out there can they put em on never seen it since it closed,
Correct me if i'm wrong Philip, but is the shop in the row opposite Dandy's papershop isn't it?
yea roy i think its a hair dressers now .there where 3 shops opposite ,dandys ,lilys fruit& veg,frosts telly shop. incredibly ive been told there was a blacksmiths round there 200 years ago.
Was the shop Cuerdens. it was behind the bus stop.
i dont know what u mean valerie r u saying the blacksmiths is called cuerdens,if so id like to no more,as im interested in local history.
It WAS Cuerdens shop at one time, i bought Mr Cuerdens house in Miles Lane. Later on the shop was owned by Derek Taylor who now has the fisheries up The Nook.
The woman who used to serve in Aspinall's shop in the 50's, whose name I think was Martha, also owned the wooden chippy across the road, almost opposite the Plough and Harrow. She would work for Aspinalls during the day and open the chippy at night. I think those chips cppked in lard and with a coal fired range were the best ever. Later on Hurcombes opened another chippy in the new parade further down Gathurst Lane. Competition had arrived!
dolly sadly passed away a coupe of weeks ago.
In the 40s and 50s, the shop was owned by Arthur Aspinall and his wife Lizzie. She was a teacher at Shevington school in Miles Lane in the early 1900s.It was later taken over by Billy Cuerden and his wife Molly, who was the daughter of Arthur and LIzzie.
This is my grandma Dolly Heyes who has sadly passed away, thanks for uploading didn't know this picture existed my mum Joan loves it.
THANK YOU.
Molly and Bill Cuerden were my great grandparents and it is correct Lizzie and Arther were her parents x
My gt grandparents used to own this shop in the 1800s - family name of Aspey. Margaret Houghton used to be a servant.
my mum annie walsh worked in marthas chippy,she had to go across the road to the back of marthas house to fetch the chipped potatoes and bring them back to the chippy and it wasnt light work i can tell you!