Wigan Album

Looks like the woman in front of the shop is holding a little boy wearing a dress.Apparently it was the norm then.

Thats correct Elizabeth. Boys wore dress like outfits till they were 3 or 4 years old, when they were dressed in short trousers. This was known as breeching, and family and relations would often mark the event by putting a small amount of money or a gift in the pockests of the new trousers.

This was probably where Ada Cartmells sweet shop was or Doris’s shop opposite Crooke Hall Inn

I think the shop was run by the Witters, Crooke was a dangerous place for strangers then.

Pleased to see a reference to the Witters of Crooke as my 3g-grandmother, Catherine (Kitty) Gore was nee Witter. I;d welcome more information if there's any available. Where was the post office in relation to Woosnams' grocers? (I think the latter was near the coal tippler next to the canal.)

Pleased to see a reference to the Witters of Crooke as my 3g-grandmother, Catherine (Kitty) Gore was nee Witter. I;d welcome more information if there's any available. Where was the post office in relation to Woosnams' grocers? (I think the latter was near the coal tippler next to the canal.)