Wigan Album

Great photograph John, it brings back so many memories of the cafe, had some good laughs in there.

My Gran was born in Ashton Street, a couple of streets down on the right from the pic..it gives me a sense of what the area was like that she grew up in..thanks John Collier...

Ah the "pingy",happy days!!!!!

this brings back memories the woman stood on right just outside the shop doorway is Mrs Entwhistle(she had a very nice daughter who used to help out after school .I used to live down the street on the left rose street in the late 60's and 70's. I used to drink at the casey's arms opposite the pingy . Moved away in my twenties had some great great times aroud that aera

Great photograph John Collier, thanks.

John Chatterley: Do you remember Carl Hammond, John Fenton or Christine Ollerton?

What a great pic used to live in one of those houses on the left between the church and the {Pingy},my granparents lived in Bridgewater st {on the left}and my other grandparents lived in Edward st {on the right }.Spent a lot of my time in the cafe listening to the juke box having a laugh and drinking coffee,thought it was great happy days.

Hi xxstuartxx
Carl Hammond And John Fenton.Yea both went to rose bridge and I think Carl used to live bridgewater st or maybe albert st.

Whats the big building that can be seen in the distance im assuming its in scholes

oh I remember it all so well. We lived in Bridgewater Street.No eight two doors away from the pingy. When I was a little girl in bed you could hear all the people singing in the pub. I remember the cafe on Rose Bridge and I have just remembered something else. A girl came to work in the cafe and she was Italian I think, she was very beautiful and if memory serves me well I think she was engaged to the owner. Strange to think what happened to all these people because it only seems like yesterday. MB

Hi Muriel
you will proberbly remember my grandparents if you lived in Bridgewater st Annie and Jack Leyland and my auntie Sally Finney also other relatives Brooks....Frost.
Ialso lived there for a while Calderbank there were so many relations in that st even my great grandparents lived there in the 1800s,wish i had the st name plate, what a great keepsake that would have been.If you look under Places at Pingy there is some pics of the family

I was born on schofield Lane wigan 1949 and attended infants school at rose bridge methodist church until 1955 when i moved to Flixton, Manchester. The picture is just how I remember it

HI my husbands family used to live on bridgewater st at no 27,he remembers your aunt sally finey,theywere the thompsons xx mrs josie thompson

my husband william thompson used to be best mates with carl hammond &he remembers the others as well,he lived in bridgewater st & went to rose bridge school, last heard off carl was living in abram x mrs josie thompson

My grandmother lived in Ashton st I was born in Peel st and my aunt lived on Manchester rd facing turners butchers

What a brilliant photo,brings back lots of memories. I lived next door to the Pingy, noticed my old house has gone on this photo so it was after 1965. My brother Stephen and myself both went to Rose Bridge school.

the lady eith the scarf is Annie Behan she had the wool shop on rose bridge her two daughters were Kathleen and Margaret

Many thanks for this photo John, it's the first time I've seen a photo of my old primary school, St Catharines, even if it is rather small.

brings back happy memories i was born in bolton st just further down manchester rd on the left

I used to live in the end house at the corner of rose street

i use to live in ince i new silas thompson he is i child molester and i perv he is one sick sick man keep your kids away from him