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Stephen, thankyou so much for these pics of Aunty Sally.....this is just as I remember her, and she is so like my Dad I could cry! Her smile could light up a room! I'm not sure if I've told you but I named my daughter Ashley Sarah after her, not long before she died, and I was told that she was really pleased. God Bless her, and all of them.

ps...Stephen, I have just read your comment on the pic of Aunty Sally on the Griffiths page, where you say your Dad and Aunty Sheila would have loved to see the pit-brow photo. I knew your Dad sadly died but from your wording it sounds as if it is the same for Sheila. If so, I didn't know, and am sorry. I used to see Sheila in Hindley Tesco, and she DID know of the pit-brow photo, in fact she told me it had once hung in a pub in Wigan Lane(The Griffin, I think) with other mining pictures.But that was many years ago. I have a very hazy but warm memory of being in Aunty Sally's house in Hope Street as a very small child in the 50s. It was either Christmas or New Year and was freezing outside but very cosy in the house, and I recall my cousin Bill (many years my senior) playing a guitar and (I THINK )an accordion.

my dad Bill played the guitar most of his life he was with a band in the 50s around the pubs and clubs locally. they were called the sinners

Aunty Sheila died a few yaers ago.she lived in wooddagger closein hindley in her last years

Thanks,Stephen, for your message. I am so sorry about our Sheila. I am thrilled to have been in touch with our Billy , Doreen , Joyce and Michelle, and am going to meet up with Billy and hopefully others soon. I can't do much at the moment as my grandson is in Wigan Infirmary for six weeks, and I am going daily to give my daughter-in -law a break,but hope to meet my family soon.Take care, Stephen, and love to you and your family. Irene.x.

They just don't make like that any more, maybe not had the easiest of lives, but they never loose those smiles.