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Liz a great photo, I bet there wasnt many Wigan Majors in them days

Liz,what a handsome chap he was...and I bet you were really proud of him.

Did he always have a moustache?
Have a look at PYKE family to see my Mum,sister and nephew. My brother-in-law was at Dunkirk with the Manchester Regiment.
You can see my ROYAL ENFIELD CLIPPER in Album, Assorted, Old Motorcycle Pictures and my MORRIS MINOR in Assorted, cars you wished you`d have kept

He seems to have been a really impressive chap. You must be really proud of him.

I remember Arthur Heyes he played for St Williams billiard team in the 1950's.
Must be the same man ,very difficult to forget such an impressive looking man.

Thank you so much folks. It means a lot to read your lovely comments.....I am very proud of my Dad and he was a very handsome chap.....my Mum got a real catch. Cheers.....Lizzie

Yes Bill that would be the same Arthur Hayes........I had stories from Dad that as a young kid he used to hide from his Dad, Harry under the billiard table when his Dad came looking for him as he was not supposed to be there.....He was billiard mad.....he had a full size billiard table at his house here......cheers!!!

As everyone thinks he's such a stunner I'm claiming him as my dad too thianks for putting it up their liz does him and us proud.

Hey dear sister Jo!!!! He sure does us proud.....love ya...xx

We have a photo of my father-in-law taken In Bombay in 1944. I wonder if your dad's pic was taken in the same studio- Rembrandts?
F-i-L rose to be an Acting Major in the Royal Artillery, and had a great admiration for the Ghurkas, alongside whom he fought his way to the Burma Road with the Chindits.

Rev. David Thankyou for your comment. The photo was taken by VERNON based in Dhera Dun in 1943. My uncle, Dad's brother had written on. The back that he had received his Majority in Dhera Dun in 1943. He was discharged from the Royal Engineers and then enlisted into the Ghurkas.
Cheers!!,

Did your father have any sisters or brothers with Irish connection? I assume he is no longer with us, where is his grave. We may just be related!

Arthur hayes is my brother-in-laws uncle.Kevins dad,Arthurs brother was Kevin Hayes.

Thank you for the info Anne....so we are distantly related... :-)

My sister in law Margaret Rose( her maiden name) thinks that your dad was her dad Alfred Rose 's first cousin.
Margaret has lots of memories of the Hayes family from what Alf spoke about.

Thank you Anne....it is so nice to hear from you....and thank you for the email....the Rose family is a mystery to me as nothing was ever said about it....being my Dad's mum's maiden name....My parents gave me Rose as my second name to keep granny Hayes' maiden name going....my granddaughter also has it as a second name...please keep in touch...regards Lizzie... :-)

i remember visiting Nora and her mother when they lived in carless lane. I believe my dads mother Sarah and Nora's mother were sisters. I know Maureen and leanora and Jane. Maureen was a florist at that time. Leanora worked in a baker in Wigan. I travelled to Bolton technical college with her. She was engaged to a man called Sam. Jane was still at school the convent in Wigan.