Wigan Album

Love the picture, bless 'em.

Lovely photo to remember tose we love.

Margaret, Although I didn't know Christine I knew her Uncle very Well. Tommy Bennett worked at Santus Toffee Works making Uncle Joes all his life. Tom and his twin Brother Robert (Christine's father) were my Dad's cousins. I have a photo of Tom and Bob Bennett in their uniforms during the war, Tom was a Flight Engineer in the RAF, and Bob was in the Royal Navy. I'll dig it out and put it on the website

Thank you to John Collier for the info. I have uploaded a photo of Tommy and his twin Bob taken at Bob's wedding.

Great photo. Brings a lump to my throat, and a tear to my eye, as I remember my childhood and days at my grandparents.(i'm just an old softie) Epitomises life at that time When grandads' greenhouses and sheds were a treasure chest, and grandchildren could spend hours pottering about with their grandads without being 'BORED'

This of all the photos on the site, has made a profound impact on me. If the saying a "picture is worth a thousand words" this proves it. It says everything to me. A good man, who has worked all his life and probably served in the second world war, now retired. In his beloved garden with the 'apple of his eye' his grandaughter who didn't live out her full life entitlement.
Look at the happiness on the little girls face and the proud look of her grandad. Believe me I'm not religious but I would like to think that now she is still helping her grandad in his garden.