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That spare land was nicknamed the kek wasn't it ?

my grandad had a pen on there in the sixties

What number did you live at? I cannot remember where this was. I used to live overlooking the old running track. Thanks

Can't place the location? What is the white building in the background? Are the houses on the left in Woodhouse Lane are is Woodhouse Lane the houses in the background?

yes , it was called the kek, sacred heart and st andrews used to play football on there.

Some of the houses are still there. At one time the row of houses started at the traffic lights at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Park Road. To give you an idea where this photo was took, the white building you can see to the right ( behind the car ) is the row of shops Raj Indian, Co-op and John Astons carpets. There are now houses at the back of there.

We are looking up Woodhouse Lane backs towards Wigan, and I think the white building at the top is what was Mansfield Motors/Port Petroleum and now The Co Op.
We lived at 187 WHL opposite the bus stop before you get to Pemberton Caravans.

my granparents lived at 198 woodhouse lane across from pem caravans,next to prince of wales there was a gap across the road just before the houses started and you went round the back and the pens where on the left

I must still have glass & cinders in my knees after playing on t'Keck, with being at Sacred Heart school 'til '49

I've walked up that path a few times in my young days, 1937 onwards. Lived at number 284 backing on to the Dog Track, owned by Harry Mather.

this is the Kek I used to live at 159 woodhouse lane, backing onto it, played out on my bike it street lights came on. This is nearer the bottom end just before the entrance to the caravans.

hi art iwas six in i945 went to sacred heart. jimmy gllagher from beech grove beech hill older brothers tony billy tom also went there let me know i'm new to this computering will ao my bsst to reply regards jimbo

What spare land isn't now a housing estate these days? There soon won't be any spare land left only houses and more houses for the great unwashed, poor, reality TV masses. These places used to be great for kids to have fun and play in, letting their imagination run wild and building dens. Now, things like that would be classed as anti-social behaviour; what nonsense.

we lived at 183 Woodhouse Lane and we did the best bonfires. Does anyone remember me and my little brother michael Sharkey? We lived at woodhouse lane for 20yrs x

Person who said looking towards Wigan is right it's Springfield corner top part of w.h.l the lady on the bike is facing the pens kek little way up slightly right down in the dip bet Rooney and his mates wouldn't play on it hey Julie d 192 w.h.l