Wigan Album

Great group. Love listening to them!

Recognise all except the drummer, I thought it would have been Winston Higham back then ??

I've heard that Billy is a decent bloke but his voice sounds like someone dragging a cupboard.
SP

Well he's half right that ADBD.... but is he is a decent bloke?
James B, I think its at St James' Club, some while ago, is it?. Ta for the pic.
Mark, The drummer, Ben , was a stand in on the night.
Cheers.

Chris Docherty on the left. He owned the Bowling pub That's the only name I know.
I used to stay in Wigan in the week. Fond memories of the town. I was working there 2002/2003ish and I made this my local. I went home at weekends.
They used to practice in the pub. But I think there was about eight of them! I remember a lad who played with them, I can't remember his name but he was studying to become a priest.

Comments by ADBD, 13th March 2015
"I've heard that Billy is a decent bloke"

You have heard right!
And believe me. He is a great vocalist.

This must have taken a while ago, as Ritchie is not in the photo.
Winston Higham, our drummer is also not on the photo.

Yes, we did have a trainee priest in the band. Father Paul.He left us for pastures new.
He's fully qualified now. And a more sociable, easy going, polite person, you could not meet one better.

Declan ,
I remember you pal. Didn't you play and own a rather classy banjo? I was trying to do so at the time but then let Ian Thornley take the strain and concentrated on the mandolin, which as Andy Lewis and Jimmy Armstrong used to say, ' a child of three can play that thing , Bill'.
Yeh.
Billy Temp.

1934Granada, Sorry, I take back what I said about Bills voice. On second thoughts it is more like a monkey scratchin' a cinder ont' side of a tin bath. I've heard tha nora bad bloke thisen.
SP

Is this the same Winston group that played at the Bluebell Royton (now closed) in the early 1980s?