Wigan Album

This is a fantastic photo, so many friends of yesteryear,sadly some no longer with us, i went to Holy Family but longed to be in this band, i can name 95% off these lads, some i served my time with at the Vulcan, but what surprise's me NO Cliff Leather in this group when all the others of his age are either on the second row or on the back, Gordon Brown is on so is Tommy White them two used to chauve the life out of Cliff,

Mark,
I also see Les Halliday,Arthur Greenwood,Billy Greenalgh, Bill Sanderland, ? Peet.

you should have been there Mark with us.too much bigotry in them days and segrigation.good job its not carried on with us.church lads boys brigade should be any church.you could have borrowed my bugle ,as i was a waste of time.the only thing i could blow was my pocket money

Keith
Is that Brian Houghton next to you.

hi Phil, it is,but i think Mark told me he'd died

The boy second from left front row (seated) Lennard Hobbins. 5th from left Top row is Raymond Porter

The man third from the left at the front seated next to Mr Dowthwaite is the late Lt Harold Meadows, who was my godfather

Alan cannon no9 top row, had to dash and change into church to put on choir gear .l lived no5may avenue