Old Wigan from above

Took a rare look at the forum earlier and saw this brilliant link by Mick.
Hope you don't mind me putting it on here, Mick.

Old Wigan from above

Cyril posts this info, 'Very interesting photos those Mick, the one of the Market Square shows the quarry on what was the Mesnes Field, I had read somewhere that it was a quarry and was later filled in with the towns refuse.

Also interesting to see is the lake on the opposite side just behind where the college is now as there are springs gushing up water on the site where the welfare and community centre was, it will be all about there, I was once told that they also had to culvert springs when the new college sports hall was being built, this is now the Wheel Restaurant which is nearby these springs.'

Again, hope you don't mind me c&P'ing your post, Cyril.


Join the site and you can zoom in on pics.

Excellent.

There was an article about this on last night's news.

good pictures mac very interesting just one question pal was you flying the plane or the barrage balloon when they were taken or was it a airship

What's the point of saying 'Old Wigan from above', when 1/3 of the photos shown aren't of Wigan?

Oh god,he's off on one again.

What a great site! I have just registered

If you zoom in, it shows you in your bedroom winow wearing what looks like grey Y fronts, Tonks. How many shades of grey were they?

tonker
Is there some of Leigh in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

No. But out of 9 photos of Wigan, numbers 7, 8 and 9 are of Deane, in Bolton.

From the same site, HAYDOCK gets 12 out of 12!

Fantastic link, look in the gallery at the unidentified places, loads of mill chimneys,churches and stately homes .... sure I saw Haigh Hall in there!!

Mac, well done, great photos of the ould place...

Tonker used to be a Yicker but he's ok now,signed a paper to live in Ashton, Send for Roy Darbyshire,

Is Roy Darbyshire the St Helens (Or surrounding areas) version of Mr. Grimsdale?
Tonker does like to shout for him a lot.

haydock pics where marvellous pity it only photographed the same spot 12 times ,the rest to bad for pics.