Soho Street, Newtown

Just read the Newtown thread. reminded me an aged relative came from Soho Street. Long deceased now, where Asda is now...Anyone know what it was like?

i went to school with a lad who lived in soho st i think his name was dootson , from what i remember it was a very poor st. , but we were all poor in those days but happy . look what it is now loire drive an wait for it anjou boulevard very posh , who thought these names up i would love to know , ive enclosed a link which still shows soho st ,im not saying this is where it was originally . is it that 2 mtr bit where bottle bank is . ah just found it on google earth its that bit of road that goes under overhead car park in asda and straight thru the george clothing dept. and we put up with all this .
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53.541967,-2.6502696&z=16&t=h&hl=en

Good man...Thnks for that

my dad was born in Soho st. in 1912

My Grandmother was, she had LOTS of siblings, she said the house was big, wish there were pics.

hi my dads family (LEIGHS) lived in wenlock st,which was off soho st,i remember little ada from soho st and willis's,bradshaws.

Antar's link

In the 1970's Soho Street had Peter's timber and builders yard across from the Air Training Corps Hut, The Army Cadets hut and then the long building of the Wigan Small Bore Rifle Club and when ASDA decided to expand, both Cadets huts and the Rifle Club were demolished in 1999 to make way for the two storie car park. The Cadet units went to the T.A.Centre in Canal Street, E.T.

That's right, I forgot all about the air rifle club and cadets. Cheers, Eric.

there used to be a boys club there as well did judo in about 1956 couldnt afford a gi and as my jumper kept getting ripped i was stopped from going!
stevefrom oz

I had relatives who lived in soho St & Sarjesen St, named Toohig. Went to Tommmy More so used to call at dinner-times. I remember a basket works somewhere, & at the main road a small cafe were the lads from school would get their dinner.

Peters timber yard was taken over by Raab Karcher Timber.
I got a brazilian mahogany front door from there,(still going strong) before ASDA aquired the land for their numerous development..

My late Grandma's dad had a Rag & Bone yard around soho street somewhere.

Rang and bone yeard???????????

rag n bone.... sorry nicko corrected just for you old boy

Hi Vivian.H my family lived in Wenlock St and i remember well Mrs leigh and the auntie who lived with her. I used to shop for Mrs leigh at a grocery shop in Scott lane who I think were realatives. My elder sister was a friend of Annie Leigh and next door lived Faircloughs. It was a small street and everything of interest seemed to happen in Soho St as I remeber as a child

fao
vince cottom

i have a pic of a Toohig [eliza] that married a cottom.[ 1900;s]

another person that posts here has the same photo.
if this photo would be of use am happy to send it but the other person would have to ok it

eliza and james

hi libby,Thanks for your reply,my dad was john leigh,there were five boys three girls all gone now sadly,annie was the youngest girl,she died about three years ago,i was only very small,and don't really remember granma leigh,but from what people used to say she was very small and quiet,and used to read a lot,thanks again.
viv.

bump.

other person, where are you.. you know who i am speaking of. can we not help .
you may not have seen vinces post so am bumping back up in the hope that you do.

vince, can you place those two names.
can find the marriage details if you wish, have them somewhere if they apply to your search.
regards
sue

vivien.h
is that the same vivien leigh who lived in Hopwood St? Probably wouldnt remeember me..lived in number 6 for several years, was about 8 when I left around 1964. Also had family in Wenlock street (Wildings)

I think the Kennys were brought up in Soho St if my memory serves me well,Mick,Jimmy,Nellie and Bill? who worked at Heinz's.Old Mick was the snooker player

hi finchie,yes thats me,i think i remember you did your dad work for hotpoint at the time you lived in hopwood st,lovely little street to grow up in,was your name derek,if so im so glad you remembered me its a long time since we played on the cobbled street.I bumped into graham chattin a few years ago i knew him but he did'nt remember me till i spoke to him,do you remember the chattins 3 boys i think.

bet they dont have a soho st though tom

Hi Viv..your memory is obviously much better than mine. Dont remember the Chattins, do remeber you and your sister Margaret who used to look after us young uns. Would love to chat with you to jog my memory! drop me a mail on dfinch@raytheon.com.au

Hi Sue,
Not sure if it would help, My Mother Joanna Toohig married Tommy Cottom, my dad, from Pemberton. There are a Cottom family from Standish Lower Ground area, it may be them, but thanks for replying

Hi Sue. Do you mean me, or John? If you mean me, of course help Vince any way you can.

Didn't there used to be a place there everyone called " the Basket Works "

hi vince. i know who you are now. i think

yes the cottoms i mean all came from pemberton. fleet street to be specific
did your dad have a sister and 4 brothers [2 of the brothers being twins]
if im right vince your dad was my great uncle.
one of the twin boys was my grandad

hi moll, evening.

it was you i meant. a photo you sent to me. sorry thought you would recognise the names james and eliza. i think the photos on over the road as well though, forgot about that

thanks anyroad moll. if its of use i will pass it on.
thanks for that mollie.
much appreciated

Evening Sue. Hope you're well. No worries. I only saw your post today. Yes, I did recognise the names James and Eliza so I guessed it was me you were after.

not bad ta. aye it was you i was after. was sure you would spot the names. thanks mollie.
if its relevant to him will pass it on.

been digging about quite a bit more in me tree recently , keeping busy and getting back on track with it, some interesting stuff in all lines coming up as well. the name toohig came up to eliza.. come up twice now as well...

That's one name I've never come across, Sue. I admire the way you've tackled the family tree as it's not straight forward but, then again, I don't suppose anybody's is. It's like a massive jig-saw puzzle and not something I could tackle, of that I'm sure. Keep it up missus.

not one you would have mollie unless you looked and linked it.. love it to be honest. dead surprising what turns up and who turns up.. love it mollie .
like you say its a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, but like a jigsaw puzzle everything falls into place eventually, just takes time.
just recently i have found a whole new load of stuff, some i had inclings of already , some i didnt. so thats all dead exciting

Very exciting indeed, lass. It takes a lot of dedication to start something like that, but more to see it through!

How far back have you got now?

its not back now mollie. going sideways to get the branches.
for one line i got back to the mid 1700s.
now i am coming back to the present but going sidewards as well. what i am doing now is tackling marriages and kids from marriages, where they went, what they did .[ thats how i got too the name toohig].
theres some emmigration records i have found that i want to tackle as well. knocked me socks off that did by christ . didnt expcet that mollie. not got round to tackling them yet. other stuff to do first. bloody hell mollie this lot dont half keep me busy.
its like i said a post or two back. there was stuff i had inklings of and stuff i didnt. well , thats one of em, blew me out the water. tackle the easy stuff first then get back to that... phewwwww, exciting int it mollie. i will get back to it though moll, got the bit back between me teeth now like when i first started

Ya sounds like a thing possessed, but I understand why! Blimey Sue, it sounds like a full-time job there - I bet it is really. I can remember when we first found out that we were related, albeit third removed or summat like that. That was exciting to learn but you really sound as if you're having a whale of a time. If there's owt else you find out not for public viewing, email me as I'll be fascinated to learn of owt else from my branch of the tree if you find owt! I'm proud of your total enthusiasm with this.

oh yae, am possessed. back to doing what i left off months back mollie.
mollie its quite a bit more than third.
am loving it mollie. all the new bits to get a grip of as well. all noted down . where i found it, how and when
quite a few things dont add up though . thats why im looking deeper and going right through the sidelines. looking at all the marriages.all cottom marriages and who too and where they buggered off too
its hard work sometimes but ver y rewarding. i promise you this mollie, no stone will be left on its backside, every single bugger will be pinned down. where ,when and how.
see, its the emmigration things that bugger me up. keep leaving em but they are buggin the bleedin life out of me. but i will get through em same as with the rest. will let you know what comes up. will let you know when i link it all up

Sue, I'll have another word with my Aunty M. The Cottoms are a huge family with sprigs and twigs. Alice Cottom is a name that comes to mind, but I don't know where she lies in the plan of things, but I also mentioned "Cattern" if you remember, who could be Catherine. I'll do my best to get down to Aunty M's again, if I can just get a week without some sort of mishap! In fact, I'll email you if I find anything out. Wish you could meet her though!

mollie i can place Alice, no problem. in fact i told you ages back where alice fits in for my line.. yes, you mentioned 'Cattern'.
i did say back then that she cathrin.. thats right, cathrin'. . name pronounced by local dialect mollie.. she is Catherin cottom..

alice my great great grandmother is the sister of margaret cottom who became margaret cottom hardacre.. both are the sisters of my great great grandad
oh, and heres a whammy.. alice later married a hardacre

Will email you about this, Sue.

when i get a mo moll. but you already have the stuff i have mentioned up to date if you check back. already told you of alices place in the tree. edit....sorry
what i knew last time we spoke you already have, the rest of it i am still putting together. still working on

sue.64. my grandparents were eliza & james cottom nee toohig,am interested in the pic you have. my maiden name was jean cottom ,i was born in sargerson st .

Big6ron are you Vince's sister? do you have a cousin called Horace who lived in Worsley Mesnes.

big6ron. ask brian to forard me your email.. if you are who i think you are i will happily send the pic. not being rude but need to check first, hope you understand that.

sue

poppy.sorry no.im not Vince's sister.

big6ron, my family lived in sargerson st (winrows) do you remember them by any chance?

i remember my sister going out with a man what lived in that street , i think is name was alan green , i remember he had ,had a accident in the forces he had been badly burnt on is face,i think he was a telivision repair man,

hi my mum was from pemberton she was born in 1950 MARGARET COTTOM .my grandad is EDWARD COTTOM my grandma was EMILY COTTOM ...do i have any family conections anywere thankyou xxxlisaxx

hi i was born in soho st in 1949 does anybody remember the booths from no72 my grandma used to live in sargison st sarah and henry barker and my cousins lived at the bottom near burlands works they were dawsons.i think my mam used to work at jam works