Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

My Mam was an Aspey before marriage, Aitch, but must have been a different family as I don't recognise those names. I wish I had more memories of the old school. I remember Johnny Rowson; he was a friend of our Colin's, as you were yourself, Aitch. As well as Shaw's/ Flannery's shop, mentioned earlier, I recall Fred Alker's on the corner of Hook St./Ince Green Lane, and Connie's on the corner of George St./Ince Green Lane. And there was another chippy, Ernie's, down near Little Amy's. Little Amy's shop/off-licence was like a time-warp even back in the 60s;she had ancient, faded showcards depicting young ladies of a bygone era enjoying Gaymer's cider, and the shop was lit only by an unshaded electric light-bulb. It was so gloomy, and had an echoey wooden floor. Then there was Mrs. Dootson's shop down the "viredocks", which always had a funny smell. And of course the co-op, (now Brian's Chippy), where there were chairs for customers to sit on, and you were served personally by the assistants, and your order added up at the speed of light on long, narrow strips of paper, using a pencil which they kept behind their ear! Where exactly did you live, Aitch?