Places (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)
i was born in lower ince and attended brittania bridge school, i also wwent to the chapel in james street, i remember we used to have gala days when we would go through the tunnel under the railway and play games in a field full of cow plats,
we used to go there in the summer, loads of us kids would go and we`d take sugar butties and bottles of water, we were easily pleased them days, i also remember a bloke called tommy who used to walk with the aid of 2 sticks,
i lived in lancaster street and across the road from us was the toffee shop, i think withingtons had it but not sure.we would play round harvey street and round the backs we were quite safe to go out at night then i also remember the dairy at the bottom of harvey street
our local doctor was dr duffy and the local nurse/midwife was nurse Tew who lived in freederick street
earliest i can remeber of her was when she turned me upside down and smacked me backslde lol
i also remember the trains over what we called the blackie wall my grandad used to shunt wagons there.
Replied: 30th Sep 2011 at 14:30