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To Carl in Margate. I have found a photo of a promotion at Crank & Burton's from late 1970s. It is of a young lady whom I do not recognise - possibly your sister? She has dark, long curly hair. |
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Syd Burton, Wigan, England 1st Feb 2010 |
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I remember as a 16year old in 1963 working in Winstanley and Fairhursts chemists in Market St.It was owned by a lovely couple Mr & Mrs Hope. At lunchtime I would sometimes cross over into Hallgate to Friar Tucks or the Wishing Well Cafe where egg n chips b/butter n cuppa tea could be bought for 2/6d (old money) |
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Audrey Burgess nee Wilcock, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE 23rd Jul 2009 |
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The Westminster Bank yard backed onto Woodcock Street which was also the staff entrance when I worked there in 1959/60. Roy, our Bank Messenger, and his wife permitted the staff to watch the wedding of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones in their cottage which was situated in the bank yard not far from the Woodcock St exit.
I remember the two Asian lady models in Makinsons's coffee shop window and also the wonderful smell when they were roasting and grinding the coffee.
Cassinelli's had an ice-cream cart on Woodcock Street too and as a child I can remember whimpering now for an ice-cream.
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Myra Tomkinson, Greenwood, Western Australia 23rd Mar 2009 |
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does anyone have a crank n burtons catalough from late 70s early 80s coz my sister carole modeled the gas fires in it, |
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carl, margate, kent 26th Oct 2008 |
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Callands toy shop was owned by Dick Calland but his wife's name was Dorothy. |
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Bev Calland, Guildford, England 17th Jun 2008 |
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Crank & Burton bought the ice making plant (Ashton's I believe) in the 1950s (having previously been in Commercial Yard). My father (Bill Burton) used to tell the tale that when they moved in the building was full of rats with long, furry coats. |
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Sydney Burton, Wigan, England |
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Meesons - Iremember when sweets first came off ration. I went, as a young boy, and queued along Market Street to get some sweets at Meesons. When I got to the front of the queue, all the sweets had gone except for a few Pear drops. I walked all the way home to Pemberton eating pear drops - wonderful |
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Peter Mason, Wigan, England |
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Peter Conroy wholesale fruit was on the corner next to meesons sweet shop I worked in the office |
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Joan Trodden, Wigan, LANCS |
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Callands toy shop belonged to my Dad's brother Dick and his wife Val. Dad and him had fallen out with each other (don't know why!) so we never got any freebies! |
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Gareth Calland, Crook, England |
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Re: E. M. Finch, Baughton, Worcestershire I remember Peterkins which was taken over by Coopers a Liverpool company and was then taken over Garfield Burton's Fine Fare. The manager was ? Frank Orrell. There is a photograph of the shop & staff in the book "Wigan Evening Posts Images of Wigan" page 22.Voses Tripe shop became the UCP (United Cattle Products) they had shops in many of the towns in the North West
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alan brimelow, Leigh-on-Sea, UK |
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i remember going to crank,s for nails as an apprentice one of men serving was named percy he could pick a handfull of nails and they would be weight you asked for.down stairs in the plumbing dept. there was a low beam. writen on it was duck or grouse |
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bill rayner, ashton in makerfield, uk |
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When I was in Wigan Borough Police in 1963 boxes of fish were delivered over a Friday night to the new fish shops opposite Crank & Burtons in Woodcock Street ready for Market day on Saturday. We had reports that some of the boxes were disappearing and I was delegated to freeze to death in Crank & Burton's doorway in the early hours to keep watch over the already delivered and stacked fish boxes full of ice. A second refrigerated lorry eventually turned up, and dropped his load of wooden ice filled fish boxes, but then started loading up the ones left previously. On being approached the driver reversed the procedure and stated that he was only delivering, and had done nothing wrong. Up before the beak old son! |
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Bill Whelan, London, UK |
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The Crank and Burton building used to be an ice making plant supplying the Market Hall and many other places |
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David Devine, Wigan, England |
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no mention is made of the fact that woodcock street was named after the wigan soldier who won the v.c. |
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j.chisnall, bryn, england |
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I remember "Callands" toy shop as being the best place in Wigan to get your "Action Man" gear.Spent a small fortune in there. |
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Tony Phillpotts, Wigan, England |
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PETEKINS GROCERS WAS ON THE CORNER OF MARKET ST. AND HALLGATE, THEY USED TO DELIVER GROCERIES TO MY GRANDMOTHER AT PROSPECT STANDISH EVERY THURSDAY, SHE SENT A GROCERY LIST BY MAIL ON MONDAY |
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JOE BADDELEY, KENSINGTON GROVE, AUSTRALIA |
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The "Lifeline" shop in the pic above also used to be "Callands" toy shop. Spent many a happy time in there (and my mum spent a small fortune on Paul Daniels Magic Tricks and Star Wars figures!) It was TINY and tapered even narrower towards the back. I remember the owner was a bloke with a beard, and there was a blonde woman too. No idea what their names were though. Good memories :-) ... |
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Chris Harvey, Wigan, UK |
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The 2 small shops next door to Crank and Burtons were both Ben Turners Ltd. The address was 9 and 10 Woodcock St. Ben Turner was a Butcher with about 10 shops in the Wigan area. My father, Walter Latham was manager of the shop in Worsley Mesnes. |
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Jim Latham, Wigan, UK |
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I remember Crank and Burton installing my NEW central heating system, to be run on anthracite. We got a loan from the coalboard and paid it back weekly from my husbands wages at the colliery. |
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Jean J, Hindley, Lancs |
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Im pretty young (26) but I remember I think it was called Tommy Ball Shoe shop on woodcock street just before it was torn down. It was just before "Tin Can Alley" (from Woodcock Street to Marketgate I think). I remember my Gran and I going along the alley buying some cotton thread. I also remember Boots on Standishgate (approx opposite Mothercare as I remeber, and I remeber going to the Lower section and My Grandmother getting me a Lucozade! Id like to hear from anyone else who is interested in Wigan as it was, and come on Wigan Town....get your act together Please! Marketgate, Market Street and Station Road....Lets get the whole of the town looking alive again! |
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Chris Moore, Wigan, UK |
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Does anyone remember Peterkins high class Grocery store near Voses Tripe shop and Websters hair dressers. As a child I remember the overhead wires with tubes they used to put your money in and they would swish on the wires to the office above the serving counters and then come back with the receipt and change. |
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E. M. Finch, Baughton, Worcestershire |
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As a child i remember whenever i passed Makinsons i always stopped to look at the two huge coloured pictures of Asian women picking tea with baskets on their backs. In those days i'd never seen an Asian person before,i was fasinated with them. |
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Alf Higham, Torquay, UK |
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Woodcock Street. (No longer there)