Wigan Album

If anyone has any photographs of Whit Monday I would be grateful if I could take copies,also anyone interested in taking part in audio memories of the day please contact me . I'm organising an exhibition of the day. The last joint Walking Day was 1968. It's important that part of our heritage is remembered for future generations to be able to reference . The audio will give a flavour of what the day was like. Who knows your memories may be listened to by generations still unborn !

Looking at this again it's clearly before 1968, note the gas lamp, I think it's more likley to be 1958. I'll check the corect date and post it later

the girl front centre looks very much like margaret winstanly

Thomas(Tom)Walsh, there re lots of photos of the scholars walking days on here under ST Patrick's.

looks like it was taken at bottom of rupert st girs school on left fait outline of st pats church at back

I would say late 50's for this photo Tom. The girls were in a class below me. I recognise 2girls 3rd from right lived in Gee St. Another girl was called Kennedy from around Cambridge St. She is 3rd from left.

The men on the right are Sil Lyons and George Coates.

the man on the left could be paddy waters

The clothes and headdress look similar to the ones worn in 1960.