Wigan Album

You would have been a year ahead of me. Our first communion was in Apr 66, the photo is in this album.

I can name a few i think feel free to add names i cant remember or got incorrect,

back row 4th from left , Gerrard thorpe 6th from left michael fahey at end --- mcormick,next to back row on left stephen mulqueeny ,mark.moran , 4th bobby crank, 5th alan rogers 7th me(Tom Ratcliffe) 8th anthony booth,end paul sullivan, girls 3rd row 1st susan guy 2 betty green, 3 julie pemberton 5 maureen young 7 looks like judith baldwin but thought she went st judes at right end cath dunne, 4th row 1, julie gore 4 gillian smith 7 gillian boyle 9 denise front row boys 1 gary brown 4 mark anderton

Susan Guy lived on Enfield Street, we lived back to back on Brindley St.

Great photo. It was taken in 1965 in the old playground in Cuthbert Street.

I'll name most of the girls.

Row 3 - from l to r : Susan Guy,Betty Green,Julie Pemberton,Dorothy Fairhurst, Julie Young, ?,Judith Baldwin,?,Gillian Smith, Kathryn Dunn

Row 2 - From l to r: Julie Gore,Angela Edgar,Margaret Sheridan,Susan Shaw,Josephine Moss (me),Yvonne Sweeney,Gillian Boyle,Kathryn McAvoy, Denise Maloney

The little fellow first from the left top row is my late brother - Christopher Barker.This would have been 1964 I think.I was also at St.Cuthberts at this time, over the road on Norley Hall with the juniors in Mr.McArdles class.

Thanks for this Tom, lots of good memories !
Just a few extra boys names ....
Back row left, Christopher Barker ? then next to him John Cranston . Same row, next to end, Stephen Bellis.
Nexr to me is Gerard Moran.

I have just found that very same picture in my familys collection. I also found a card that was given to him, and it is dated "Christopher Barker, First confession - March 20th.1965".

Sorry to hear your brother christopher barker passed away peter