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He's parked right outside what was then my doctors..Dr Hall,who was a brilliant G.P.then there was Dr Rosser,he was lovely and a good'un,and yes Stuart it was a thriving community as the thread on w.w. verifies,it was a great environment for my childhood...but I'm bias,I suppose everybody thinks the same about their own area...happy days.

I learned to drive lorries on a Thames Trader, exactly like the one behind the bus

Brilliant photo used to walk up here goin g to St Thomas's school. Post box is just out of view were I used to post me dad's football coupon every week.

i used to go to st Thomases as well mr jackson was headmaster , and our teacher was mrs dawber i used to wear clogs then . i remember the shop to and our docs was hall as well we used to live in leeds st wish i was back there now living it all again

Dr Hall married my cousin, Anne, and was in the army during the war. He was well thought of in the Wallgate area along with Dr Rosser. I've heard him talk of many tales of life in Wallgate in the 1940's and 1950's - never any names but some wonderful stories of life as it was in that area.

Yes Peter, he was a great Doctor,and a lot of Wallgaters will never forget him,he worked tirelessly for all of his patients,a truly great G.P.

Wigan Metro have a lot to answer for in so-called "modernising" this area. I know many of the houses were in a very poor condition, but I reckon it would have been better to refurb them instead of destroying the wholesale character of the area. Perhaps its just me feeling nostalgic...?

Bill,I'm troubled with that illness....nostalgia,but there's no tablets for it is there?.

To some extent meeting up with people we knew from the past may help settle nostalgic feelings. We can then see how , not only have times changed...but so have we! It could help bring things into some sort of perspective.

That is Ronnie Heyes Chippy (opposite Timberlakes Garage) Ronnies son was also named Ronnie Heyes he was the manages of Peter Pells tailors shop anybody know his whereabouts?

When was Timberlakes garage on Wallgate? I thought it was in Library street. Before Dr Hall was the doctor Dr Portman and did they collect 6d per week, before the NHS?

timberlakes was on wallgate late 70s early 80s opposite gordon fords

Timberlakes as far I can recollect was always in Wallgate the one in Library St was a showroom for their Big Posh cars

Wigan Corporation 4, DEK106 was a 1957 Massey bodied rear entrance Leyland PD2 with platform doors. It was photographed in Wallgate passing a Liverpool registered Vauxhall Viva HA. 9549KF.