Wigan Album

An interesting photo Kevin, with many familiar faces on it. Could the 'Sergeant Margersey' on the back row actually be Sergeant Margerison?
Harry Margerison was a Sergeant in Wigan Borough, and retired in the late 1960s Ithink.

Kevin/Mick. The only one that I recognised is Enos, and possibly Alan Cotton. Although it was taken five years prior to when I joined. Sgt Margarison was one of the sergeants at Pemberton, when I served at Pemberton.

Thanks Mick. Hard to read my fathers writing on the reverse of the photo. Thought it might be of interest.

I thought the J Clinch in the front row looked familiar, having just been looking through my mum's Wedding Album following her funeral on friday we found it was indeed the same Jimmy Clinch in his role as my father Alan Taylor's best man a few weeks after the photo above was taken. Strange how things coincide at times.

Kevan Taylor - I think Jim Clinch will be the only one still living out of those in the photo. Before he married, and was still at home with his parents, he was a neighbour of my grandparents, in Kimberley St,Springfield.

Definitely Tom Kitchen lived in Chiswell St Pemberton many years sadly no longer with us.

Apart from D. Moss I remember all of them, but didn’t actually serve at the same time as Bleasdale or Rowland’s. An interesting note that these matches didn’t always have official referees, on one occasion a Bolton police officer, acting as referee , wouldn’t blow for full time because he hadn’t sent Freddie Dyke off up till then.

I remember Jack Wareing on the extreme right front row.
He lived in Kingsway a bit further up from my Nan's house. As a kid in the 1960's l used to be fascinated seeing him in the street with his uniform on. When l used to go visiting my Nan she used to say " now you be a good lad Ian or i'll tell Bobbie Wareing" Needless to say, I was always on my best behaviour!

Mr. Dyke had the look of a young Duncan Edwards.

I think Jack Waring was promoted pretty high up in the police ranks.
Chief Constable or Chief Superintendent. Maybe someone can confirm this.

Ian, Jack Wareing became a Superintendent.