Wigan Album

There are a lot of comments about this mill on a photo of the weaving shed that Chris posted in 2011, link below, there's also a post from Alex Maher who is researching his great, great grandfather Wilfred Maher who is shown on another photograph of this mill. Wonder if he has seen these?

https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=3&id=18673&gallery=Weaving+Shed+Cotton+Mill+&offset=0

Thank you Cyril .I know Alex Maher ( actually a female) and will contact her re. the photograph of her great grandfather Wilfrid Maher the founder of Makerfield Mill Ltd .

My great grandfather james alfred Rickard was the manager for this mill Makerfield mill on Windsor Rd, in the 1920s. He was a loom fitter and textile engineer. Before moving to 47 and 49 Gérard street to run a wallpaper shop and the Rickards rendezvous temperance bar.

I well recall the temperance bar that you speak of from the 60s Samantha .
I’m aware that it was known as Rickards , but I’m fairly certain that it was confusingly spelt Richards on the signage at the front .
I never knew of its connection with the weaving shed however .

There was a similar establishment farther down Gerard St named El Toro , in what I believe is now the hospice shop.
This place was popular with the motorcycle fraternity .

There was yet another one situated 100 yards away and around the corner on Wigan road at the bottom of Armoury Bank in the building known locally as ‘ the Bandhouse ‘ . This one was called Dickenson’s or possibly Dickinson’s .

We just referred to it as Dickies .