Wigan Album

does your wife know of Elizabeth fowles? she was of this family. she would have been born in the at the turn (or just before the 20th century.) she was in service to a doctors family in wigan lane. when she retired, she went to live with my grandmother in Frederick street Lower ince.We called her "granma Fowles".think she died in the 1970's.

Looks like some of the women watching have towels/cloths on their heads?

I would speculate that the picture was taken at the time of the Catholic Whit Monday walk.
From one end of Wigan to the other people would bring out chairs and benches from their homes and pubs to watch the parades go past, it was so large it took hours.
I lived in Harrogate Street at the time and Darlington Street would be packed with people regardless of faith as this was a major event. As a child I walked every year with St Johns School, Brick Kiln Lane.

Name
[William K Fowles]
[William R Fowles]
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 19 Jun 1890
Residence Date 1939
Address 135 Darlington Road
Residence Place Wigan, Lancashire, England
Occupation Ladies Hairdresser Household Members (Name)
William R Fowles Ladies Hairdresser
Lilian Fowles Unpaid domestic duties

Name: James Jenkinson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1878
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 133 Darlington Street
Residence Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Unemployed Colliery Operator (Below) Household Members (Name) Gender
Edward W Marrow Cost Clerk
James Jenkinson Unemployed Colliery Operator (Below)
Mary Jenkinson Retired Midwife
Clara Jenkinson Unpaid domestic duties

Name Mary E Fowles
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 27 Jun 1886
Residence Date 1939
Address 196 Wigan Lane
Residence Place Standish With Langtree, Lancashire, England
Occupation Housekeeper Household Members (Name) Gender
Mary E Fowles Female