Wigan Album

When i was a kid the local milkman used to leave my grandma's milk on a ledge at the milk shed and i used to walk from Kay's houses to pick it up.

My auntie lived in the first house on the left(no2)next door to the milk mans yard.

I've not heard tell of the 'milk shed' before, and will be interested to hear parishioners' comments if I'm permitted to print your two pics on Sunday's bulletin at St Mary's.

I may be wrong,but I think the Milk Hut(although I never heard it called that)would be Almond's shop opposite Brittania Bridge school.We had two names for this shop,one
was Happy Harry's due to the pleasant nature of the proprietor(I never ever saw him smile).The other name was
Little Mon's Alehouse,Happy Harry used to serve us kids with hot Vimto and other drinks and there was a bench provided so we could sit and enjoy our drink under the gaze of the shopkeeper.Maybe it was a temperance bar at one time.There was a Lower Ince Temperance Brass or Silver Band.

I've heard of the 'Little Mons' Alehouse' from folk at St Mary's.

at the top of james st there was Happy Harrys on the right mortons on left with halsals on left as u look down james st to westwood methadis church
I was born at 113 warrington rd which looked down james st

I remember Mortons just round the corner at top of street.i used to deliver orders for them in 1961/2.do you remember Alan Quinney we knocked around together.his mum lived there for a long time,she moved to Sping View when she met her new fella,Elsie alans mum used to go on holidays with my mum and dad(Jack and Connie Hart)don't no if Elsie still alive last time i saw her was 5 years ago after my mum had died.I believe Alan lives in Sheffield not seen him for a long time.

i also knew the little building as the milk shed.also down the bottom of jamees st.was the sand brew,many a happy time spent playing there.....Happy Harry,forgot about him!

i used to live in that street, i was 5years old that was 1976, i am confused with this picture i cant seem to figure it out, i attended the sunday school in the street, who is the kid on the bike?

i would walk down this st. to get to my grandma's house in frederick st in the 50's and 60's. Almonds shop was on Warrington road (the Milk Shed was on james street. this picture is taken at top end of james st. looking up towards warrington road. Happy Harry's must surely have gone down in the annuls of ince folk-lore? Lovely Vimto but what an ordeal sitting on that bench under his beady eye!!! "hav yer finished yet? hurry up!" he would say. ahhh customer service ... Marvelous. happy days. (i remember christine, john jarvis, susan, sandra taylor, christine appleton,mavis jones, pat rigby,freddy bennet, kevin critchley, sandra gray joan halliwell and many more of my granny's neighbours. I lived in Pemberton but i visited my grandma often.

I used to live in this street to. I remember you Angela Pennington! Lol I lived at number 9 just to the right of the boy in the picture, it was a corner house. Susie Littler also lived in that street at the time so did Nigel Sharples and Karen Briddon

the little boy is stey meadows