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That's not Ince it's Spring View.

This is Spring View, (part of Lower Ince), corner of Field Street and Warrington Road, just past The Walmesley Arms going towards Platt Bridge. There was a butcher's shop called Evans's on that corner.

Warrington Rd,Spring View Roy Evans Shop. He used to play rugby for Wigan.

sammy woods shop sold everything and anything from toffee to wallpaper and paint even cut glass for you .clarence evans butchers as well.later taken over by his nephew or grandson not sure which? dennis crooks

The other shop is a grocers by the name of Gaskells.Neither of these shops are here now although the building is.

Gary, correct Spring View Irene,Lower Ince ends at Owd Hall. Spring View starts over railway bridge were St Mary'Church used to be I lived 20 yds from it. Spring View ends at Cricket Club Moss Lane .Under Bridge is Platt Bridge.Shop's in Photo are on Warrington Rd Spring View across from Taylor's Lane.Roy Evans was a top class player for Wigan and GB.

Roy Evans dads shop,

Thanks, Jimmy. It's just that I always thought that Spring View was a "local" name for the area between St. Mary's and Moss Lane, and that the postal address for houses in that area was Lower Ince. My apologies. I am from Higher Ince but my Dad was from Spring View. My brother's wife lived just out of sight of the scene shown on the photo, and I had relatives, Griffiths and Gittoes, in Spring View, so was often there visiting in my childhood.

worked at cws in spring view 1960

In the 1940s Tatums had the post office, and paper shop on the corner. At that time I delivered papers for them. Their son Harold taught, at Spring View Secondary Boys' School, after serving in the R.A.F. He held the rank of Flt/Lieut. on his demob. I believe the side street is Repton Avenue. It is so long ago, I may be mistaken re.the street.

Repton Ave is further to the left, Albert, out of sight on the photo.

Many years ago Harold Jackson had his dairy business on the opposite corner of Taylor's Lane. He later went into the coach hire business with his son Leslie, on the other corner was a chip shop, and the bus stop to Wigan. A lot of Spring View, according to different photographs, appears to have changed considerably, this area seems to have retained its originality, or am I wrong?. It is such a long time since lived there, 1940s

Thanks Irene. I remember now. The care taker at the school lived in the Avenue,there was also an alley way from Repton Avenue, in Marlborough Avenue.

field st where the phone box is walt holland was the caretaker of the school he lived here last house on the left in field st

Clarence Evans, Bob Derbyshire started working for him, before moving over to Dewhursts in Higher Ince.

I have no doubt you are correct Owd Viewer, but when I went to Spring View School, 1945 to 1949, the care taker then lived in Repton Avenue, on the left hand side, towards the open fields, and the school rugby field. No grass on the rugby field, just hard earth.

Goodness this brings back memories. Used that phone box a few times. I used to do errands on Saturday mornings for my Aunty Mabel and had to go to Evans butchers always hoping for a glimpse of his son the rugby player.

Hey Streeter. Did Bob Derbyshire at one time live in Balls Cottages, at the top of Taylor's Lane?. A school mate of mine, Derek Hunter lived in Hey Street, in the 1940s.

Used to hang around this corner in the late 60s with a few mates. Brings back some good memories. Thanks Frank.

not sure if this was gaskells though gaskells was further round towards wigan where barbers is now that was next to jess allens offie

The days when shops like this were ran/owned by local people and not part of some chain business like Coop, Spar etc, and were prices were reasonable unlike today were prices are a ripoff and they just stick any price they want on their items, often three times what you'd pay elsewhere. Anyone know what classic sports convertible that is on the right?, looks a bit like an MGB.

When I went to Spring View School, Harold Tatum was the science teacher, after R.A.F service. I,as I have previously said, took out papers for his parents. On several occasions he asked me to clean his car at lunch time, it was a convertible, I forget the make, but it had a union jack at the front of the bonnet, and in the middle of it. It was only a small car, as far as I can remember. I cleaned it in the exact position where the vehicle is parked.

I was born in Derby St and my gran Mrs Cliffe lived at No 1 Field St, the street on the left. The butchers was Clarence Evans whose son was the famous rugby player Roy Evans. My gran who was a character used to tease Roy whenever she went in the shop that he might be a rugby player but he couldn't prepare her meat the way his dad did. He just laughed at hear and she would threaten to hit him. He was about 6 foot and she was barely 5 foot. The other shop sold paraffin and I remember going there as a 10 year old for a gallon for the heater in the outside toilet.[the heater was to stop bursts of the lead pipes, not for the benefit of the users of the toilet] I also remember this shop sold fireworks including huge 3d bangers which we used in the claypit up Taylors Lane to try and create mud slides. Imagine paraffin and fireworks being sold together now!