Wigan Album
St Clement's St, Ince
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Photo: Andrew Evans
Item #: 32117
One for Irene, Hillman Minx from the 1930s, great car.
The Hillman Minx was a car built from 1931 to 1970 in different shapes. This one has the Wigan registration EK9661. My uncle simultaneously had one of the last ones built in the late 1960s in blue that was the cheaper version of the Hillman Hunter, and also a more upmarket Singer Gazelle model of the same car in green. I don't know where St Clements Street in Ince is.
Thankyou, Garry, for bringing this to my attention. Our "Dorothy" is a 1959 model but love this one, and in Ince too, where I was born and brought up. Fantastic photo, Andrew .
St. Clements Street is in Spring View near what used to be the Police Station. I don't know of another one.
Mr. X, it’s the second on the right, after the Walmesley pub, going towards Platt Bridge.
The car may date from the 30's but the photo could be much later. My father used to drive similar cars in the 50's as it was then affordable to the average person. We were unusual in owning a car in those days. We used to drive down to Norfolk every September to visit Mum's family which was quite a trek with many adventures on the way. Overheating radiator to name one. Happy days
Irene. In very early 1940s, I lived in the the house, with the scalloped edge, on the valance, on the upstairs window.
It's a pity there's no way of tagging pics in the Album - so that all the pics associated with this one could be brought together from their different headings in the Contents pages....
This shot shows even more of Albert S's house than the earlier one featuring the bread van. I agree it may be a post-war photograph - just a feeling about it.
Although it's technically correct to call this Ince - most locals would prefer you to say Spring View!
According to the 1925/6 Ince Directory, Alfred Evan lived at 15 Hey Street - next-door-but-one to the bakery/ chapel's side wall.
I think this photograph dates from the time when this car was fairly new. It looks to be immaculate and cars didn't last, at least not in very good condition, for long in the thirties. The road tax disc seems to be an old style one i.e it pre-dates the 1950s style.
The image does 'feel' more modern than 1930s -- possibly because of the cheerful expression the driver, and no hat being worn. The tax disc matches the style used in both 1935 & 1936, and in 1947 & 1948.