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is caroline st on this picture

no its Scholefield Lane

Winnie... go see my reply in the other thread you asked this question.

Is that Sherringtons on the corner?

Yea it is Sherringtons, used to have oil cloth stood up in rolls outside.

Yes what memories of the old shrringtons shop. They had anothe rI believe in Wigan, which stayed open for a long time. Was this the same company? My Dad was a marvel at repairing clogs then our shoes. He used to send me to get the nails he needed to repai them. He had a leather pinny on his knees and would place the last, with its multy headed shape to place the damaged shoe on. He would then put the nails in his mouth and would have them handy before stretching the leather and then hammering the nail home into the almost new shoe. I was always engrossed watching him and was mindful of the nails in his mouth. Lovely memories brought back.

Yes Dorothy, Sherringtons did have other shops in Wigan. One was in Whelley almost opposite Vine St, another was in the Royal Arcade and yet another on Mesnes Rd. I believe the Mesnes Rd one( it is now a tanning salon) was the last to close only a few years ago. Even at that late date, you could still buy just a dozen nails or screws etc. No need to buy a pre-sealed pack of far more than you wanted!

I lived in Scholefield Lane between 1955 and 64 at No 22 just out of shot so this picture is probably late 1960s or early 1970s. The four terraced house behind the row housing Shrringtons stand on what was Gaskell St and believe or not still stand today. Linney St runs parallel to Scholefiled Lane, then Caunce St. You Can also see Stanley St and the Golborne St where the new properties are being built. Running from Caunce St is Caunce Rd and where it crosses Golborne St about where the lorry can be seen and to the right second house is where my grandparents lived at 43 Golborne St. I lived there also with mum and dad from birth in 1948 to 1955 when we moved to 22 Scholefiled Lane. What a disgrace demolishing Scholes like they did. This act of vandalism ruined many peoples lives. I'm sure many of the properties could have been refurbished and bathrooms fitted. My grandparent's house had Accrington brick frontage and was like the majority compulsory purchased only receiving a fraction of it's market value. Certainly there were some slums which could have been replaced with modern terraced houses in keeping with those left.