Wigan Album

That's the bus stop at the front of what was Jim Isherwood's house opposite the infirmary, are you a relative of Jim by any chance Marguerite or is your surname just a coincidence.

Yes my husband was Jim's nephew, I was going through some of his old photos of Wigan and thought they would be great for this site.

I trained at the Infirmary during 1960's and must have spent hours waiting for buses at that bus stop, we used to see Isherwood going in and out of his house and wondered what it must be like inside with all his pictures, paints etc.

nice to se so many people using public transport good old days.

MARGUERITE ISHERWOOD Hope you've got some of Jim Isherwood's paintings, they're worth quite a lot now I believe.

Hello Margeurite,my mam used to have a chat with Lawrence his brother when he had the shoe shop in Wallgate,she was mad about shoes,so we very often popped in there.

Lost of people still come up to us and say we got all our shoes from you they did a roaring trade in Doc Martens and beetle crushers and do you remember the black brogues that went with Crombie Coats happy days...

I was his butcher, he was always the last customer, most days he slept in the day and worked in the night at Xmas he wanted the smallest turkey, one xmas he gave me a pen and ink picture
that painted for me I still have it on the wall and very often i look at it and think about him. It was a shame he never had any money. i used to give a wrap up o chops and steak etc. he was a realy nice personn, you couldent help likeing him

Hi all, i live in what was Jim Issherwoods house . looking for any images of the house from @ 1930 to recent.
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Jim Isherwood , Never had any money ? Thats a laugh , he lived in a nice house up Wigan Lane , Its just that he did not like spending , He used to stay at the Scarisbrick Hotel Southport and paid in pictures for his B and B , he walked round Wigan town with a black coat round his shoulders wearing a large hat , maybe he was eccentric - who knows .