Wigan Album

I presume this is after the first world war ,and those names as my wife's father were added after the second world war, we go every year on rememberance Sunday but never a crowd such as this but always well attended nevertheless

The Cenotaph, quite rightly occupies a prominent position in the Town and is always immaculate, presumably the houses on Balcarres Avenue had not yet been built, but what year were they built?.

Den S, The houses on crawford Ave, and Balcarres Rd were probably built about 1948. They levelled all the top of the slag heap and put in cconcrete pads to build the houses on, they left the pads for a long time (seemed a long time) I guess to see if the subsided any, and when satisfied built the houses, I remember as a kid playing on the concrete slabs, we used to have a big bonfire an the top left of that photograph.

Hi Ken, I was born on Crawford Ave 1947 and I remember my dad saying he worked for a company called 'Bradleys' back in 1936-9 when they were building Crawford Ave, Balcarres Rd came much later I think.

HI WALTER I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BABYS BORN ON CRAWFORD AVE I WAS BORN 9 TH OF DECEMBER 1938 MY BROTHER WAS RED TED IVE LIVED IN PEMBERTON MOST OF MY MARRIED LIFE EMEGRATED TO AUSTALIA IN 1961 BEEN MARRIED 51 YEARS CELEBRATED OUR GOLDEN WEDDING LAST YEAR BOTH MY BRIDESMAIDS ARE STILL ALIVE ALSO MY HUSBANDS BEST MAN

ME AND MY HUSBAND KEN HAVE BEEN TO THE CENOTAPH THIS MORNING LOVELY CERVISE GOOD TURN OUT IT WAS GREAT MET UP WITH SOME OLD ASPULL PEOPLE

i think the old lady with her hand on her hip is my grandma she lived on stanly rd and i think the lady shes with is my aunty Sally from school close the trees in the back ground could be on Balcarris rd wish our Edward was stillalive he was known as RED TED HE WOULD HAVE ENJOYED ALL THESE PHOTOS

Ihave an original copy of the Ceremony of Unveiling and Dedication of the Cenotaph at Aspull on Sunday 24th July 1945. It belonged to my parents.

Hi Jessie are you related to Joan Makinson can you tell me where i can get a coppy of this photo