Wigan Album

Hi Marguerite hope you and Clive are keeping O.K.?
Is there a date on the stone?

Nice stone that,it is in me owd mate's garden at rectory nurseries,which is run by kevin duffy and his son carl, great lads.

They say if you have a donkey you may have to leave it to someone in your will. Donkeys can live to a good age as Ould Bobby. Our Daniel was 30. Nice to see a monument like this cared for, nice pic.

PS. Go to the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth & see the good work they do.

Dave, as soon as I saw this I said to myself, that's Kevin Duffey, but Appley Bridge was mentioned, so it threw me off, thinking it couldn't be...but that was last night, 11:30, I was tired.. I have just looked again and yes, it is Kevin... Oul d body 54 years old, he must have had a good life... There is a family, couple hundred yards up the road from me, they have horses and a donkey, every now and then I hear him 'Hee Hawing, makes me smile when I hear that...

The donkey ould Boby belonged to Willian Stopford the disabled landlord of the Alison Arms pub, he used to use it to get around the village.

The date I think has been partly worn away, possibly (18)77?? You can see a patch on the surface of the stone which has layered off.

look on 1st photo on this page it is 1877.

I knew Kevin for a lot of years growing up very nice person very nice family

Can't believe this, my granddad used to tell me that there was a headstone of a donkey on the pub car park... for years I never knew if it was true, this has just confirmed it!!!