Wigan Album

His name was Roland Bradburn Eddie. The photo looks around late 1970s to early 80.
very good photo.

Eddie,patch off grassed area between Warrington Rd and car site is we're St Mary's Church used to be.Track at right of grass was Claredon St going round to right was Ainscow St.Dark area below that rows of 2up & downs .we lived on main Rd 6 doors from Church.Before a Car site it was Wigan Wagon Works Co Ltd.Used to cut threw there going Swimming in Trenchie .Borrowd Plank's from there to make our Raft's.Mile Pad oh left of car site ,then Little River,then Trenchie.Right about flooded track used to run to Irlam Steel Works.Great Days.

Eddie,forgot to say,on right of track going to Central Wagon Works a single line ran to Wigan Wagon Works crossed it by footbridge.Path going to top Left lead to a Farm .Cant remember family's name a long time ago.Albert may remember.

Jimmy was it mellings farm, that was behind spring view school.

Old Viewer,no Melling's Farm was behind Mam& Dads House on Malvern Cre'st. Path going up to Left from Little River with a bridge gong over railway line.path went past Farm to Higher Ince Park.

Jimmy i lived in spring view from 1949-68 but that's a new one to me.

Owed Viewer,lived in View from 1948 to 1971 used to go that way to Higher Ince Park.Just can't remember name of Family who lived on Farm.

Old Viewer, just come to me. They had one Lad Brian one Girl ? .He was in same class as Dez Alcker at Cardinal Newman,same age as me and Dez born in 1948 .Left in 1963 worked on Farm.

Jimmy do you remember my good friend Trev Rosser from spring view he was born in 1948, I was in the same class as your billy also my last year Keith was in my class.

Owd Viewer, remember Trev from View. Not sure but was your Dad Mayor of Ince about 1959/60 's .It's in the back of my head somewhere with loads of other stuff.Our Billy's in Platt Waz,our Keith lives in Australia been there about 40 Yesrs.

We lived at 302 Warrington rd,my dad was in the St Johns ambulance and he was always attending small injuries in the view, we lived next door to Jinny furhurst toffe shop.

Jimmy if you look at spring view school 64 you're billy is next to me.

Owd viewer,our Keith between Ray & Cliff,our Susan sat in front off our Keith.

Jimmy didn't know suson was related to you , me and your billy was good friends not seen him for a long time dident know he lived in Platt Bridge.

I used to go past this works to go up crank line and then come out on Maple / Pinewood avenue when I used to go to Rose Bridge high school. I can remember seeing the old trucks that were being scrapped. I also remember riding motorcycles Over these fields in the late eighties early nineties, You can vaguely make out some of the tracks in comparison with the paths nowadays on Google

A nice rare photograpth and it shows how much has changed since then. One time you could see for miles but now much of the surrounding area has been taken over by trees. It's somehow lost the attraction and sense of openness that was once accsessible over a large area. What was once reclaimed land from the pits and distmantled railways still had some remnance left over that connected with others in the surrounding area. It's a shame now that you can hardly tell if there was anything there at all and it's been erased by earthworks and then left to grow wild. I quite liked the whelly loop line route through amberwood and i can still remember going along this distmantled railway up until it was detroyed in the late eighties. I suppose we have the large man made lake but it offers little in contrast to what was there before!

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