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If only it looked liked this today! This building desperately needs preservation. It’s delapidated state is due to someone’s palms being greased with cash!!!!!!

I think it's pretty much beyond saving these days Val, saw some drone footage of it a week or 2 back and there are massive sections of the roof that have caved in. Shame though it's a lovely building

Is this also known as St, Joseph's College, Upholland, please, or is that a different place?

yes it is the reason being as a young butchers boy along with my friend a Ian Jones we delivered meat to the kitchens from J.MORRIS & SONS OF 136 FROG LANE ,WIGAN WE RECALL the staff were from all other countries young ladies could not understand our language .

Irene, it IS called St, Joseph's College. It should be called it's proper name.

Yes Irene, it is the same place.

Yes Irene, it is also know as St Joseph's.

Thankyou. I had a reason for asking but I won't put it on here.

Lads as young as 11 went to train to be priests here. That is no longer a practice nowadays. I knew a lad who went but gave up at sixteen… He swore like a trooper !

Johnny Vegas went there.
He’s gone from one end of the scale to the other.