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Well, Stocks & Cross, Standish
Photo: The Wigan Courier
Photo: The Wigan Courier
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Item #: 8449
Item #: 8449
Well, Stocks & Cross, Standish, c1910
Comment by: Keith Douglas on 25th September 2012 at 19:17
Where is the Stocks in this photo???
The stocks were in front of the ornate lamp - behind the railings. I've a Walking Day pic dated 1911 with 'Spite Row' in the background. No railings are visible in front of the houses. So I reckon this is post that date, probably just pre-WW1.
Thanks to a conversation with Keith today, I now know that the row behind the cross was then also known as Market Place - rather than Market Street as now. The blind on the shop says A Allen - Amos Allen - who lost a son of the same name in WW1 - he is commemorated in the Peace Gate and on the village Cenotaph.
Amos Allen was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.
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