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Photo: David Barker
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Item #: 18057
This my uncle Thomas Barker with his mother Esther, taken at Moss Pit Row Aspull not sure of the date.

Comment by: David Barker on 7th July 2011 at 12:21

Looked at this photo many times and wondered,who is the child looking over the fence?.You can see Crawford Avenue houses in the distance .

Comment by: Walter on 8th July 2011 at 08:16

David, I found a small pic of Henry Barker as a very small child sat in Moss Pit Row garden, would you like me to post it on Wiganworld ? he's sat with the little girl from next door who was some 18yrs later, to become my wife, this is how come we have the pic. You can see the same garden.

Comment by: David Barker on 8th July 2011 at 09:24

Yes you can send it in Walter ,my Brother would like to see it thanks.

Comment by: David Barker on 10th July 2011 at 11:20

Is that the rubbish tip at front Walter? my mother mentioned it many times,said there was a terrible smell in the summer time.

Comment by: Walter on 10th July 2011 at 18:43

No David, the dark area on the photo are shrubs/ bushes planted to hide the coal waste tip that Crawford Avenue was actually built on. I was born on the Ave 1947. The tip you heard about was between Moss Pit and Woodshaw (Woochy) Rook.
Yes it did smell at times in the summer, especially when it caught fire. It was landscaped many years ago now.

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