Wigan Album

Joseph Hunt taken circa 1930s I think. Joseph was my Great Grandad. There is a Joseph Hunt, collier, listed as resident in Russell Street in the ww Ince Directory 1925/1926. These houses, opposite the Oak Tree, were just across the road from Russell Street so I reckon the coincidence is too much and that this is the same chap. He was a lifelong pitman and obsessed with fishing from what I gather. When we were kids of about seven or eight and discovered fishing, my Grandad objected saying that it would rule their lives which I now take to be a reference to Joseph. Of course, he was too soft and took us to Bill Grattons on Ince Bar for some proper tackle. I didn't understand the objection then and after forty years of wetting a line I still can't see the problem! Maybe it runs in the blood but, I reckon, if you'd spent all week underground and in the dark then you'd be entitled to feel the breeze on your face and the sun on your back on one of the locks.
I notice he's wearing clogs. Must be going to the Iron Bridge lock and expecting trouble from the Whelleyers.
I wonder if he'd a share in Joe Pearson's wormery at the back of the elder?