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John Wood & Sons Ltd
I am from the Peak District Mines Historical Society in Derbyshire, we study most types of... |
Boswedden |
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Sticky! |
King Street Wigan - Heritage Action Zone
Please follow the link for information on "King Street -The Street that Was"
https://em... |
Ozzydog |
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Sticky! |
Wigan Borough Heritage Action Zone
Please follow the link to find out more about the Heritage Action Zones in Wigan and Tylde... |
Ozzydog |
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Sticky! |
Pub in Coppull Lane
Does anyone have any positive info here?
Long ago when I was a youngster my dad (who orig... |
JR |
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26th Nov 2023, 20:00
JR |
Macfarlane's/ Mcfarlanes Foundry
Does anyone know anything about this foundry in Wigan? Only reference I can find is to a S... |
flaggy delf |
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3,550 |
24th Nov 2023, 06:48
Perkin Warbeck |
1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment WW1
To all
I am writing a book on the 1/5th Manchester Battallion. To help write the book I... |
gingerfreak |
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11th Nov 2023, 18:27
James 747 |
Kirkpatricks,Hindley
My interest is Alfred Evans of Hindley Green who worked as Cashier at Kirkpatricks and I a... |
646abs.Tony |
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2nd Oct 2023, 20:11
646abs.Tony |
Wigan Newspaper Archives for 1937.
My cousin sent me a copy of a newspaper cutting of his grandmother's obituary which featur... |
Winstanley |
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2nd Aug 2023, 22:20
winnie |
mine shafts
Depending which books you read it is estimated that there were 3/5 thousand mine shafts in... |
PeterP |
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3rd Jul 2023, 18:20
JR |
Wigan history - storm of 923AD
I wonder if anyone can shed light on this.
In David Sinclair's History of Wigan Vol. 1 (1... |
JR |
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25th Apr 2023, 16:55
JR |
Old Wigan memorabilia charity sale
*For Charity* I have got some early 1900’s medicine and beer bottles, very rare and vint... |
JakeDawber23 |
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22nd Feb 2023, 01:02
JakeDawber23 |
COACHROAD GOOSE GREEN!
I have tried to find out via Wigan Council just who owns and is responsible for the mainte... |
GOLDEN BEAR |
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8th Feb 2023, 18:14
tonker |
HIGHFIELD INFANTS SCHOOL GONE !!
Well i see after nearly a century i noticed they have bulldozed my very first school Highf... |
GOLDEN BEAR |
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15th Jan 2023, 15:57
GOLDEN BEAR |
What is the oldest house/hall/building in Wigan
With recent news of Haigh Hall being refurbished I wondered if it is the oldest building i... |
blackrodweaver |
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26th Dec 2022, 13:44
JR |
highfield infants school
Just thought i would ask to see if anyone on here went to to the infants school highfield ... |
GOLDEN BEAR |
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27th Oct 2022, 15:40
GOLDEN BEAR |
Market Hall Clock
Was it presereved?
[url=http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=5&id=1400&galle... |
dostaf |
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23rd Oct 2022, 20:28
jo anne |
Marsh Green pub
When I was a youngster, there was a pub opposite the bottom shops at Marsh Green. This wou... |
JR |
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24th Jun 2022, 18:07
tonker |
History
Can anyone tell me what the big house next to the back entrance to Gidlow girls school in ... |
avcott |
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1st Jun 2022, 21:55
winnie |
Either end of St Pauls Ave
Interesting to note that there are two English Heritage Grade 2 listed buildings in St Pau... |
Perkin Warbeck |
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8th Apr 2022, 18:27
JR |
Old Colliery employees
Hello
I know this is a long shot but I was wondering if there’s anyway of finding out w... |
Roy1982 |
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24th Mar 2022, 20:48
Roy1982 |
Pubs in Scholes....
Can any of you lovely people give me or point me to any links to a list or better still a ... |
custard |
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5th Mar 2022, 02:42
JakeDawber23 |
Wigan of Old
Not sure if this is the right place to be posting this but I have ancestors who hail from ... |
Susanc241 |
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16th Feb 2022, 22:23
john b |