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My mother (R.I.P.) often told the story about when her father returned from the first World War (1918) he traveled from Wigan by bus to Abbey Lakes then he walked through UpHolland village and started to walk up Alma Hill. My mother and her mother had gone down Alma Hill from there home at Hall Green to meet him.
When he got to the Old Dog (Owd Dog) the publican came out and wouldn't let him go past without having a glass of beer, to celebrate his home coming