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Can anyone put me in touch with Joan Hitchen who attended UGS 1959 -1963, trained to be a nurse and then a midwife. Her parents had Hitchen's butchers shop in Orrell. I expect she is married but don't know married name. Also looking for Geoffrey (Jeffrey)? Crooke who attended UGS in same period. I think he came from the Shevington or Standish area.

Have a look at Walders Wigan in the whats on section ,i think its on page 5.All the memories come flooding back ,how beautiful Wigan was before the bulldozers came in .Have a trip down memory lane .
I,ve been up and bought one

I found it quite emotional looking at old class photos. I didn't recognise myself and had to check the identification given by Sandra and Barbara. I found the photos of the demolition of the old building very upsetting. It held so many memories and now it's gone. I have always felt privileged to have attended Highfield school, I think it was exceptional. I'd dearly love to know what happened to members of my class. Mavis Calderbank I always looked up to. I haven't seen her since 1966 when I lived back on Enfield Street for a short time. I know she trained as a teacher and have been told she later re-trained as a speech therapist. After training as a teacher myself I did return to work in Wigan but haven't lived there since 1971.

Searched for info on a medal A.S.R.S. which was my great grandfathers and found this medal listed by yourselves. Has it any value.

Why no Lowton in the Street Photos section? We are still in Wiggin despite the shonky Warrington postcode.

Anthony, I,m a Higham,I have been researching my family tree, I concentrated at the start on the male line, I was surprised at the number of Highams in Wigan and close district,post 1700,s and even earlier, I have wondered about the origins of the name and I have noticed Highams in the S East, even a place named HIGHAM, S East I thought maybe Scandanavian
any info would be appreciated.

Great site
Just wanted to say goodnight and god bless
to my friend Brian Yates

message for Shauniebabe...who ever looks after grandad is entitled to a carers assessment. Get intouch with the carers support team on 705983 ask for Amanda, she will help you

good enjoy all thee old stuff

ii love wiganworld

Sorry, only genuine guestbook entries from now on... I've been a bit lenient of late adding comments and the guestbook is turning into a message board! Discussion threads will be deleted.

Ta,
Brian

Helen ,try Communicate section ,much friendlier than the Forum .

I wasn't going to use ' Guestbook' again for a general comment after reading the last few items. I do agree that it isn't the right place to air your views but I've had a look at Forum & don't really like it..looks like its for locals only. So I'll just carry on looking at the great photos people upload of faces & places......unless someone can up with something new for people to want to comment but don't want to get involved with Forum.

Im with Lotty,I wasn't in with the group did try though.

I'm with you Lotty on this one

Now thats how I felt when I first joined the forum Lotti, but I stuck with it and eventually I was excepted.

I actually found the forum to be very cliquey, if you have an opinion that certain folk dont like you get banned from the forum.
Certain folk get free run on the site whilst others are kept quiet......

All you folks who are looking for info would be better off on the Wigan world Forums section, there are loads of us proper Wiganers on there ready to help you with your requests.
This part of Wiganworld is really just a "guestbook" for folks to say how the like the site. So come on and join us 'know it all's' on the Forums section , you would be surprised how many folk have got back in contact with each other through just asking,

It's fun to check out this site to see all the places I have visited in Wigan. Brings back memories.

All you folks who are looking for info would be better off on the communicate boards, there are loads of us on there ready to help you with your requests. This part of Wiganworld is really just a "guestbook" for folks to say how the like the site. So come on and join us 'know it all's' on the communicate boards, you would be surprised how many folk have got back in contact with each other through just asking, we even have people who will look up parts of your ancestry for you if you ask. Plus we are all as daft as they come, and we have a great laugh on the best Wigan site around.