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Historic maps of Newtown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Newtown maps
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Wigan| Ashton-In-Makerfield| Hindley| Blackrod| Skelmersdale| Wingates| Westhoughton| Adlington| Newton Le Willows| Earlestown| Leigh| Heath Charnock| Rivington| St Helens| Bispham
Newtown area books
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Memories of Newtown
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Lancashire memories
Moving to Shevington
My first memories of Shevington were moving to the council estate on a very wet day and trudging through deep brown clay which served as the road. At that time there was only one grocery store opposite the entrance to Randall Avenue (Brown's if my memory serves me right), the rest of the shops were located at the 'Plough'. These being Dandy's paper shop, Martha's wooden hut chip shop, Bewley's wooden hardware store, the butcher shop owned by the Houghton's and Lilly's greengrocers.
Milk was delivered by horse and cart from Castellie's who had the farm at Shevington Moor. The doctor's surgery was held in a room that was then the boy's club, the school was for all ages from 5 - 15 and the golf course ran the opposite way. I remember when I was in class 5 of the junior school there wasn't room for us in the main building and we had to have lessons in the Parish Hall. Dinner was delivered from the main school kitchens... Read more
Chairman of Abram, Bamfurlong And Bikershaw
My father Ernest Peter Houghton was chairman of the local council 3 times. He was Labour councillor for over 30 years and was well respected in the community. During one of his terms of office in the early 1960s my mum and dad attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace. We lived in Kintbury Street, I have very fond memories of growing up there, we had great neighbours and wonderful friends, everyone looked out for everyone else then. We had great May Queen parties and we would celebrate the annual Walking Day parades, the first weekend in June was the Mission Walks with Abram parish church and then 2 weeks later it would be the turn of the Chapel Walks. We had a great day out with the Jolly Jacks going to Southport or Blackpool for the day on double-decker buses, lots of them in convoy, all with our little name tags on. My dad was a miner at the local pit, Mains Colliery, until it closed.
Home
I was brought up in Up Holland and still think of it as home.
Childhood
I lived in Ormskirk Road, next to the Grimshaw Lane Pub. I went to Digmoor School, and then on to Skem Secondary School. My memories are of my wonderful childhood, that was spent walking and playing all around the fields that surrounded our house.
When I was older I would cycle through back Digmoor to Moorside Farm where my friend lived, and we would spend hours on the Moss. I remember the ASlmond family, who lived at Digmoor Hall before it was demolished, and relatives at Worthington House Farm nearby.
I love to see the old photos on the web sites as they bring back happy memories.
Roby Mill School
I attended Roby Mill School. Miss Simm was my teacher. She caught the bus to the monument (Vicarage Corner), and walked down College Road picking pupils up along the way. It was almost 1 mile in distance, she did this twice a day every school day. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday etc we were expected to attend Upholland parish church (St Thomas's). Mrs Webster was the head teacher and lived a few doors away from us. Mary Wilkinson was my best friend but moved back to Liverpool.
ST JOSEPHS SEMINARY, UPHOLLAND
I am trying to gather memories of St Joseph's college in Upholland for some research that I am doing. I am looking for anything at all that people remember about the place, the people, the routines, rules and stories. Ghost stories would be good too. I would really appreciate any comments.
Thankyou
Digmoor Cottage Hospital Circa 1911
Looking at the 1911 Census, I note that my house - 39 Spencers Lane, Digmoor - is listed as being the Cottage Hospital with a Mr. Wilson, a widower, as caretaker.
Does anybody have any information about its role, nursing staff, how it became designated as a hospital, when it began, finished - anything? Thankyou
