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Historic maps of Wrightington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wrightington maps
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Wrightington area books
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Christmas Past
So many happy days with my & other families waiting for Chritmas to arrive as a child in the 1970s. Jean Coleman managing the Hotel, with her husband as head Chef.
I shall never forget the sound of all the proud father's (including my own) singing carols on Christmas morning before breakfast. Mums keeping their excited children in check. Waiting for Father Christmas to come down in the lift (!) after lunch. Panto on boxing day.
Meeting up with other families every year to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Happy days.
Merry Christmas
What a joy to see the stained glass window again.
Every childhood Christmas with my beloved mum & dad, my brother and I would enter the fancy dress competition in this very room. Also we eagerly awaited the arrival of Father Christmas, coming down the lift!!
So many families we met year after year, every Christmas, catered for by Jean Coleman and her husband.
Thanks to Mum and Dad for the most wonderful 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
Born & Bred Coppuller And Proud of it
I was born and bred in Coppull in 1947. I remember watching the Coronation in 1953 on one of the first TVs in the village, it belonged to Geoff and Marion Moss, I was a friend of Barry, their son. I also remember playing in the fields and woods in the area through the 1950s and 1960s before the M6 was driven through, they were good days.
The Broome Family And Parbold
My great grandparents Samuel and Emily Broome lived at 12 Bradshaw Lane, Parbold during the 1950s and until his death in 1960. They had 9 children, my grandmother Mary being their sixth child. Every Sunday, Broomes from all corners of Wigan and we from Newton le Willows would descend upon Parbold. It was a great adventure, by bus from Newton to Wigan, then by train (steam train in those days) to Parbold. We would pass the canal and wave to the people on the boats and run up the hill to Bradshaw Lane, passing The Plough, where great granddad would enjoy a pint. Great Granddad would be waiting for us to arrive and would pretend he didn't know who I was, and go inside and hide and Great Grandma would say "Don't torment the child, Sam". She would have been baking all morning, the smell of her baking was divine, and we would polish off all the goodies. Our parents would have taken baskets of food as well,... Read more
Happy Days Rememberd in Newburgh1959 1965
Hi, these are my memories of Newburgh. My mum used to work at Mug House Farm, which was farmed by the Webster family, as housekeeper to John Billy and also looked after Mary up to her final days. In the evening my mum whose name was Mrs Mildred Charnock did cooking for a number of years at the Parakuwn (not sure if that's spelled right) owned by Jean and Tom Phillips who in their spare time showed Alsatians. Mum also worked as a cook at the Red Lion Inn at Newburgh, moving in to a cottage opposite named North View which is still there today with that name, the cttage was owned by a Mr Stein who lived in a big house over the road opposite Derby House riding stables where I worked during the summer holidays. In 1965 Mum and I moved to Burscough Bridge where in Febuary 1966 she passed away aged 53, and I started a new life in Ipswich, Suffolk. I have many happy memories of... Read more
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I was brought up in Up Holland and still think of it as home.
