Hindley, Hall Lane c.1950
Photo ref: H156013
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Photo ref: H156013
Photo of Hindley, Hall Lane c.1950

A Selection of Memories from Hindley

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hindley

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Leyland Park is celebrating it's 125th Anniversary this year. Friends of Leyland Park are organising numerous events and would like the whole community to attend. If anybody has access to historical pictures of this park - please share them because they are very difficult to obtain. Thank you x
I remember as a little kid in the 50's going through Borsdane Wood with my mam n' Aunty Liza - we'd take egg n' tomato butties with us and always head for the Flag Bottom. This was our cheap holiday / Wigan week, I think it was June, I have forgoten a lot of dates as I emigrated to Australia in 68. We had 5 kids and Aunty Liza had 4. In those days, the brook had a great little water fall and most of the ...see more
What - no memories of Hindley? I was born in 1935 (nee Pennington) at a house in Liverpool Road, just up from the Strangeways Pub (The Paddock). The area was called Navvies' Lump, and although the address was "Liverpool Road", the road was in fact still known as Stoney Lone. Grandparents (Winnard) lived next door. One of my first memories is of being carried, in my grandma's shawl, down The Fold to ...see more