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SUBJECT | TITLE | ARTICLE SUMMARY | ISSUE | PAGE | ID | Link |
Heritage | An introduction to Wigan Heritage Service | 1 | 2 | 1 | Link | |
Heritage | The History Shop: First in Britain | The opening of the History Shop which will include exhibitions and local studies | 1 | 5 | 2 | Link |
Libraries | Wigan Library: The early years | 1 | 5 | 3 | Link | |
Places | Standish as it was | Exhibition at Standish Library | 1 | 6 | 4 | Link |
Mining | Colliery coup | The commercial vehicle Trans-Pennine Run visits Astley Green Colliery | 2 | 2 | 5 | Link |
Royal Visits | Visit of HRH Diana, Princess of Wales | Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the new Town Hall on 25 November 1991 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Link |
Family History | News from the Archives | Article about a notebook from the mid 18th century belonging to the Farrar family of Higher Hall ,Westleigh | 2 | 2 | 7 | Link |
Archives | The Thomas Dootson collection: A hidden treasure | Thomas Dootson was a solicitor who left his large library to Leigh | 2 | 3 | 8 | Link |
Health | Life before the NHS | Newspaper articles about health | 2 | 4 | 9 | Link |
Libraries | Wigan Library: The later years | 2 | 6 | 10 | Link | |
Heritage | History Shop opens 11 May | 2 | 8 | 11 | Link | |
Artists | Isherwoods on view again | Exhibition of the artist's work in the History Shop | 2 | 8 | 12 | Link |
Heritage | A likely story | The History Shop featured in a children's TV show 'A Likely Lad' | 2 | 8 | 13 | Link |
Leisure | Wigan at play in days gone by | Various leisure pursuits in the past | 2 | 10 | 14 | Link |
Halls | Haigh comes to life | The publication of 'Life and time at Haigh Hall' by Donald Anderson | 2 | 12 | 15 | Link |
Art | Sir Roger on tour | "Sir Roger and Lady Bradsaigh", a painting by Edward Hayley on tour in the North West | 2 | 12 | 16 | Link |
Diaries | Dear Diary | Diaries held by the Archives Service | 2 | 14 | 17 | Link |
Libraries | William Pink, Leigh Librarian and Amateur Genealogist | William Pink was Leigh Borough Librarian 1903-1922 | 3 | 4 | 18 | Link |
Breweries | Once a brewery town | History of Robinson's Brewery | 3 | 6 | 19 | Link |
Local History | Local history for your book-shelf | Two publications from the Heritage Service | 3 | 8 | 20 | Link |
Mining | Bickershaw machinery moved to Astley Green | 3 | 14 | 21 | Link | |
Watermills | Standish Hall water corn mill | The mill stood in what is now Elnup Wood | 4 | 4 | 22 | Link |
Industrial History | Industry in Victorian Wigan | Industries such as iron smelting, cotton spinning and mining | 4 | 5 | 23 | Link |
Halls | Owd' Tom Hughes & South Tunley Hall | The cyclist Tom Hughes and a photo of him outside the hall | 4 | 10 | 24 | Link |
Music | Book reviews | Thomas Pendlebury: a Lancashire craftsman, by Brian Hughes. Pendlebury was an organ-bulder | 5 | 5 | 25 | Link |
Quakers | To defy a king | Accounts of Quakers in Standish | 5 | 7 | 26 | Link |
Family History | Migration from the land | The interwoven stories of the Carson and Nurdin families | 5 | 10 | 27 | Link |
Windmills | From 'The Friends of Haigh Windmill' | A brief history and an invitation to join the Friends | 5 | 14 | 28 | Link |
Childhood | Aspull recalled | Digging for coal, working in a mill, and other memories | 6 | 3 | 29 | Link |
Biography | Francis Merryman and 'The Captain' | A local coucillor and publican survived a ship's capsize | 6 | 5 | 30 | Link |
Doctors | F. P. Sturm: A literary Leigh doctor | Sturm was a doctor and a published poet | 6 | 5 | 31 | Link |
Locomotives | The story of the Yorkshire Horse | Robert Daglish of Haigh Foundry built a locomotive for Orrell Colliery | 6 | 6 | 32 | Link |
Engineering | Remembering Walker Bros. (Wigan) Ltd. | Walker Bros built machinery for the mining industry | 6 | 8 | 33 | Link |
Family History | Migration from the land (part 2) | The interwoven stories of the Carson and Nurdin families | 6 | 10 | 34 | Link |
Windmills | Scholes Windmill - early history | Lamb's Mill was between 132 & 134 Scholes | 6 | 14 | 35 | Link |
Watermills | Arley Hall water mill | The mill is in the grounds of Arley Hall, which is now a golf course | 7 | 5 | 36 | Link |
Places | A community called Bottling Wood | The history of the area | 7 | 6 | 37 | Link |
Transport | Alfred Goulding Limited | The 90th anniversary of the road haulage firm | 7 | 8 | 38 | Link |
Doctors | A Leigh medical playwright, James Sackville Martin | James Martin was a doctor, playwright, poet and actor | 7 | 9 | 39 | Link |
Theatres | Year of drama 1994: The Prince of Wales Theatre, Leigh | Opened 1863, demolished by 1879 | 7 | 10 | 40 | Link |
Actresses | Year of Drama 1994: Lily Brayton | Lily Brayton was born in Hindley in 1876, and became famous here and abroad | 7 | 11 | 41 | Link |
Biography | A worthy citizen | The life of Robert Barrow of Golborne | 7 | 14 | 42 | Link |
Locomotives | The story of the Yorkshire Horse [Part 2] | Robert Daglish of Haigh Foundry built a locomotive for Orrell Colliery | 7 | 16 | 43 | Link |
Mining | Memories of a colliery electrician 1907-1912 | C A Lamb's recollections of working for Corlett Electrical Engineering Co. | 7 | 18 | 44 | Link |
Biography | A mystery solved: Ellen Weeton's last days | Further information about her life, and her date and place of death | 8 | 4 | 45 | Link |
Places | Collection of parish magazines acquired in house clearance | The Upholland magazines cover the period 1885-1955 | 8 | 5 | 46 | Link |
Biography | George Olivant obituary, Leigh Chronicle 24 September 1920 | Reproduction of the obituary | 8 | 7 | 47 | Link |
Heritage | The Spinning Jenny panel | The Heritage Service wished to restore the panel | 8 | 8 | 48 | Link |
Diaries | The diary of Roger Lowe of Ashton-in-Makerfield 1663-1678 | The Heritage Service published the edited diary | 8 | 9 | 49 | Link |
Biography | Nathaniel Eckersley | An account of the famous local MP, mayor and businessman | 8 | 11 | 50 | Link |
Mining | A terrrible and painful accident at Abram | The death of a colliery engine driver, Ludovic Berry, in 1945 | 8 | 12 | 51 | Link |
Childhood | The way we were in Aspull | Recollections of the author's childhood | 8 | 14 | 52 | Link |
Family History | Continous Wigan family connection from 1500s | The author traced his Wigan family back to the 16th century | 9 | 2 | 53 | Link |
Biography | Dr George Henry Evans and his Pyrotechnic Time Signal | The Leigh doctor burst a shell each day to signal 10pm | 9 | 3 | 54 | Link |
Photography | News from the Archives | The Archives acquired lantern slides of Edwardian Leigh, taken by Frederick Wynne | 9 | 4 | 55 | Link |
Military History | George Derbyshire 1919-1975 | George Derbyshire was the author of 'The Wigan Military Chronicle' covering various units from 1758 to 1948 | 9 | 5 | 56 | Link |
Theatres | Hippodrome Wigan | Recollections by the author | 9 | 5 | 57 | Link |
Actresses | A chat with Miss Lily Brayton | Lily Brayton was born in Hindley in 1876, and became famous here and abroad | 9 | 7 | 58 | Link |
Childhood | Memories of Hindley | Recollections from 1922 to 1947 | 9 | 9 | 59 | Link |
Childhood | Observations of life as a child in Ashton-in-Makerfield during World War ll | 9 | 10 | 60 | Link | |
Mining | Remembering 'Daisy', 'Delia' and 'Dorothy' | The anonymous author recalls colliery engines and the reason for the name of Maypole pit [connection with Morris dancing] | 9 | 13 | 61 | Link |
Poetry | Requiem for a Colliery | An anonymous poem about the Maypole colliery | 9 | 13 | 62 | Link |
Family History | Notes on Sarah Crank | The author traces his extensive research into his ancestor, of Ashton-in-Makerfield | 9 | 14 | 63 | Link |
Chapels | News from the Archives | The Archives acquired the records of the Christian Meeting House, Rodney Street (1858-1989) | 10 | 4 | 64 | Link |
Mining | The Atherton Mill disaster | Six [named] women were killed by the explosion on 21 September 1911 | 10 | 7 | 65 | Link |
Farming | Plough and Furrow | Herbert Worsley recounts his ploughing life in Lowton | 10 | 8 | 66 | Link |
Childhood | Observations of life as a child in Ashton-in-Makerfield during World War ll: School life | 10 | 10 | 67 | Link | |
Banks | 1894-1994 100 years of banking in Standish | The bank opened as a branch of Williams Deacons bank at 2 High Street (now Royal Bank of Scotland) | 10 | 13 | 68 | Link |
Childhood | The way we were in Aspull | Recollections of the author's childhood | 10 | 14 | 69 | Link |
Crime | Wigan murder mystery in 1894 | The unsolved murder of Richard Blaylock, the landlord of the Crofters Arms in Hallgate, in 1894 | 10 | 15 | 70 | Link |
Cotton Industry | News from the Archives | A collection of glass slides from Howe Bridge Spinning Company mills | 11 | 4 | 71 | Link |
Childhood | A schoolgirl's reminiscences of life on the pit brow | Visits to Victoria Colliery, Standish, during the early 1950s | 11 | 5 | 72 | Link |
Prehistory | Further Stone Age discoveries in Upholland | Prehistoric artefacts at Jollies i'the Dean Farm | 11 | 6 | 73 | Link |
Clergy | Notes on Jacob Robson, first vicar of Tyldesley | Jacob Robson, born 1799, became the first vicar in 1842,and died in 1851 | 11 | 7 | 74 | Link |
Military History | We remember them too! | Reminiscences of family and society in World War ll | 11 | 8 | 75 | Link |
Local History | Hard times in Edwardian Wigan | Information from a manuscript by William Henry Evans | 11 | 10 | 76 | Link |
Childhood | Mediterranean charm | Observations of life as a child in Ashton-in-Makerfield during World War ll [Part 3] | 11 | 12 | 77 | Link |
Childhood | Appley Bridge | The author's reminiscences | 11 | 14 | 78 | Link |
Family History | A long way round to Wigan Pier | The anonymous author traces his Wren ancestors | 11 | 15 | 79 | Link |
Windmills | New Jersey tombstone leads to link with Wigan windmill | The tombstone of Daniel Lamb records his Wigan birth. He had owned shares in the Scholes windmill. | 12 | 6 | 80 | Link |
Schools | "I amused the children this dinnertime by parading on the velocipede" | The logbook of Atherton Wesleyan Methodist School, Lamberhead Green, kept by teacher William Lord from 1865 to 1871 | 12 | 7 | 81 | Link |
Places | Book reviews | Standish: Corn Mills and Millers, by Adrian Morris | 12 | 8 | 82 | Link |
Local History | Hard times in Edwardian Wigan [Part 2] | Information from a manuscript by William Henry Evans | 12 | 10 | 83 | Link |
Biography | From the pit to the Peerage: the Gordon MacDonald story | The former miner became MP for Ince in 1929, then Governor of Newfoundland and was made a peer in 1949 | 12 | 13 | 84 | Link |
Childhood | More memories of Hindley | 12 | 14 | 85 | Link | |
Corn Mills | Standish Hall corn mill | Archaeological excavations in Elnup Wood, Shevington | 12 | 16 | 86 | Link |
Heraldry | The County Borough of Wigan Coat of Arms | The Coat of Arms from 1922 to 1974 | 13 | 2 | 87 | Link |
Shops | I remember when… | The author remembers Woolworths in Standishgate | 13 | 3 | 88 | Link |
Theatres | "Fierce fire guts Wigan's Theatre" | The fire which destroyed the Hippodrome in 1956: an account by fireman Henry Haddock | 13 | 5 | 89 | Link |
Charters | Wigan - A Borough- 1216-1996 | A special supplement to celebrate the granting of the town's charter | 13 | 9 | 90 | Link |
Military History | "I was born on VE Day" | Mrs Coleman was chosen to represent Wigan in the 50th anniversary celebrations of VE Day in London. | 13 | 17 | 91 | Link |
House History | Lime House, Lowton, and Mr P T Eckersley MP | Occupants of the house from 1903, including the MP and Lancashire cricket captain, killed on active service in the war | 13 | 20 | 92 | Link |
Town Twinning | News from the Archives: the French connection | An exhibition of items connected with the French twin town of Angers | 14 | 4 | 93 | Link |
Childhood | Shevington New Hall | The author recalls her childhood at the hall when her parents worked there | 14 | 5 | 94 | Link |
Police | Book reviews | Policing Wigan, by James Fairhurst | 14 | 8 | 95 | Link |
World War l | Book reviews | The finest of all: Local men on the Somme 1st July 1916 | 14 | 8 | 96 | Link |
Art Galleries | The Wickham Gallery | The opening of the gallery in the History Shop | 14 | 9 | 97 | Link |
Biography | William Woolstencroft, a Leigh worthy | William Woolstencroft was manager of the Hippodrome theatre, and Mayor of Leigh 1951-52 | 14 | 13 | 98 | Link |
Vehicles | Book review | Pagefield motor vehicles, by Tom Meadows | 14 | 13 | 99 | Link |
Schools | Hindley & Abram Grammar School | The author's reminiscences | 14 | 14 | 100 | Link |
Mining | A long haunted Summer | The 1926 general strike which united miners and transport workers | 14 | 16 | 101 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recollects industry around Wigan Pier | 15 | 4 | 102 | Link |
Canals | Standish Festival canal trip (1996) | The description and history of a stretch of the Leeds- Liverpool canal | 15 | 6 | 103 | Link |
Biography | A visit to Wigan - 84 years later | An American traced the family of her father, born in Wigan | 15 | 7 | 104 | Link |
Places | More about Bottling Wood | The history of the area | 15 | 8 | 105 | Link |
Biography | Philip Larkin - The Leigh connection | Larkin's mother, Eva Emily Day, lived in Leigh | 15 | 9 | 106 | Link |
Biography | A daft lad | The life of Owen Davies of Tyldesley | 15 | 12 | 107 | Link |
Cinemas | The Regal cinema, Leigh | The cinema opened in 1938 on the corner of King Street and Spinning Jenny Street | 15 | 15 | 108 | Link |
Schools | An important news bulletin will follow… | Three reminiscences of Hindley and Abram Grammar School | 15 | 16 | 109 | Link |
Mining | A tribute to Harry Potts | Harry Potts was former chairman of the Red Rose Steam Society | 15 | 18 | 110 | Link |
Wrestling | Wigan's world champions | Photographs of past wrestling champions | 16 | 3 | 111 | Link |
Weaving | Silk weaving in Lowton 1827 to 1910 | 16 | 6 | 112 | Link | |
Shops | Woolies' article triggered off personal memories | Recollections of former shops and restaurants | 16 | 8 | 113 | Link |
Cinemas | From a Leigh fourth, third and second projectionist | Memories of the Regal cinema, Leigh | 16 | 8 | 114 | Link |
Biography | Interesting letter from a 'Down Under' 89 year old | Memories of life in Golborne from birth in 1908 | 16 | 9 | 115 | Link |
Schools | HAGS - school records | Extracts from the records of Hindley and Abram Grammar School | 16 | 12 | 116 | Link |
Shops | No. 8 Wigan Road, Hindley | Recollections of the Temperance Bar and Herbalist | 16 | 14 | 117 | Link |
Schools | Who was the 'Baron'? | Recollections of Hindley and Abram Grammar School | 16 | 14 | 118 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | More recollections of industry around Wigan Pier | 16 | 15 | 119 | Link |
Biography | A family funeral | An 1888 account by Alfred H Lamb of Bellingham Lodge | 16 | 16 | 120 | Link |
Roads | Tracing the ancient highway from Wigan to Standish | Tracing history via a walk from Gidlow Lane to Standish | 17 | 3 | 121 | Link |
Biography | Wigan's pioneer lady councillor | The life of Mary Elizabeth Hart (nee Connell) | 17 | 6 | 122 | Link |
Churches | Atherton Parish Church | The refurbishment of the 1879 church | 17 | 7 | 123 | Link |
Workhouses | Thowd Work Heause (or Mount Tabor), Lowton | The 11 cottages were demolished in 1939 | 17 | 8 | 124 | Link |
Chapels | The treasure of Park Lane | The Brindle family's connections with Park Lane chapel, Ashton-in-Makerfield | 17 | 12 | 125 | Link |
Swimming | Tyldesley Swimming Club - the forgotten years | The club was formed in 1876 | 17 | 14 | 126 | Link |
Artists | Arthur Turner 1892-1964 Artist: An appreciation by his daughter, Eva | The miner and artist, who drew enemy gun positions in WWl | 18 | 3 | 127 | Link |
Poetry | A Standish poem, 1756 | The poem was probably addressed to Cecilia, who was married to William Towneley, and inherited the estate in 1755 on the death of her father Ralph. | 18 | 4 | 128 | Link |
Actors | Mr Robert Donat's recitals (form the Leigh Chronicle 15 February 1924) | Robert Donat, then an elocution student, gave two recitals in Leigh | 18 | 5 | 129 | Link |
Mining | From the Manchester Guardian, 16 March 1875 | The Leigh Chronicle records Hindley miners recalling 'barbaric' wagers they made to win a gallon of beer | 18 | 5 | 130 | Link |
Breweries | Memories of Haigh Brewery | J F Moore worked there in the 1920 and 1930s | 18 | 6 | 131 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recollects life around Wigan Pier | 18 | 8 | 132 | Link |
Family History | Lives of a Victorian family revealed in a scrapbook | The text and photos reveal the lives of the Lang family of Charnock Richard | 18 | 9 | 133 | Link |
Banks | 1922-1997: 75 years of banking in Standish (part 2) | Opened as a branch of Williams Deacons bank at 2 High Street (now Royal Bank of Scotland) | 18 | 12 | 134 | Link |
Mining | The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society | The society was founded in Wigan in 1872; Canon Bridgeman was the first president | 18 | 14 | 135 | Link |
Schools | Ashton Grammar School - and all that | Recollections beginning in 1938 | 18 | 16 | 136 | Link |
Schools | Hindley & Abram Grammar School | Notes for parents of new entrants 1964-65 | 18 | 19 | 137 | Link |
Recollections | Wigan Dole School? | The author asks for more details of the unemployment centre | 18 | 23 | 138 | Link |
Transport | On the (Wigan) buses for 47 years | Alfred Rouse was a bus driver for the Corporation, who drove the last Wigan tram | 19 | 2 | 139 | Link |
Biography | Leigh - did you know? | Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia, which came to the rescue of Titanic survivors, was married in Atherton | 19 | 4 | 140 | Link |
Childhood | Sweet nostalgia | Recollections of boyhood in Abram | 19 | 5 | 141 | Link |
Breweries | Memories of Haigh Brewery (part 2) | J F Moore worked at the brewery in the 1920 and 1930s | 19 | 6 | 142 | Link |
Biography | Memories from the life of James Albert Davies | His formative years in Aspull and Coppull 1912-1925 | 19 | 8 | 143 | Link |
Heritage | Friends | The launch of the Friends of Wigan Heritage Service | 19 | 12 | 144 | Link |
Recollections | Ashton-in-Makerfield in the 1930s | 19 | 14 | 145 | Link | |
Actresses | Viola Smart | The stage and screen actress (stage name Viola Keats) lived in Golborne | 20 | 4 | 146 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) | Ellen Weeton's letters and journals include recollections of her time spent in Upholland | 20 | 5 | 147 | Link |
Breweries | Memories of Haigh Brewery (part 3) | J F Moore worked there in the 1920 and 1930s | 20 | 6 | 148 | Link |
Biography | Memories from the life of James Albert Davies (part 2) | The years from 1926 onwards | 20 | 8 | 149 | Link |
Music | "Come welcome the New Year with anthems of joy" | Singers from Roby Mill used to go carolling on New Year's Eve, beginning in the 1860s | 20 | 11 | 150 | Link |
Recollections | Ashton-in-Makerfield just before and during World War ll | 20 | 14 | 151 | Link | |
Museums | Astley Green Colliery Museum | Developments in the museum (now the Lancashire Mining Museum) | 20 | 16 | 152 | Link |
Swimming | Ashton Swimming Baths - a note | The baths opened in 1910 but closed shortly afterwards because of subsidence | 20 | 17 | 153 | Link |
Schools | Sacred Heart School, Hindley Green (early 1930s) | 20 | 18 | 154 | Link | |
Family History | Descendants of Robert Arkwright (born 1606) wanted | The author also records the death of John Arkwright in 1904 in Springs Branch colliery | 20 | 22 | 155 | Link |
Biography | John Faiclough (1854-1923) | Became the first mayor of Leigh in 1899, and a freeman of the borough | 21 | 4 | 156 | Link |
Biography | The illustrious 'Little' Steve | Stephen Walsh, brought up in the workhouse, became a miner, then MP for Ince and the Secretary of State for War in the first Labour government | 21 | 5 | 157 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: From Lancaster to Upholland | Ellen Weeton's letters and journals include recollections of her time spent in Upholland | 21 | 6 | 158 | Link |
Childhood | A Poolstock childhood c. 1920 | The author was born in 1919 | 21 | 9 | 159 | Link |
Biography | Memories from the life of James Albert Davies | His experiences as a young teacher in the 1930s | 21 | 11 | 160 | Link |
Authors | Henry Josiah Atty's wonderful book | Henry Atty was the author and illustrator of 'Edwardian Rambles' | 21 | 13 | 161 | Link |
Chapels | Record breaking chapel | The building of Jireh Baptist Chapel, Orrell | 21 | 16 | 162 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recollects life after World War l | 21 | 19 | 163 | Link |
War Memorials | Second World War memorials in metropolitan Wigan | 21 | 21 | 164 | Link | |
Recollections | Ashton-in-Makerfield during the 1930s | 21 | 23 | 165 | Link | |
Biography | White Hope, or searching for Great Uncle Harry | The author researched her uncle, an amateur boxer who was killed on the Somme | 22 | 4 | 166 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: Village life - coarse and fine | Ellen Weeton's letters and journals include recollections of her time spent in Upholland | 22 | 6 | 167 | Link |
Biography | Rev. John Braithwaite (1754-1812) | John Braithwaite was headmaster of Upholland School, and a curate there and at St George's in Wigan | 22 | 7 | 168 | Link |
Poetry | Miss Weeton, the great walker and versifier | Ellen Weeton's poem about Dean Wood | 22 | 8 | 169 | Link |
Poetry | Down there | Jack Daniels' poem about a pit accident in 1929 | 22 | 9 | 170 | Link |
Biography | Memories from the life of James Albert Davies | His experiences during the Second World War | 22 | 10 | 171 | Link |
Maps | Sew for the Millennium | A national project for communities to create parish maps | 22 | 13 | 172 | Link |
Places | One hundred years old | Celebrations to mark the centenary of Leigh being made a municipal borough | 22 | 14 | 173 | Link |
Biography | Let's talk Wiggin | The author has recorded memories from his elderly ancestors | 22 | 18 | 174 | Link |
Wrestling | Wigan wrestlers at the Alhambra | Several Wigan wrestlers competed at a national event in London in 1910 | 22 | 20 | 175 | Link |
Museums | The Museum of the Century | Opie's Museum of Memories opened at Trencherfield Mill | 22 | 21 | 176 | Link |
Mining | Giant's Hall colliery, Standish Lower Ground, near Wigan | The author's father was manager in the 1920s and 30s | 22 | 23 | 177 | Link |
Authors | How George Orwell took a running jump at Wigan Pier - and missed | The author reproduces his 1984 Guardian article taking issue with Orwell's description of Wigan and Wiganers | 22 | 26 | 178 | Link |
Restaurants | A lost eating house: Roy's Café | Roy's Café, started by the Gorner family, was at the junction of Marsden Street and Hope Street | 23 | 3 | 179 | Link |
Places | It happened in Ince | The history of Ince from the earliest times | 23 | 4 | 180 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: Pastures new | Ellen Weeton's later life in Liverpool and Kendal | 23 | 7 | 181 | Link |
Biography | Thomas Rawlinson Weeton (1781-1845) | The life of Ellen Weeton's brother | 23 | 9 | 182 | Link |
Mining | Sir Henry Hall - The miners' friend | Henry Hall was HM Chief Inspector of Mines for Lancashire and North Wales | 23 | 10 | 183 | Link |
Hospitals | Wigan Infirmary in the early years | The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary opened in 1873 | 23 | 11 | 184 | Link |
Dialect | Is your dialect really necessary? | The author wished to promote the Wigan dialect | 23 | 17 | 185 | Link |
Recollections | More memories of Ashton-in-Makerfield in the 1930s | 23 | 18 | 186 | Link | |
Shops | A clean sheet | The first launderette was in New York in 1945; the first in the Wigan area was in Atherton in 1949 | 23 | 21 | 187 | Link |
Childhood | Early days in Hindley | 23 | 22 | 188 | Link | |
Celebrations | Unparalled scenes 100 years ago: Wigan and District on Mafeking night | The ending of the siege of Mafeking in the Boer war was celebrated by the public | 24 | 3 | 189 | Link |
Biography | William Maskell Peace | William Peace was a solicitor who was closely associated with the mining industry, and helped to secure the establishment of Mesnes Park | 24 | 8 | 190 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: Work, pleasure and drama… | Ellen Weeton's adventures in the Lake District | 24 | 9 | 191 | Link |
Courts | Cursing King George at the Bull and Dog | In 1817 John Hart was charged with defaming the King in the Bull and Dog Inn | 24 | 12 | 192 | Link |
Maps | Mapping the Millennium | The Millennium map, in 28 sections, was to be exhibited around the Borough | 24 | 13 | 193 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recalls his long association with cars | 24 | 16 | 194 | Link |
Dialect | Lanky Twang, or Language in its warkin' clooas | The differences in styles of speech within Wigan | 24 | 17 | 195 | Link |
Biography | Tamperin' wi' t'moon: the life of Lydia Fletcher (1845-1933) | The author's ancestor worked in a weaving mill | 24 | 20 | 196 | Link |
Rugby League | Albert V Twose (A reader's reminiscence) | Albert Twose played for Wigan for a short time from 1931 | 24 | 24 | 197 | Link |
Hockey | Bully off! | The author's recollections of men's and women's teams | 24 | 26 | 198 | Link |
Police | Wigan's longest serving Chief Constable | Tom Pey was Chief Constable from 1921 to 1946 | 25 | 5 | 199 | Link |
World War l | The bombing of Wigan, 12 April 1918 | 27 Zeppelins were dropped in Wigan districts | 25 | 6 | 200 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recalls the effects of poverty in the 1920s | 25 | 8 | 201 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: The stage coach traveller | 25 | 10 | 202 | Link | |
Childhood | The exploited generation | Memories of a 1930s childhood in Wigan | 25 | 12 | 203 | Link |
Recollections | May Day | Recalling the May Day parades and May Queens | 25 | 12 | 204 | Link |
Poetry | The Lamplighter's Pole | Dialect poem | 25 | 13 | 205 | Link |
Millennium | Mapping the Millennium | Celebrations of the Millennium in the Borough | 25 | 16 | 206 | Link |
Biography | Tamperin' wi' t'moon: the life of Lydia Fletcher (1845-1933) (2) | The author's ancestor worked in a weaving mill | 25 | 18 | 207 | Link |
Recollections | More memories of Ashton-in-Makerfield in the 1930s | 25 | 22 | 208 | Link | |
Childhood | Childhood reminiscences of Haigh | The author lived in Winstanley Farm, Haigh, from 1907 | 25 | 24 | 209 | Link |
Poetry | My Owd Case Clock | Dialect poem | 25 | 29 | 210 | Link |
Cinemas | Prince's Cinema opening | Anna Neagle attended the cinema opening in 1935 | 25 | 31 | 211 | Link |
War Memorials | A constant pledge - An obligation fulfilled | The memorial was unveiled on 17 October 1925 | 26 | 3 | 212 | Link |
Mining | Pit brow girls' protest | A deputation to the Home Office in 1911 in protest at the plan to exclude women workers from mines | 26 | 5 | 213 | Link |
Dancing | Dance to the music of time | Recollections of Miss Gee's School of Dancing | 26 | 8 | 214 | Link |
Dancing | Dance to the music of time | Recollections of Miss Gee's School of Dancing | 26 | 8 | 215 | Link |
Dancing | Take your partners please | Recollections of ballroom dancing in venues around the borough | 26 | 9 | 216 | Link |
Dancing | Request for information about named dance venues | 26 | 9 | 217 | Link | |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849) Governess: 'Spare the rod and spoil the child' | Ellen Weeton's time as a governess in Huddersfield | 26 | 10 | 218 | Link |
Statues | The strange case of the vanishing statue | An appeal to restore the Boer War statue in Mesnes Park on the war's centenary | 26 | 13 | 219 | Link |
Millennium | Mapping the Millennium | A summary of events around the Borough | 26 | 14 | 220 | Link |
Millennium | Wigan 2000: the way we are | Celebrating the Millennium and the people of the Borough | 26 | 16 | 221 | Link |
World War ll | The first two years of World War ll | Recollections of a pupil in Ashton Grammar School | 26 | 19 | 222 | Link |
Nursing | From Wigan to world tour: the life of Mary Alicia Hodkinson 1912-1995 | Mary Hodkinson was born in Wigan, emigrated to Australia and became a nurse | 26 | 20 | 223 | Link |
Biography | I remember when… | The author recalls his motor bikes and cars | 26 | 22 | 224 | Link |
Police | Wigan Borough police - a tale from the graveyard shift | Reproduction of the recollections of Sergeant Newcombe, from 1881 to 1902 | 26 | 23 | 225 | Link |
Recollections | God's good fresh air | The author's visit to his brother in hospital by bicycle, and a later serious car accident | 26 | 24 | 226 | Link |
Childhood | Coal fires and loved faces: memories of an Ince childhood | 26 | 27 | 227 | Link | |
Poetry | The beauty of Ince | An anonymous poem, dating from at least the 1940s | 26 | 31 | 228 | Link |
Biography | The Dr Mary Tomlinson story | Mary Tomlinson became a medical missionary in India | 27 | 3 | 229 | Link |
Elections | Election fever? You ain't seen nuthin! | The election in Wigan in 1857 in which Francis Sharp Powell and Henry Woods were elected | 27 | 4 | 230 | Link |
Dancing | I won't dance - don't ask me | The author's childhood attempts at dancing | 27 | 8 | 231 | Link |
Health | The Great Stink of Standish | Reproduction of an 1859 letter to the Wigan Board of Health about a noxious smell from a factory | 27 | 8 | 232 | Link |
Singers | Street singer who conquered empires | Mary Connolly, a native of Ireland, who worked at Pretoria Pit, became famous in the UK and Ireland | 27 | 9 | 233 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849), Governess: Persecution and despair | Ellen Weeton's disastrous marriage to Aaron Stock and her forced separation from her daughter Mary | 27 | 10 | 234 | Link |
Schools | Parr Hall: boarding academy for young ladies: Principal William Grundy | The school to which Aaron Stock sent Mary, his and Ellen Weeton's daughter | 27 | 12 | 235 | Link |
Aircraft | Crash landing at Aspull: the tale of an American B24 Liberator bomber | A bomber crashed in Hall Lane, Aspull, after taking off from Burtonwood on 27 August 1943 | 27 | 14 | 236 | Link |
Police | Wigan Borough police: a tale from the graveyard shift | An account from a police sergeant in 1902 revealing the extent of child cruelty at the time | 27 | 18 | 237 | Link |
World War ll | Reminiscences of events in Atheron township in 1941 | The damage caused by German aircraft releasing ordnance over the town | 27 | 19 | 238 | Link |
Parks | Yesterday in the park | Recollections of childhood visits to Mesnes Park | 27 | 21 | 239 | Link |
Biography | I remember when | The author recounts collecting cigarette cards and attending a debating society | 27 | 22 | 240 | Link |
Biography | Great Grandma Alice | The adventurous life and three marriages of Alice Skillicorn-Nichols-Latchford | 27 | 24 | 241 | Link |
Biography | The Hilton family - from Aspull to Australia | The author's grandparents moved to Australia in 1912 | 27 | 26 | 242 | Link |
Hospitals | The state of the National Health Service | The author's recollection of Billinge Hospital when visiting relatives, and later as a nurse | 27 | 27 | 243 | Link |
Schools | Gidlow Girls' Senior School 1939-42 | The author's recollections of school life | 27 | 29 | 244 | Link |
Dancing | Dancing days - the sequel | The author provides the names of more dancing establishments in the borough | 27 | 30 | 245 | Link |
World War l | Reluctant soldiers: Wigan's conscript tribunals 1916-1918 | The members of the conscript tribunal, and some of the cases they heard | 28 | 4 | 246 | Link |
Poetry | Church Walking Day | 28 | 7 | 247 | Link | |
Recollections | Another fine mess you've got me into, Stanley | Recollections by Stan Morris, recorded by his nephew | 28 | 8 | 248 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849), Governess: 'In heavenly love abiding' | Ellen Weeton's religious faith | 28 | 10 | 249 | Link |
Religion | Christianity in the 'Age of Reason' | A survey of religion in Britain in the 18th century | 28 | 11 | 250 | Link |
Religion | Independent Dissent and secession in Wigan 1775-1825 | 28 | 12 | 251 | Link | |
Local Government | A Town Clerk's story | The life and career of William Tyrer | 28 | 14 | 252 | Link |
Recollections | Perpetuum mobile | Recollections with an emphasis on motor vehicles | 28 | 15 | 253 | Link |
Transport | I remember when… | The difficulties of driving in wartime | 28 | 21 | 254 | Link |
Parks | Memories of days in the park | Recollections of Mesnes Park | 28 | 22 | 255 | Link |
Schools | Memories of the Central School, Ashton-in-Makerfield | The career of teacher Percival Clifford Ralls | 28 | 23 | 256 | Link |
World War ll | Life in the Grenadier Guards | The author volunteered from Wigan, and was at Salerno and Monte Cassino | 28 | 25 | 257 | Link |
Childhood | Childhood sounds of the 1920s and 1930s | The knocker-up, clogs, trams, music, etc. | 28 | 27 | 258 | Link |
Ancient History | The history of Tel-al-Amarna | The work of egyptologist, John Pendlebury, whose grandfather founded Pendlebury & Co. Ltd | 28 | 28 | 259 | Link |
Shops | "Wigan is a grand old town, the Romans knew it well" | Recollections of Baines grocery store, Darlington Street | 28 | 30 | 260 | Link |
Festivals | Queen at the annual May Day festival (14 May 1909) | The author's mother was crowned festival queen in Golborne | 28 | 32 | 261 | Link |
Swimming | The lovely ladies of Coop's swimming club | 28 | 35 | 262 | Link | |
Theatres | Jonathan Dewhurst - the Lancashire tragedian | Jonathan Dewhurst was a leading actor, and managed Leigh Theatre Royal | 29 | 3 | 263 | Link |
Recollections | Every picture tells a story | Memories of Ashton-in-Makerfield | 29 | 4 | 264 | Link |
Witches | The witches of Wigan | The 17th century witch craze, including Isabella Rigby of Hindley | 29 | 7 | 265 | Link |
Family History | The Hitchen name in Wigan: some clues to the past | Beginning with Peter Hitchen b. 1784 | 29 | 8 | 266 | Link |
Biography | Ellen Weeton (1776-1849), Governess: Final days | Ellen Weeton lived in Standishgate from 1827 to 1844 | 29 | 10 | 267 | Link |
Childhood | The ghost of Christmas past | Childhood Christmases in Wigan | 29 | 13 | 268 | Link |
Pubs | Market Hotel, Wigan, 1931-1976 | The author's father and grandfather were licensees | 29 | 14 | 269 | Link |
Scouts | Away the lads | Leigh parish church Scout camp in Filey in 1934 | 29 | 16 | 270 | Link |
Places | Aspull - the story of a village | The cover of a new book, designed by Gerald Rickards | 29 | 20 | 271 | Link |
Recollections | A time long ago | Recollections of Scholes from 1920 to 1932 | 29 | 22 | 272 | Link |
Clergy | Rev. Alfred Williams Momerie (1848-1900) | For a short time Alfred Momerie was a priest in Leigh | 29 | 24 | 273 | Link |
Biography | "Our Clifford" as told by Mrs Margaret Young to her nephew, Bill Chaloner, 2001 | The life of Clifford Young, who was part of bomber crew in WWll. Includes his own account of bailing out. | 29 | 26 | 274 | Link |
Schools | A matter of belief | A teacher's unkind correction of spelling at Marylebone primary school | 29 | 30 | 275 | Link |
Recollections | Letters and articles about 'The Hut' in Stoney Lane, Hindley | 29 | 32 | 276 | Link | |
Rugby League | It's simple! | The author's father played for the Ince All Blacks | 29 | 34 | 277 | Link |
Hospitals | "'Supported by voluntary subscriptions" | The author included a list of Wigan Infirmary subscriptions from 1899-1900 | 29 | 35 | 278 | Link |
Clubs | Left Book Club, Leigh |