Brocol House

Does anyone know the origin of the building’s name?

Short for Broccoli, there's some health benifits from that

St Brocol, the patron saint of jobseekers

Bro= brother

Col= collaboration=the action of working with someone to produce something:

Just guessing jo anne

Could make sense, Lolly. It’s just such an unusual name.

Must tell you this..when I lived in Warrington Lane,taking little one to school very often saw a broccoli house customer going to sign on with odd socks on to prove that he wasn't fit for work, God loves a trier.

Maureen

Do we have an answer to this jo anne?

Not so far, Lolly.

I have a theory... does anyone know the name of the pub that stood where Brocol House is now? I know the Derbyshire Arms was across the road... but there was another pub where Brocol House is. If it was called The Grapes, that is your answer.

Searching online, I haven’t found the relevant info, but there are quite a lot of negative comments about the building.

And I’m intrigued by what Stuart Maconie’s description might be …



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Posted by @art on ww

Cadfael wrote:I have a theory... does anyone know the name of the pub that stood where Brocol House is now?  If it was called The Grapes, that is your answer.

It was Brewers Arms, Cadfael: WW Thread (2012)

From WW Album - Brewers Arms was the white building shown

We were both studying the same WW thread, Lolly.

Cadfael, had it been The Grapes how would that explain Brocol House?

Oh Well, so much for that idea. Brocol is another name for the Par Grape, a wine grape

Thanks, Cadfael, I’d not found any definition for Brocol. Your idea could still be a possibility?

Who built Brocol house, maybe there's a connection there?

Got the name wrong... to much wine has kiffed in my brain. It is actually the Fer Grape.

Lolly wrote:Who built Brocol house, maybe there's a connection there?

I’ve not been able to find out who the architects were online, Lolly.

Me neither, although I did find this on WW. ....cheth Ltd.

Is that a telephone no. bottom right, Leigh *****?

Could be 22233?  Also the van logo Davies Brothers aren't they builders in Manchester

jo anne wrote:Does anyone know the origin of the building’s name?

We never did find out. We've a few new members since then so perhaps one of them will know

Well, I used windows AI and got this reply

How did Brocol House in Wigan get its name
Searching for: Brocol House Wigan name origin

Generating answers for you…

That’s an interesting question. Brocol House is a building on King Street in Wigan, where the Jobcentre Plus and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are located12. According to some sources, Brocol House was named after a pub that used to stand on the same site, called the Brewers Arms34. The pub was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the new building, which was initially occupied by the Inland Revenue. The name Brocol is derived from the first two letters of each word in Brewers Arms, and was chosen as a tribute to the former establishment. However, this is not a verified fact, and there may be other explanations for the origin of the name. I hope this helps you.

Well that's as clear as mud

"The name Brocol is derived from the first two letters of each word in Brewers Arms"



I'm sticking with my original thoughts

Bro=Brother

col =collaboration=the action of working with someone to produce something: