Pemberton pics...

Does that look like Highfield Church, upper right?

Thank you Lolly , was it 12 in a 2 bedroomed terraced house in Enfield Street.
A grand piano and a steam engine , bet it was tight at bed time . Very interesting how our fore fathers / mothers coped with life .

Fred , is that the end of a bowling green they are sitting at . It looks like very short grass and the boarding is neat .

nordic, yes, it does look like a bowling green. Any suggestions as to where it is?

Did the Ross Works have one , before Wigan Highfield rugby then us Highfield St Mat; played on it . Too close to be the cricket club , if they had one , still most of the pubs had bowling greens in the old days .

I always thought that the new White Swan was built on the site of the old White Swan. Interesting.

So did I ,......... would that have been in the late 50's ?

I believe so. I do remember, as a little lad, looking down into the bar area of the old pub on the corner. I remember seeing a little old man with a pipe stood at the bar. The memories are terrific.

I never smoked a pipe Fred

That let's you out, then, nordic...

Yes I do , like many others , the area we lived in as kids was the hub of the universe to us . We wanted for nothing , or so it seemed .
I will always remember Pemberton with fondness , and memories , although they may become less accurate with time , should I hope never leave me .
I enjoy the old photo's of all parts of Wigan .

The original bottle neck from the top viewpoint...

Pony Dick the Boundary between pemberton And. Winstanley named after Squire Banks pony Buried In the grounds in Winstanley Hall 1841 AD the building was Pony Dick Inn and the rail line Started Smithy Brook and went near crooke village transporting coal onto barges the line opened 1813 and also was the first Passenger train in the world.

I remember watching one of these working at the top of our road, actually on Lamberhead Rd in the late 1950's.

when we lived at Eastnor , the owner of the castle had 3 of them , and one year Fred Dibner came with his . What a stink , but still enjoyable . ( what this has got to do with Pemberton I do not Know .)

nordic wrote:when we lived at Eastnor , the owner of the castle had 3 of them , and one year Fred Dibner came with his . What a stink , but still enjoyable . ( what this has got to do with Pemberton I do not Know .)

Strangely enough, there was a bloke from Bolton with a similar name also had one!

" And one year Fred Dibner came with his ".????

Just found this on FB...

Look wor ah just found.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......................

nordic wrote:Lovely , went up to Pem' Wednesday/ Thursday this week , stocked up with 30 pies from England's butchers . Great . ( I'm as rotund as a rodent ) , ( fat as a rat). Had a wonder around Pem ' .

I did the same the last time I was in Pem. I went to Englands and stocked on sausages. Yes, I am rotund as well...

Credit Jim Farrell.
Trams at Pemberton, about 1904. To the right of the trams are now the present day shops such as Gee Tee's, Greenhalgh's bakery and England's butchers, the latter would be in this picture then, as it was established in 1850, as it's sign states, far left is the Pemberton police station and the Queen's Hotel now GeeTees.
Photo origin unknown.

I used to park my bike under the police station window when visiting a relative who lived in Short St..I thought nobody would try and pinch it from there...and I loved having a toot in GeeTees.

Carol singing...