Ice cream.

[LDunlop76]

I've probably past it many times, Frank, but because I don't stop for a drink when I'm out, I'll have walked right past. I don't often go shopping in Wigan town centre and when I do, I'm a woman on a mission! Actually that would be the case for any shopping - I totally failed to notice my nurse waving at me as she left Sainsbury's and I was going in the other weekend!

[panda05]

Does anyone here know the name or names of an ice-cream facyory in leyland that was in production in 1967? thanks

[DavidBatty]

Was it Robinsons Ice Cream that is still on Leyland Lane?

[anacortesdamp]

There was also Corcoran's down one of the streets opposite the old Post Office, but it was a row house and they also lived there, so it couldn't really be called a "factory".


frank

[noel]

I'm pretty sure it was Robinsons, it's been there for yonks. WE had Wilf Corcoran's relative on here for a short time, was i this grand-daughter? Wilf was a good friend of a neighbour whose son was my best pal at the time so got to know him fairly well. His van had a "hooter" to signal he'd arrived, the ices were yellow rather than white.

[JohnT]

Occasionally had icecream from Knights opp Public Hall in early 1950s- it was certainly DEE-LICIOUS!
From what I've seen on "The Shopping Channel" advert for an icecream maker and judging from comments on this forum,the secret to good icecream seems to be real eggs and cream?

[JohnT]

I only remember getting icecreams from Knights in Summer - did they only open in Summer?

[anacortesdamp]

John:

We lived at number 7 Church Road from 1949 to about 1964 and did all our shopping in that stretch of Towngate between the Cross and the Public Hall. I sure don't remember an Ice Cream shop.

Opposite the Public Hall, I remember the Tripe shop, the decorators (Parr's?), the chippy (name I don't remeber but I do remember the phrase "anythink on"), the plumbers (Crooks?), Booth's barber shop, Pickup's furniture, the plumber's (Cocker's, later Bolan's) then a few houses and then Holmes's greengrocer, Butcher's Pharmacy, Brindle's bike shop, then a few more houses and then our big competitor, Heatons, on the corner of Church Road.

Maybe memory has diminished over the years. All of those businesses are gone, some demolisheed in the first "regeneration" that resulted in the Co-Op, and all wiped out (including our house at number 7 Church Road, our neighbour in the semi at number 5, and the terrace between our house and the War Memorial in later redevelopment schemes that eventually spawned Tesco.

Even the Tomlinson woodworking shop, the Funeral director facility and the builder's yard (which was directly behind our house).

There's a story about old Mr. Tomlinson, who lived in a house on Sandy lane opposite Victoria Terrace. He ran the funeral parlour and was intrigued by the Jewish practice of putting a gold sovereign under the shroud. He thought was an awful waste, to bury the gold. After about the fifth Jewish funeral he did, he asked the Rabbi what the soverign represented. The response was "It's to pay for the boatman to ferry the deceased's spirit across the Jordan." Andrew's response was "I know five buggers who had to swim."


Frank

[JohnT]

Frank,what about the cake shop that sold steak and kidney suet puddings?!

[anacortesdamp]

Another Anrew Tomlinson story occurred to me afte posting the last one.

One of the employees in the sawmill on Church Road was a rabid Evangelical Christian. A lot of the employees were uncomfortable with his proselytising and talked to old Andrew. He cornered .the employee and said "I understand tha saves folks." "Aye Mr. Tomlinson, I do". "Does tha save fellas?" Yes Sir, I do." "And does tha save women ?" Oh, absolutely Sir, I do . Reight then, save a woman each for me and Jimmy on Saturday night". The employee quit the next day.