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A PRESENTATION BY LOWTON WEBSITES
www.lowtonwebsites.co.uk
A WALK AROUND LOWTON
OUR ROUTE We will start at the Bull’s Head, Boundary Walk along Newton Road to Lane Head Continue till we reach the Shepherd’s Inn Then Return to Sandy Lane Along Sandy Lane and Byrom Lane Joining Slag Lane At St Luke’s explore the Church Lane area We finish at McDonald’s for a cup of coffee
The Location of Lowton
Lowton lies in the ordnance survey square SJ69 on the Landranger map 109 (Manchester) A central point is the site of the former Lowton Saint Mary's railway station on Newton Road this is SJ632976Lowton straddles the A580 East Lancashire Road approximately 3km east of Haydock Island, junction 23 on the M6 motorway. It is about equal distance between
Liverpool and Manchester, about 1km from the centre of Leigh and about 8km from Warrington, Wigan and St.Helens. Other places within easy travelling distance are Chester and North Wales, Preston, Southport, Blackpool the Fylde coast and the Lake district making Lowton an ideal base for tourists and business people.The trans pennine railway forms part of the southern boundary, but the area is without a railway station (there are moves to reopen stations at Golborne and Kenyon Junction). The nearest station is at Newton-le-Willows about 2km away but one needs to travel to Wigan or Warrington to join trains on the main West Coast line there is a regular service to London and Scotland. The old Lowton station at the Bulls Head junction was until recently intact and in useable condition as this was used by the Royal train when it was in the area the sidings here were sometimes used as an overnight stopping place by the Royal train. There are stories of Prince Phillip visiting the Bulls Head with his bodyguards for a drink of the local brew.
Most of the heavy industry has now left the area and has been replaced with light engineering and distribution services. The new Stone Cross business park is located on the boundary with Golborne.
Many of the residents that live in the residential developments that now cover the area, commute to the surrounding towns to work, Lowton being in such an ideal locationLowton Civic Hall, famous are the Wigan Casino reunion soul nights, the real ale festivals and many other events held in the Civic Hall at Hesketh Meadows, this is located on Newton Road near the old station site. The hall is owned by Wigan MBC and is the old cinema on the site of a former United States Air Base and the land based ship HMS Cabbala.There are many hotels, lodges, restaurants and pubs in the area making it an ideal base for tourists, business people and punters visiting Haydock Park Races just 3km away.
PRESENT DAY MAP
OLD MAP
1843 MAP
SCHOOLSIn the interest of school and pupil safety no pictures of schools are
displayed in this presentation
Lowton West Primary School St. Luke’s C of E Primary School St. Catherine’s RC Primary School Lowton Junior and Infants School St. Mary’s C of E Primary School Gilded Hollins Community School
(Pennington) Lowton High School (Community Sports
College) Golborne High School St. Aldreds RC High School (N-le-W)
THE CHURCHES St. Luke’s C of E. Slag Lane St. Mary’s C of E. Newton Road St. Catherine’s RC. Newton Rd, Lane Head Independent Methodist. Newton Road Lowton Community Church Laburnum Road Lowton Methodist. Closed June 2010
All have web sites
THE PUBS The Stonecross Residential and food Kings Arms Residential and food The Red Lion Food Hare and Hounds food Rams Head food Travellers Rest food Church Inn food Jolly Carter (Closed 2008 see later slide) The Shepherds Inn food
St.Helens / Newton Boundary
LOWTON STATION
THEN & NOW
HUSKISSON MEMORIAL
NEWTON ROAD
Lowton Gardens site of Lowton House the famous brothel
Lane Head Methodist Church
First church was down Winwick Lane
Second church on the corner of Winwick Lane and Newton Road
Last church was first built as the Sunday School and is next to Lime House, it closed in June 2010
WINWICK LANENowAndThen
< StepHouses
LimeHouse>
LIME HOUSE
WARRINGTON BOUNDARY
LANE HEAD
Five Acres, Kenyon Lane
More Lane Head
Kenyon Lane
Across the A580
LOWTON CIVIC HALLS
Read the history of the halls on the Lowton History website
ST. MARY’S STATION
ST. MARY’S STATION FIRE
Ticket Office destroyed by fire December 1949
Another Lowton Station Photograph taken 29th
September 1956
St Mary’s Station January 1974
ST. MARY’S STATION TO-DAY
Site of Station Looking North along the track bed
TRAM to LEIGH and BOLTON
B1 BUS to LEIGH
Pocket NookReproduced from the Leigh Reporter 16th August 1979Demolition of the old factory in Carr Lane
Carr Farm House, Carr Lane
Fairy House Farm (Pocket Nook Lane)
Pocket Nook Farm
LOWTON COMMON
MORE LOWTON COMMON
INDEPENDENT METHODIST
More Lowton Common
Wash End
From the Leigh Boundary
Leigh BoundaryJolly Carter RightClosed down in 2008 see next slide
Jolly Carter closed down 2008Now trading as the Royal Saffron Indian Restaurant
UNCLE STANS COTTAGE - G6LC
Stan Ince, was the village postmaster and was one of the first licensed Radio Hams in the world.His call sign was 6LC Later G6LC
Sandy Lane – Ashpole House
Byrom Lane
The Flash from Byrom Lane
Lowton Sailing Club
Lowton & Leigh Sailing Club
GREEN LANE
Byrom Lane 1
I Live in Byrom Lane
Byrom Lane
Winter Hill and Dracula's Castle taken from
the corner of Slag Lane and Byrom Lane Lowton
BYROM HALL
Slag Lane / Plank Lane
Slag Lane 1
SLAG LANE 2
Laurel House, Slag Lane
Slag Lane towards Leigh
St. Luke’s Church
ST. LUKE’S
St. Luke’s 2
Golborne Road towards Rams Head
Golborne Road, Boundary Stone
Old Weavers Cottages,Church Lane
Former Headmasters HouseChurch Lane
Site of the former SovereignToffee Works
Stirrups Farmoff Church Lane
Stone Cross Lane North
STONE CROSS LANE
After all that walking ………
THE END of Part One
PARTTWO
PART TWO SOVEREIGN TOFFEE
These photographs of the Sovereign Toffee works at Lowton have been taken from an album loaned to the Lowton Websites project by Mr Barry Earnshaw who’s father is shown in the white boiler suit in the sugar boiling department where he was head sugar boiler for many years. Thanks to Barry for the loan of the album.If you see yourself on any of the photos please identify yourself to us.
Aerial View
Entrance Hall
Raw material reception – Sugar
Raw material receptionStainless steel Milk storage tanks
storage capacity approximately 40 tons.
Raw material receptionThermostatically Controlled Fat storage
tanks, 10 tons capacity each tank.
Section of the caramel boiling department
Another Section of the caramel boiling department
Caramel DepartmentA battery of high speed cut and wrap machines
with an output of 750 wrapped caramels each machine per minute.
Caramel DepartmentA battery of high speed machines exclusively used
in the manufacture of Creamy Whirls.
Boiled sweets departmentShowing vacuum pan continuous
cookerand boiling pans.
Boiled sweets department – battery of sweet forming machines with centre
fillers.
Boiled sweets departmentTwist wrappers and foiling machines.
Chocolate Departmentshowing a modern enrobing machine.
Chocolate DepartmentWrapping machines.
Packing DepartmentAutomatic weighing and cartooning
machines.
Packing DepartmentBulk weighing of Park Lane
Assortment.
Packing DepartmentBulk weighing of Creamy Whirls. Weighing and
mixing tables with capacity approximately 3 tons.
Transport Department – Loading bay.With goods for Ethiopia in the
foreground.
Transport Department – Early morning loading bay. Part of the fleet of wagons with capacities from 3 – 15 tons being
loaded.
Welfare Section – Staff Canteen.
THE ENDof Part Two
NEW BOOKS Available from www.lulu.com/lowton
WANTEDThe web team are always pleased to receive
copies of photographs and other items of interest for use in future presentations.
Photographs and documents can be digitally copied and any items can be photographed and returned the same day.
Please contact any of the presenters after this presentation or telephone 01942 - 366726
LOWTON WEBSITESThis presentation has been produced by the volunteer webmasters of Lowton Websites for educational and information use only.No commercial use of this presentation is permitted. Last updated 16th January 2009.
COPYRIGHT © 2007,2008,2009 LOWTON WEBSITES
OUR WEBSITES CAN BE FOUND AT
www.lowtonwebsites.co.uk
PARTTHREE
NOSTALGIAA Power Point presentation by
the Lowton Websites team
Copyright © 2008/9/10Lowton Websites
Not for commercial transmission
The days before Jim Stones
Liverpool Tram and LUT bus
Trolley bus at Leigh
Steam Trains
Radio and Television
Press button “B”to get your money back !
Police call point
TV and Cinema
Early days of ITV
Anderson Shelter
Ration Books and ID card
Village Co-op Branch
Mother’s favourites78 RPM Record Bubble and Squeek
Black Jacks and Penny arrow Bars
Cod liver oil and Malt
Emergency Water Supply and Gas Mask
John Bull Printing Outfit
Ovaltineys
John Noakes and Get Down Shep
Magpie
Liquorice sticks and Rinso
Pencil Box and Stylophone
BBC Light Programme
Billy Cotton Band Show
Mr Pastry and Mr Turnip
The Interlude
The Yes No Interlude
Piano Lessons
Road Signs
More Road signs
School Satchel and silver thimble
Trimphone and Bobbys whistle
Television Aerials
Going “down the
yard” to the outside
Lavatory, with a
candle in a jam jar !
Shaving Cut Throat razor
made in Solingen Germany
Sharpening Strop, Also for strapping your Bum ...ouch
Double edge blades
Rolls Razor
WritingDip Pen & Ink Well
Pelikan 100 Fountain Pen
LightingOil Lamp Gas Street Lamps
Seen in every kitchenEgg timer Mincer Early Food Processor
Kitchen Range
Bath in front of the fire. Who gets the clean water ?
Fire lighters and Fly paper
Milk bottle top and NHS glasses
Famous Five and Secret Seven
Flash Gordon
All Win 1d slot
Ford Anglia
Renault Dauphine
Bubble CarsIsetta from BMW Messaschmitt
Scooters and Motor BikesBSA Bantam Lamberetta
Freddie Laker
The Beatles
Do you remember Buzby ?
Household equipment
Carpet Cleaning
Or if you were
posh.....
Hoover Junior
Wash day equipment
DOLLY BLUE
Dolly tub, Scrubbing board, Dolly peg
and Mangle
Wash House
Mummy’s got a Flatley
BENDIX Self Service Launderette
May 1957: The wash cycle lasts for thirty-three minutes at the new Bendix Laundrette
Dixon of Dock Green
Fanny & Johnny Craddock
Esso Advertising
The very nice man - AA
RAC Box
Food and Drink
Green Goddess
Green Shield Stamps & Jubbly
Early MP3 Player !!!
Mini Moke
Typical Garage / Petrol Station
ICI Petrol - Remember the smell?
McDonald Hobley & The TV Toppers
PhotographyBox Brownie Flash Bulbs
EntertainmentSunday Night at the London Palladium No longer PC !
Music45 RPM Record
Bal Ami 200 Circa 1952
AdvertisingSpratts Word dog Coronation Oxo Tin
Stop me and buy one !
Personal Radio
Amateur Radio Station
Murray Mints the too good to hurry mints
Peg Rugs
Slide Rule
Sinclar C5
Sinclair Cambridge Calculator
My first computer – Sinclair ZX81
For Mash get SMASH
Three Penny Bit
Children’s TV
Writing Slate
Z - Cars
Transport
Children’s Television
Comics
CB Radio
Radio Caroline North
208 Meters Medium Wave
Hi-Fi
Holidays at Butlin’s
Anderton House
Coronation Mug
David Nixon
Fennings Feaver Cure – ooogh !
Dick Barton Special Agent &Peter Brough and Archie Andrews
Festival of Britain
Half Crown 12½p and Hoover Washer
ABC Minors
Marbles for the boys
Hopscotch for the girls
Condensed MilkWho had Conny Onny butties?
Disgusting !!
You’d wonder where the yellow went when you brushed your teeth with
Pepsodent
10/- note and £1 note
White £5 note (About A4 in size)
Milk Advertisement
Test Card C
Wilfred and Mabel PicklesGive him the money Mabel !
A Lowton Websites
Productionwww.lowtonwebsites.co.uk
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THE ENDDon’t forget to turn off your set.
.Go to bed when the dot fades