Years Ago.

Drowned In The Fog.
Wigan Star, 6th November 1891.

Two dead on the railway.
Wigan Star, 25th September 1891.

Hansom Cab Accident.
Wigan Star, 30th October 1891.

More scandal and gossip.
Wigan Star, 17th June 1892.

Hilarious, Mickrick....

Wonder if "Janey" did turn out like her mother?

Lolly wrote:Wonder if "Janey" did turn out like her mother?

Probably wouldn't have been for the want of trying if she didn't, Lolly!
(My mind's still boggling at the painter who wanted an introduction, in the same column. )

Nice family . . .
Wigan Star, 20th April 1894.

I wonder what hard labour consisted of.?

Today the flakes would be shouting and screaming over 'hard labour'....

Bring back the wheel.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The work on the treadwheel was to hold on to a bar and walk up the wheel. You did ten minutes on and five off, for eight hours, climbing the equivalent of over 8,000 feet in the process.

The prisoner in source 2b is doing hard labour in his cell. He would have to turn the crank in his cell a set number of times to earn his food. Unlike the treadmill, which was used to power machinery in the prison, the crank simply turned paddles in a box of sand.

You were not allowed to talk during these jobs. This was strictly enforced; the punishment book at Coldbath Fields records 11,624 offences against this rule in one year.

More gossip . . .
Wigan Star, 10th June 1892.

A shocking event.
Wigan Star, 8th January 1892.

A typical Wigan domestic.
Wigan Star, 11th May 1894.

"Tupped" I love that word.

A spot of gossip.
Wigan Star, 24th June 1892.

I wonder if we should have a Wigan Whispers Board on Wigan Peers forum?

No,... no,......no,..... just joking.....

Admin wrote:I wonder if we should have a Wigan Whispers Board on Wigan Peers forum?

No,... no,......no,.....   just joking.....

   

Cut to pieces.
Wigan Star, 9th October 1891.

Oh, poor soul.....

I suppose he would Rest in Pieces......

Admin wrote:

I suppose he would Rest in Pieces......

Scholes burglary.
Wigan Star, 31st May 1895.

"Burglariously" Not a word seen often

Bother at Aspull.
Wigan Star, 18th December 1891.