Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:19 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Going back to places with an identity crisis, i live in Barnet, Barnet council being one of the big 'London' councils, yet my address is Hertfordshire and my postcode is EN5 which is Enfield, Enfield being in Middlesex?

Oh yes, I know all about that. I'm from a place called Crawford Village originally, which is between Upholland and Rainford. Skem address, Wigan post code, St Helens phone number.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:41 am  

ROBINSON wrote:

Oh yes, I know all about that. I'm from a place called Crawford Village originally, which is between Upholland and Rainford. Skem address, Wigan post code, St Helens phone number.

My Grandparents lived in crawford all their lives and I'm pretty sure that their postcode was always and still is WN8 which is a upholland/skem postcode. They had a St Helens phone number because the houses and numbers where there long before the telephone exchange in skem.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:51 am  

wiggywigwig wrote:

My Grandparents lived in crawford all their lives and I'm pretty sure that their postcode was always and still is WN8 which is a upholland/skem postcode. They had a St Helens phone number because the houses and numbers where there long before the telephone exchange in skem.

Yes, WN's Wigan, onto which Upholland (which historically was Wigan) and Skem (itself historically a mining village linked to Wigan) were tacked.

As for the phone number though, I'm not convinced. I think it had more to do with the conversion to digital exchanges around 1990ish. My dad developed the Crawford Manor site, and the site office had a 01695 number, hence why we were surprised to recieve an 01744 number when we moved into a house on that site.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:15 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Yes, WN's Wigan, onto which Upholland (which historically was Wigan) and Skem (itself historically a mining village linked to Wigan) were tacked.

As for the phone number though, I'm not convinced. I think it had more to do with the conversion to digital exchanges around 1990ish. My dad developed the Crawford Manor site, and the site office had a 01695 number, hence why we were surprised to recieve an 01744 number when we moved into a house on that site.

Crawford village the main village not the redeveloped manor site (which as you say was only redeveloped in the 90's) as had a 01744 dialling code long before the 90's. My family have lived and even still live in the village pre 1900 and living family only know of having a 01744 number.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:24 pm  

wiggywigwig wrote:

Crawford village the main village not the redeveloped manor site (which as you say was only redeveloped in the 90's) as had a 01744 dialling code long before the 90's. My family have lived and even still live in the village pre 1900 and living family only know of having a 01744 number.

Fair enough - you'd probably know that better than me in that case.

I wonder why the top (Upholland) end of the village was in with 01695, though? Not that it's important - just curious really.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:20 pm  

wiggywigwig wrote:

Crawford village the main village not the redeveloped manor site (which as you say was only redeveloped in the 90's) as had a 01744 dialling code long before the 90's. My family have lived and even still live in the village pre 1900 and living family only know of having a 01744 number.

they're fibbing. It used to be 0744

[DaveO]

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:28 pm  

hula89 wrote:

Isnt lowton in Wire?

Well according to the sign on the road Warrington begins about a 1/2 a mile down Winwick Lane so I doubt it.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:32 pm  

onedego wrote:

they're fibbing. It used to be 0744

I'll give you that.

There were rumours that the St Helens code was going to become 027. About 1989, I think.

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:03 pm  

DaveO wrote:

Well according to the sign on the road Warrington begins about a 1/2 a mile down Winwick Lane so I doubt it.

thats true, but the adress in, Lowton, nr Warrington, Cheshire.

[Pemps]

Re: O/T Wigan area : Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:05 pm  

mr ree wrote:

thats true, but the adress in, Lowton, nr Warrington, Cheshire.

Which would suggest its not in Warrington.