Trotting Match at Springfield Park Wigan (1904)

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• BFI
• Sports
• Edwardian
• Lifestyle
• Horse
• racing
• trotting
• Wigan
• Lancashire

[srex9]

The Tote as its described, are in fact Bookmakers, the tote stand for Totalisator, and is quite different from Bookies!

[trompvan]

hi we get the local lads training today pass our house van behind to slow traffic

[hughesy1coat]

was that the stand what was still remaning before they pulled sringfield park down?

[Mernza123]

Notice that one man with the tophat horning into as many shots as possible. People wanted their fifteen minutes even then.

[lotibabiee]

My house is built on the land where this pak was :)

Had some good times at Springfield park... watced my first ever football matc there :)

[h8bolton]

Ahhhh Springfield Park

Good Times, Good Times :')

[limebloom]

puts paid to the lie that the word "athletic" was copied from oldham

[tallafornian]

I lost 2 pence on Wigwag, chinned on the line - shit jockey :)