Both sets of players now looking for a speedy recovery, having played on pitches that haven’t seen much rain of late and in blazing sunshine. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Robert Gwillym and their son, Robert Vernon Atherton, married Henrietta Maria Legh. Chanters closed in 1966 bringing the era of deep coal mining in the town to an end. The mean highest and lowest temperatures (13.2 °C (55.8 °F) and 6.4 °C (43.5 °F)) are slightly above the national average, while the annual rainfall (806.6 millimetres (31.76 in)) and average hours of sunshine (1394.5 hours) are respectively above and below the national averages.[50][51]. In case you need to contact this business by mail, its post code is M46 9FP. Manchester. The Chow – recorded as Chew, Cholle and Chowl – family were tenants of the Athertons living at the valley by Chanters Brook. However unlike the Colls, Ashton Athletic struggled in this league, as they finished bottom of Division Three in the first season, and after finishing in last place twice more, they left the league in 1986 having failed the ground grading. [43] [84] Edward Ormerod, mining engineer at Gib Field Colliery, invented the Ormerod detaching hook, an important mining safety device. Another title came in 1944–45, after which the club joined the Manchester League for the 1945–46 season. Your email address will not be published. Behind the other goal is a stretch of hard standing. During the first half I had paid £1 for a ticket for the half time raffle, and I didn’t win. Today the town is the third largest retail centre in the Borough of Wigan; almost 20% of those employed in the area work in the wholesale and retail trades, although there is still some significant manufacturing industry in the town. In the 1890s, the technical school originally opened as a school for science and art, followed by St Richard's in 1891 and Flapper Fold Higher Grade School in 1893. Colls made their second sub in the 66th minute as number 14, Keith Wedge, came on to replace Colls’ number 11, Mark Truffas. C/o Atherton Accountancy Office 1&2 Buildmain Business Centre Holywell Town vs Airbus Broughton FC, Huws Gray Alliance, Halkyn Road, 24/11/18, Salford City vs Shrewsbury Town, FA Cup 1st Round Replay, Moor Lane, 21/11/18, Kidderminster Harriers vs Chorley, National League North, Aggborough, 17/11/18, Chorley vs Doncaster Rovers, FA Cup First Round, Victory Park, 11/11/18, Chorley vs Spennymoor Town, National League North, Victory Park, 03/11/2018, Chorley vs Chester, MANarama National League North, Victory Park, 29/09/2018, Chorley vs Alfreton Town, National League North, Victory Park, 15/09/2018, Chorley vs Curzon Ashton, National League North, Victory Park, 27/08/2018, Atherton Collieries vs Colwyn Bay, FA Cup Preliminary Round, The Kensite Stadium, 25/08/2018, Chorley vs Hereford, National League North, Victory Park, 18/8/2018, Chorley vs York City, National League North, Victory Park, 4/8/2018. I was beginning to wonder whether I was going to see my first 0-0 draw of the season when Colls won a corner on the left hand side. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, according to the Office for National Statistics, the Urban Subdivision of Atherton[54] was part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area and had a total resident population of 20,302, of which 9,908 (48.8%) were male and 10,394 (51.2%) were female,[55] living in 8,745 households. The Crombouke Day-Eye, a drift mine accessing the shallow Brassy and Crombouke mines, opened in 1870 and closed in 1907. On 16 December 1933, the last tram ran from Leigh to Four Lane Ends. It was unveiled in January 1922 by Private J. Roylance, a soldier blinded in action during the First World War.[84]. [48] Howe Bridge is in the Leigh constituency represented by James Grundy (Conservative Party (UK)). There are public transport links by rail from Atherton and Hag Fold stations to Wigan and Manchester operated by Northern, and by bus to Bolton, Leigh, Wigan, Manchester, the Trafford Centre and Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Complex operated by Diamond Bus North West of Atherton, Stagecoach Manchester and First Greater Manchester. [2] Atherton is built around seven brooks: the Shakerley Brook forms the western boundary with Tyldesley; Chanters Brook flows through the area known as "The Valley"; Knight's Brook (Bag Lane); Colliers Brook; Small Brook is the boundary with Westleigh; Westhoughton Brook forms the boundary with Daisy Hill; and Red Waters Brook. [101] Ashton Athletic made their second change in the 72nd minute, as their number 7, Daniel Regan came off to be replaced by number 12, Emwi Adegbenro. Between 1919 and 1965 Atherton Collieries were winners of the Bolton Combination ten times. [29][30] Gibfield Colliery, situated alongside the Bolton and Leigh Railway, was working in 1829, and coal was mined from the Trencherbone mine. [117] Andrew Whyment, Coronation Street actor lives in Atherton.