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Transformation of Wigan Pier area moves closer
More detailed plans have been submitted for the transformation of what was once the largest cotton production site in the north west in the famous Wigan Pier area. Redevelopment plans were ...
Overdue copy of George Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ returned to library 50 years later – and it ‘smelled downright awful’
A George Orwell book checked out of a library in the United Kingdom 50 years ago was finally returned by a mortified borrower. The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at ...