“At one time, on one of the little muddy canals that run round the town, there used to be a tumble-down wooden jetty; and by way of a joke someone nicknamed this Wigan Pier. The joke caught on ...

Daft southerners who didn't realise the joke was on them, that's who. Like George Orwell, who came to stay in Wigan, wrote a book exaggerating the state of the place and used the pier in the title.

That's not changed or our enthusiasm.” Wigan Pier started as a music hall joke dreamt up by George Formby Snr who glamourised a small coal tipping jetty at the canaliside off Pottery Road.

It became famous through a music hall joke by George Formby Snr and through ... class in the early 20th century ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’. Article continues below The regeneration of the ...

Wiganer Karen Stephen takes the road to Wigan Pier and finds plenty to enjoy in the winter months. COMING from Wigan, I have long been aware of the old music hall joke regarding Wigan Pier.

THE Wigan Pier Experience celebrates the life of a town which has been the butt of seaside jokes for longer than it cares to remember. The pier boasts its own theatre company, an authentic ...

Wigan Pier is a historic site on the Leeds-Liverpool ... It became famous through a music hall joke by George Formby Snr and through its appearance in the title of George Orwell’s graphic ...

“At one time, on one of the little muddy canals that run round the town, there used to be a tumble-down wooden jetty; and by way of a joke someone nicknamed this Wigan Pier. The joke caught on ...