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brian |
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Sticky! |
Job Vacancies
Please add other local vacancies.
Useful Links:
Find a job - [url=https://findajob.d... |
jo anne |
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Sticky! |
Safely home? What happens when people leave hosp
Have you or someone you know been discharged from any hospital in the last 12 months?
W... |
pippa |
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Sticky! |
Where have they gone ?
Since returning from going AWOL I’ve noticed many familiar names have gone . Was it a co... |
i-spy |
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8th May 2024, 23:35
whups |
General Election 2024
It is looking highly likely that the election will be called on for a vote in October, and... |
Tommy Two Stroke |
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8th May 2024, 23:34
whups |
Ivy ......
...... No. Not Ivy Tyldesley off Coronation Street. The stuff what grows up your wall, th... |
tonker |
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8th May 2024, 22:58
tonker |
Nestcam update
All is quiet bird is looking comfortable hatching should be soon . I do not think that al... |
Wigman31 |
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8th May 2024, 22:46
mollie m |
Wigan?
Where is it?
As I had to look for an address today, in Wigan, I typed 'Wigan' into Goog... |
tonker |
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8th May 2024, 21:47
tonker |
JINGLES
Which can you remember from the 50s/60s/70s, that had a punch-line?
For instance:
Yo... |
mollie m |
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8th May 2024, 17:57
mollie m |
Chip shops
Why is it that most operate restricted opening hours compared with other take aways which ... |
i-spy |
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8th May 2024, 17:25
mollie m |
Get out of jail cards
Our prisons are now so crowded that some inmates will get to go home early. Hope it’s mo... |
i-spy |
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8th May 2024, 16:23
tonker |
council house rent.is
Is it fair that in a row of council houses theres only one are two tenents paying full ren... |
albion |
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8th May 2024, 16:21
tonker |
The Old Courts Arts Centre Crowdfunder
Hello,
If you have a few minutes to spare, please take a look at the Crowdfunder launc... |
MeganB |
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8th May 2024, 12:52
MeganB |
The responder on bbc1
Anybody else watching it? Both series on catch up well worth a watch |
eggbeater |
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8th May 2024, 09:37
eggbeater |
Laughter
Why isn’t there more of it and a little less misery . Lets have some funny memories |
i-spy |
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7th May 2024, 20:28
bentlegs |
St John's Vicarage
Has anyone got the address and a photograph of the Vicarage? |
admin |
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7th May 2024, 19:28
admin |
Window cleaners,
Because it was a nice day today, I got on my ladder and cleaned all the windows in Plum to... |
tomplum |
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7th May 2024, 15:53
tonker |
Open letter to Sir Kier
Today's Sunday Times Matthew Syed.
[url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/get-ready-... |
gaffer |
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7th May 2024, 11:11
whups |
What’s the point
Why do we still have bank
holidays when there’s hardly
any banks left. |
i-spy |
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6th May 2024, 13:47
Tommy Two Stroke |
Broad Beans Anyone ?
Aye. Broad Beans. Hated by children as a status quo.
Green Beans too, presumably?
So, o... |
tonker |
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6th May 2024, 09:02
kathpressey |
Local elections
Were there any shocks ? Can’t access the bbc results as I’ve been blocked |
i-spy |
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5th May 2024, 22:54
Tommy Two Stroke |
UK Schools ........
.......... to teach "[url=https://i.ibb.co/7SfLv6d/IMG-7655.jpg]for the future"?
Get r... |
tonker |
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5th May 2024, 18:53
tonker |
Is it time for 'Reform'
That is a reform of the political system which is failing us, that system we have got mean... |
Tommy Two Stroke |
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5th May 2024, 14:23
Tommy Two Stroke |
Phew
23 degrees in Southport today ,3 other cyclists and myself met on the canal at Woodhouse ... |
tomplum |
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4th May 2024, 14:37
retep1949 |
Songs of Praise is coming to Wigan
BBC’s Song of Praise is heading to Way Church at The Edge this March.
Tickets are lim... |
jo anne |
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3rd May 2024, 19:36
Tommy Two Stroke |
The count
How much does it
pay the vote counters or is it overtime
for the town hall gang |
i-spy |
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3rd May 2024, 15:29
linma |
CHILDHOOD COMICS
Which were your favourites as a kid.
I loved Bunty and Judy, and the Beano and the Dand... |
mollie m |
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3rd May 2024, 14:21
tonker |
Brass Band Contest 2024
Could someone provide a link to whitfridaybrass.org
This is the Tameside Whit Friday Br... |
mortarmillbill |
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3rd May 2024, 10:21
tomplum |
RIVETING VIEWING
I'm addicted to watching the Post Office Inquiry which is being shown live on YOUTUBE.. ... |
admin |
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2nd May 2024, 22:24
gaffer |
Brass bands
Don’t know whether my memory is failing again but didn’t Wigan once have a lot of band... |
i-spy |
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2nd May 2024, 20:45
retep1949 |
Home visits
Yvonne has been in and out of hospital FIVE TIMES (back in now) this year alone and up to ... |
PeterP |
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2nd May 2024, 19:58
PeterP |
Medicines/chemists
At times one of our cupboards and a work top looks like a chemists shop. Yvonne's medicati... |
PeterP |
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2nd May 2024, 12:22
Tommy Two Stroke |
Comics
I recon TONKER would read all nasty comics |
bentlegs |
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2nd May 2024, 11:39
bentlegs |
Another mag disapears
Sad to see that Readers Digest UK is closing after 86 years |
i-spy |
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1st May 2024, 20:10
PeterP |
The Mayor
How many Mayors are there for Wigan and how much does it cost - or do we just have the Gre... |
i-spy |
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1st May 2024, 15:35
Owd Codger |
Send 'Em ..........
........ [url=https://i.ibb.co/F8nPdbH/IMG-7553.png]To Rwanda! |
tonker |
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1st May 2024, 09:41
Brasstoff |
It's Better TV, ......
..... That's why millions agree, ...... [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usxxj3Jrzv0&... |
tonker |
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29th Apr 2024, 22:57
tomplum |
Spring watch @ plum towers
just at the minute there is activity all over with, fledglings and hedgehogs Spring has de... |
tomplum |
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29th Apr 2024, 19:35
tomplum |
Is Wigan Weird ?
"The 'weird' town where people are fed up - and want something different"
[url=https://... |
Tommy Two Stroke |
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29th Apr 2024, 15:56
Tommy Two Stroke |
Following on ......
...... from my "it's better tv" post, here's picking your brains .......
Now, I'm no... |
tonker |
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29th Apr 2024, 11:20
Tommy Two Stroke |
Wigan History Festival
Fri 26th + Sat 27th April
Wigan Parish Church
Organised by Mervyn Reeves, the festiva... |
jo anne |
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29th Apr 2024, 09:10
MeganB |
Fuel tariffs
I realize that there are a fair few variables to consider, but would I be better on a fixe... |
jacks |
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29th Apr 2024, 07:11
Owd Codger |
Childhood memories
Sorry Mollie if this might be in you plans but, I have one that you might like,
when ev... |
tomplum |
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28th Apr 2024, 23:40
mollie m |