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brian - 18,514 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 20 4,285 Sticky!
Parry's residing in Wigan in early 1800's
I will be visiting Wigan in early July 2025 for 1 day in order to conduct genealogy resear...
parryjm52 1 345 Sticky!
BILL MURPHY
I'm trying to locate an old work colleague from Plessey Wallgate The last I heard of him,...
admin 2 317 Sticky!
Its Oh so quiet
Not a lot of posts today, 6 hours, is the site working ok Well that answered my question.
First Mate 19 313 13th May 2025, 22:11
tomplum
Bad do at Marus Bridge
a collision at the traffic lights led to major queues, All the way from Ashton and tailb...
tomplum 2 24 13th May 2025, 21:46
Owd Codger
It's ...........
............ 'WHITBY FISH AND SHIPS FESTIVAL' next Sunday!
tonker 3 175 13th May 2025, 21:11
jarvo
Calling Slap
In your capacity as , Chief roadworks information officer At the junction of Poolstock Lan...
tomplum 11 296 13th May 2025, 19:14
First Mate
Kier Starmer to Resign
After the disastrous for Labour, local council and mayoral elections, it is not surprisin...
a proud latics supporter 11 451 13th May 2025, 13:34
albion
Poems by Jacks (John Brown)
The old box Whatever is on the old box It don't matter, Some people just sit there The...
jacks 264 2,140 12th May 2025, 09:03
jacks
Great Britain ........
........ is now a 'Third World Country' ...... ...... and here's proof. [url=https://w...
tonker 8 299 12th May 2025, 00:00
Owd Codger
A MOFF
Yes, a moff work for a week an’am going to enjoy every minute of it. I’ve already or...
mollie m 42 388 11th May 2025, 22:46
tonker
techo call to Tonker
Tonks. I have 2 small solar panels on my campervan roof, both 30 watt they work interior l...
tomplum 14 249 11th May 2025, 21:27
tomplum
Trip to Thailand ......
..... a couple of months ago and I picked up two lovely looking Thai girls in a bar we we...
tonker 8 275 11th May 2025, 21:25
mollie m
CAR INSURANCE
Will wonders never cease? I got an email last night from my car insurer letting me...
mollie m 11 249 11th May 2025, 11:11
Owd Codger
HOW MUCH..!!!!!!!
Up here at Billinge Higher End we don't have much in the way of shops etc..a couple of pub...
Billinge Biker 10 385 11th May 2025, 08:19
Owd Codger
WWF
Nowt to do with wrestling, but the original Wigan World Forum. Can anyone tell me when th...
mollie m 11 309 10th May 2025, 15:45
mollie m
nhs
Six million anda half pounds deficit is it any wonder theres going to be less services. Th...
albion 13 263 10th May 2025, 13:50
sonlyme
has anyone on here ever
Drove over the hard knotted pass in the lake district ? Its frickening, in parts its less ...
tomplum 14 286 10th May 2025, 10:52
Owd Codger
Chewing snuff
I was reading about the latest craze mainly by footballers to have a mouth full of what th...
PeterP 13 308 10th May 2025, 10:45
Handsomeminer
WHAT’S THE MOON MADE OF
This morning as usual, before making any move to rise from my slumbers I was listening to ...
Anne 8 186 10th May 2025, 00:30
mollie m
India-Pakistan War Latest ........
......... Breaking News .......... Indian fighter pilots have dropped 1000 Onion Bhaj...
tonker 5 251 9th May 2025, 17:24
tonker
Meanwhile after getting back on safe terrain
After my death defying drive over the Mountains, I wandered into venomous snake territory...
tomplum 1 111 9th May 2025, 17:09
tonker
In't it Warm.
Luvly Jubbly...just checked my thermometer in direct sunlight in my sun trap rear yard and...
Billinge Biker 31 744 9th May 2025, 08:17
momac
New Pope
The Conclave in Rome have elected a new Pope, Pope Leo, after white smook was seen rising ...
a proud latics supporter 5 176 8th May 2025, 23:11
mollie m
Madeleine McCann
It is 18 years ago since she disappeared They have spent millions of pounds trying to find...
PeterP 43 947 8th May 2025, 20:45
First Mate
Brexit: five years on
It is over five years since the United Kingdom left the European Union, and I think it was...
a proud latics supporter 25 416 8th May 2025, 13:36
a proud latics supporter
AM FED UP
What is this supposed to mean now: Yahoo Support Team: mollie m xxxxxx We have temporar...
mollie m 4 202 8th May 2025, 08:07
PeterP
REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS
Just in case anyone doesn’t know, you can no longer order your repeat prescriptions dire...
mollie m 29 572 8th May 2025, 07:32
PeterP
Ducks again
For the last three or four years Mallard ducks have taken up residence in my garden for a ...
Anne 4 191 7th May 2025, 23:30
jacks
Wigan Council's .....
....... [url=https://i.ibb.co/ZtjZ0F0/IMG-0809-2.png]future development plan announced to...
tonker 10 283 7th May 2025, 11:55
tonker
The museum sweeper up.
This couple was walking round the museum and noticed a skeleton of a dinosaur and the lad...
tomplum 2 171 7th May 2025, 07:16
Owd Codger
Bottle digging
Hello wigan worlders I am have been looking at the old maps and trying to find old vict...
Ashcarrhank 11 355 7th May 2025, 06:55
PeterP
M/cycle Races.
Sad to say two young men lost their lives at an organised race at Oulton Park over the wee...
Billinge Biker 1 99 6th May 2025, 19:39
mollie m
another flag for your collection Peter
This one is flying at my house from Today to make awareness of the freedom we have, https...
tomplum 11 325 6th May 2025, 19:34
mollie m
H M O's
What chance has our country got in solving the asylum seeker invasion when many of our ow...
Owd Codger 33 574 6th May 2025, 18:03
a proud latics supporter
Misinformation or Disinformation
Is there a difference?
First Mate 9 187 6th May 2025, 17:42
First Mate
The Beckhams
Thankfully it is years since I bought a newspaper and read the news online via various new...
PeterP 6 233 5th May 2025, 23:23
tomplum
VE Day 80
Are you all watching it on the TV ? The military parade in London, followed at 1:45pm, ...
a proud latics supporter 11 236 5th May 2025, 15:46
a proud latics supporter
Asylum Seekers on holidays
According to a news report, three young asylum seekers who fled their own country for fear...
Owd Codger 9 536 4th May 2025, 20:33
tonker
Wild fires
Now the hot weather is now with us the moor land fires have started. 9 times out of ten th...
PeterP 15 224 4th May 2025, 16:55
tonker
DAFT WORDS
I wonder how many of us have come out with unintentional daft words. For example, I was...
mollie m 19 277 4th May 2025, 16:51
tonker
Lisa for the chop.
The Times In the coming weeks, Labour will come out firing on the NHS, levelling attack...
gaffer 6 262 4th May 2025, 11:05
a proud latics supporter
Drownings
Over the last few days of hot weather there has been sadly two drownings one in London and...
PeterP 8 249 3rd May 2025, 20:51
sonlyme