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brian - 18,605 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 4,341 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 1 395 Sticky!
BILL MURPHY
I'm trying to locate an old work colleague from Plessey Wallgate The last I heard of him,...
admin 4 450 Sticky!
Wigan -- is -- The Land of Pies
Tonker will love this one, it is about his favourite Town, and it is set to music [url=htt...
a proud latics supporter 4 69 13th Jun 2025, 00:18
tonker
Primrose Farm pub
Today was the AGM of the ' Old spokes Wheelie' club, Our cycling team, We had it in the Pr...
tomplum 7 65 13th Jun 2025, 00:15
tonker
Wigan on Pointless
OK, probably showing my/our ignorance here, but my mum and I were watching BBC's 'Pointles...
CanalAli 2 45 12th Jun 2025, 23:43
tonker
Grocers in scholes
Can anyone please help more than fifty years ago there was a grocers shop a bit lower down...
mick.moran 1 73 12th Jun 2025, 22:43
surfer_tom
Swan neckers.
Why is it when there is a disaster in foreign climates...the swan neckers turn out in thei...
Billinge Biker 4 173 12th Jun 2025, 20:25
tomplum
One Legged Jockey
A jockey falls from his horse during the Grand National and his leg is so badly damaged th...
tonker 7 149 12th Jun 2025, 20:21
tomplum
Winter Fuel Allowance Part 2
It transpires that approximately 35000 UK pensioners living abroad will still get their Wi...
fedup 42 1,160 12th Jun 2025, 18:15
cheshirecat
Plummy
How's your site, WR, going on?
basil brush 12 639 12th Jun 2025, 13:25
basil brush
Arise - Sir Billy Boston
"Billy Boston is to become Rugby League's first ever knight" Well done Billy, and it's ...
a proud latics supporter 7 322 12th Jun 2025, 10:55
basil brush
Walk into town
Walking from NW Station to near the Moon under Water leaves little to be desired. Our MP ...
roylew 38 956 12th Jun 2025, 08:57
PeterP
British justice?
Is it any wonder that UK courts are costing millions of pounds to run. The mad scouser who...
riocaroni 12 549 12th Jun 2025, 07:55
gaffer
Wigan HMO public meeting
residents' fear and anger at anti-social behaviour [url=https://www.wigantoday.net/life...
basil brush 34 838 11th Jun 2025, 22:38
tonker
Taxis
TTS. Why are local taxi firms selling out to the South Wales outfit Veezu?
gaffer 14 294 11th Jun 2025, 20:35
tonker
have you ever wondered
How much sh1t is in the post today, I offer no apology for admitting to posting some mysel...
tomplum 4 302 9th Jun 2025, 10:49
basil brush
Iron man road closures Sun 8.6.25
There are road closures this Sunday for the annual Ironman races but I cannot find details...
mortarmillbill 15 378 9th Jun 2025, 10:05
PeterP
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 319 4,830 9th Jun 2025, 09:35
jacks
Immigrants, including ........
......... the illegals after being granted asylum, are to be given jobs working in the...
tonker 4 265 9th Jun 2025, 08:49
kathpressey
Brassed off
The Greenfields brass bands event in on this Friday 13th June , get the train from Wigan...
tomplum - 109 8th Jun 2025, 23:48
tomplum
"Goin' Anywhere Naaaaice"? ........
......... "[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUMNgQAy44]Aye, t'Blackpoo' laaaaike"!
tonker 5 246 8th Jun 2025, 13:30
basil brush
Isle of Man TT 2025
Poor weather has caused delays to schedule up to now. Nonetheless, a 133 mph qualifying...
tonker 49 715 8th Jun 2025, 11:42
Billinge Biker
Anyone Else
Keep getting internet pages freezing and the message "page unresponsive" you can wait f...
basil brush 9 240 8th Jun 2025, 11:23
basil brush
News Report .......
......... about a woman hanging around the local park. She's regularly seen loitering ar...
tonker 4 340 8th Jun 2025, 00:06
Owd Codger
ELON MUSK
The richest man in the world! I read today that he’s lost $45bn in net worth. Forty fi...
mollie m 7 301 7th Jun 2025, 15:38
First Mate
a good cafe ruined
Our cycling gang ' the wheelie old spokes' ventured down the canal to Manchester and stop...
tomplum - 190 6th Jun 2025, 23:01
tomplum
CREEPING and KOWTOWING has paid off.
I see David Bekham is going to get a Knighthood!!! After years of kowtowing to the late Qu...
admin 8 265 6th Jun 2025, 22:16
tomplum
Scandinavia with Simon Reeve.
Series 1 episode 3 BBC. Highlights the change in Sweden from a peace loving country to ...
gaffer - 113 6th Jun 2025, 20:27
gaffer
Help please!! Town Centre shop?
I have not been into the town centre for a while. Can anyone tell me if the little shop in...
fedup 3 306 6th Jun 2025, 16:35
fedup
Is this woman a councillor
of F/B Maureen O'Bern · Yesterday I received a call from Wigan CID to say I had b...
basil brush 9 365 6th Jun 2025, 10:13
a proud latics supporter
Well..........
i have not posted for a few days because i was verbally abused and, attacked by plummys la...
basil brush 15 436 6th Jun 2025, 09:48
basil brush
Walk into town
Walking from NW Station to near the Moon under Water leaves little to be desired. Our MP ...
roylew - 87 5th Jun 2025, 16:08
roylew
Nuisance phone calls
I've recieved about 20 phone calls for free heating advice over the last two weeks. I bloc...
Pyeyta 1 151 5th Jun 2025, 14:44
peter g
SUPERSTITIONS
For many people, these are real and they believe in them as warnings of bad luck. These a...
mollie m 32 714 5th Jun 2025, 11:44
basil brush
Doesn't happen often.
Congratulations to my in- laws Clifford and Jean Entitle of Hindley. Married 70 years ago ...
Billinge Biker 4 205 5th Jun 2025, 08:22
Billinge Biker
Ronnie Pickering .......
.......... "Who"? https://i.ibb.co/qMFdm98s/IMG-0988-1.png]
tonker 12 582 5th Jun 2025, 00:07
tonker
Today in Court ..........
Two blokes got caught stealing a calendar. They got six months each!
tonker 2 135 4th Jun 2025, 21:58
tomplum
REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS
Just in case anyone doesn’t know, you can no longer order your repeat prescriptions dire...
mollie m 40 781 4th Jun 2025, 21:03
mollie m
Squirrels ........
........ and Nuts ! https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502620698_10...
tonker 4 217 3rd Jun 2025, 08:56
Billinge Biker
Breaking News .......
....... Chaos in Liverpool as [url=https://youtu.be/S35l_ytapng]car is driven into crowd!...
tonker 42 1,133 3rd Jun 2025, 00:09
Owd Codger
Tom's Hedgehogs
Tom, not heard much recently about your house guests. Are they still around?
admin 4 207 2nd Jun 2025, 22:28
tomplum
Where's me wench ?
Mollie , ok I get you love cats and I don't but, All relationships have issues, What ab...
tomplum 9 388 1st Jun 2025, 23:09
tomplum