History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Gentlemen. may I try and correct a few facts. When in the Pits,I have had the pleasure of working with comrades from sunny St Helens, Inner and the dark side of Wigan and the shady areas of Leigh, or as they call it Leith !!!! and experienced various levels of conversations, some very basic mostly about the game with the funny shaped oval ball with the pie eaters. The conversations with the lads who represented Leith !!!! again were somewhat taxing, as every discussion moved onto the question of which part of Leigh was really Leigh, East Leigh or West Leigh, to a point were you just left them arguing about it. However, the gentlemen from St Helens in particular Parr but diffidently not Haydock provided on a regular basis the opportunity of settling down to a good, grown up and intellectual discussion often resulting in a extend snap time. Really missed these since moving up to Ashton in 1972.