Photo-a-Day  (Friday, 31st January, 2025)

What a waste of money. Should have just left it alone.

Not before time

I think they are being blown off by the winds of Wigan

Let's hope it's finished before the decades out.

The wrapping might be coming off because of the high winds we've had.

Mick you are right a well waste of money there are more important issues in wigan instead of wasting money on things like sprucing up haigh hall house.

Your photo is taken from a great angle Dennis.
There was public meeting scheduled for one evening in early December by Wigan Civic Trust at The Deanery High School at which they were to give an update on the plans for Haigh Hall.
However when I got there it had been cancelled at the last minute. People who had turned up were furious, including myself. One from lady from Haigh said that that they were afraid of the backlash and criticism so had backed out at the last minute.
So much for a providing an update let alone a public debate!
£50 million being spent by a bunch of amateurs behind closed doors and answerable to no one. Stinks a bit to me!

This photo was taken before the big wind.
Mick, the alternative to renovating Haigh Hall would be to let it go to total ruin just like many old building in and around Wigan have been allowed to do.

What you say about the Councillors Colin is exactly the same as what this dictatorship of a Government are. Robotic speaking amateurs …totally unqualified. They may have a degree or two in their own field but not for running a country.

The only time you see a Councillor is when they are touting for votes. Once they get in you never see them again until the next election.
I’ve not clue who the Standish Councillors are and don’t care, I wouldn’t vote for any of um.

wn6 you are spot on i hope all the labour councillors in may this year i hope all the lot of them loose their seats.

The Council needs to sort the potholes out and spend our tax payers money wisely.
Hope everyone feeling well today.

Somebody is trying to make an AI copy of me at 07:24.
I think the council's work in Wigan is great: a new hall, wonderful cycle paths, restoring the mini railway, the main entrance, and the two lodges opposite Wigan Infirmary.
But I hope they don't bring back the tractor trailer, because it will attract hooligans and the lower classes.

Thank you for your update Colin.

Wigins 'Civic Trust' (a broken society, not fit for purpose)

Colin and Veronica,you have nailed it.

You need some intelligence for AI something Big H you are sadly lacking in.

Let’s not let this site get political. All political arguments are a complete waste of time and energy.
For all those people who are against Wigan Council, you have never yet managed to get enough support from the voters to get them out. Why do you persist in this futile exercise? Even if you succeed in your mindless quest can you honestly say that the set of clowns that you vote in will be any better than what you have already got?
Just enjoy what time you have left and console yourself with the thought that we all come into this life with nothing and it is certain that we will all leave it in the same condition, so why not enjoy the time between those two events to the highest possible degree.
Just ignore all Politicians, that’s the one thing that will annoy them more than anything.

We are falling apart ! The Brexit countries we left are in exactly the same place we are ? We are reaching out our begging bowl for investment to come here , as those who are willing to invest here insist on an immigration input which we have no idea how to address with already ?

I have always ignored them, DTease.....I don't even know who they are, even the Prime Minister, and I couldn't care less who he/she is. I don't watch the news, I don't read newspapers. There are people in this country and in this world who are PAID worry about politics, so let them get on with it. I was only ever paid to serve behind a counter in a shop and that's all I worried about. Let's just have fun on Wigan World!

Correct DTease .
There’s buggerall that any of us lot can do to change anything , so why worry about it .

The only reason that we lower orders are allowed to exist is just in case hostilities break out threatening the status quo of the upper echelons of society in this “ free “ country of “ ours “.

So let’s just leave the worrying to the next generation I say .

And please don’t anyone trot out that old chestnut about voting being the only way to change things .

Try telling that to the I.R.A. eh ? They got into perliament on a landslide ballot didn’t they ?

I must have worn out twenty pairs of shoes trudging backwards and forwards to the polling station over the years ever since the day I became eligible to vote , and guess what difference that’s made .

Yeah ! … you’ve guessed it mate . Sodall !

When it comes to voting I reckon Mark Twain had it sussed .

Now apologies if this post comes across as being a little pessimistic , or defeatist … But I’m tired.

Tired of Westminster , tired of politicians ; tired of being ripped off by utility companies , tired of crap on the telly , tired of technology . SICK and tired of Harry and bleed’n Meghan .
And I’m sick of this bloody IPad spelling words incorrectly .

So they can do whatever they like with the Earl ‘s gaff as far as I’m concerned . I’m tired of that an’ all .

This bloody IPad’s going back to Curry’s first thing tomorrow too .
I’m sick and fed up of the damn thing .

Chinese crap !

There’s nothing I like more than having fun…but guess what… the moaners don’t like us having fun either….
Going off the subject when I am typing on this ipad when the telly is on it starts typing the words that folk are saying …it’s really weird.
I’m not joking it’s as if the iPad is being taken over.

Mick, it was said they were to bring some form of passenger transport from the Wigan Lane Gate Lodges to the Hall, they were initially waiting for the lodges to be renovated, and if the renovations to the Hall are also now finished then the transport maybe up and running this year, it'll please a lot of high society folks if it is, as they can then leave the Rolls at home and give James the day off.
Hopefully they shan't have anything that gangs of lads can jump on and hold onto; like as was with the tractor carriages, it was fortunate no one was seriously injured or killed with those dangerous stunts.

Cyril. About18 months ago I was invited along to a trial run of the proposed new transport to replace the old tractor. It is two electric buses which are going to run from the Plantation gates to the Hall. It is proposed that there will be electric charging points both at the hall and near the gates. In my opinion, the only drawback is, each bus only held about 18 people, So people could have a long wait at either end..

Ron how many people did the old tractor/carriages hold? and if the turn round time is for two buses how long would you need to wait?

Yeah ! … this one of mine keeps missing letters out Veebs , or reverting to Swahili or some other barmpot language or other , as I’m constantly having to go back and proofread my text .
Can’t fathom what’s going on to be honest .

I reckon it’s most likely all down to yon Elon Musk bloke … sitting at his mate’s desk in the Oval Office fiddling with the array of flashing coloured buttons .

That to me would appear to be the most likely scenario .

On the other hand , this bottle of Costières de Nîmes before me seems to indicate that the abv is 14 and a half percent .

So in fairness to Elon , I suppose it’s entirely possible that there may well be an alternative explanation .

Haigh Hall isn't that old really, in the great scheme of things. There are much older buildings in Wigan.

I think there is a lot to be said for what you say Irene. I have never met you except for following your comments on here, but I think we are two like minded people in many ways.
Tell me Irene, have you ever felt that you have missed anything by ignoring Politicians? I bet you haven’t.
When I was a kid we never heard about all the disasters that happened in the world and as a result we never worried about them. Now if something happens anywhere in the world, everyone knows about it in a matter of minutes. I ask myself do we really want to know? I don’t think so.

Here’s a suggestion regarding transporting visitors from the plantation gates to the hall .
I feel sure that if the council were prepared to cover the cost of public liability insurance … Big Harold could be persuaded to convey the visitors back and forth in the back of his scrap wagon at a fraction of the cost of two electric buses .

The savings to the public purse would be substantial , and as a bonus , the kids could entertain themselves … playing about with the old washing machines , knackered pushbikes and rusty barbecues .

' Just stick your finger in your ear and go ...Tingle Ingle OOO ' .

Irene, you say you don't even know who your councillors are, or even the Prime Minister, you don't watch the news and you don't read newspapers.

So, the million dollar question is - Do you know who Elon Musk is?

He could even chuck them off and have the little darlings pushing at the back on them steeper parts of the road Ozy.
On the way up he could dangle one or two from the bridge over the canal and collect what they dredge up on the way back.
Maybe if he called it “Work Experience” he could get a grant from the DWP as well.
That would have the added attraction of keeping the Slavedrivers among us happy as well.

It’s ever since that Donald got in that everything is reverting to gobbledygook.
Mind you even he has more sense than the other residents who shall remain nameless.
Big H can collect the scaffolding on the way back ...

I like that Poet ‘cos you can tiptoe through the tulips whilst you’re at it. Saves getting sand up up the nostrils!

DTease, no, I don't feel I have missed out on anything by ignoring politicians.
John Noakes, I haven't the faintest idea who Elon Musk is; I have never heard the name until you and Ozy mentioned it on this post and I would have thought it was a perfume.

Besides being the richest man in the world he is a technical giant Irene. He might even have a paw in the perfume industry for all we know.
The thing is keeping
‘shtum’ is what Herr Shtarmer likes. Whether we like it or not.

Lisa Nandy could be right then?