Anagrams, Questions, Photos...
The winner of this quiz was Gerald Marsden of Orrell, well done - the 1st to get all of them correct!
10 anagrams...
1. My newer losses. (7,6)
2. Lens attraction. (7,7)
3. Washed four more. (5,5,4)
4. Grippy beadle. (6,6)
5. Select North American. (6,7,6)
6. Cringe Blair year. (8,7)
7. Longbow ditto (7,4)
8. Wire clone (5,4)
9. Dappling frisker. (11,4)
10. Voting hens. (10)
10 questions...
11. What was Lady Mabel's (of Mab Cross legend) maiden name?
12. Who is the present Mayor of Wigan?
13. The Hippodrome was reduced to ashes in which year?
14. Which side did Wigan support in the English Civil War?
15. The Pavilion was demolished in 1959. Which building now occupies the site?
16. Isle of Man's popular tourist attraction, the Laxey Wheel, was made at which Wigan foundry?
17. Old occupation of 'tallow chandler' meant making what?
18. Name Wigan's only Grade I listed building.
19. Name the 'clean' coal, sometimes used for carving decorative household objects.
20. The "Wigan Flight" is a series of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Stretching 2 miles between Ince and Aspull, how many locks make up the "Wigan Flight"?
10 photos...
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INSTRUCTIONS
10 anagrams...
Unscramble the letters to spell Wigan places and buildings, past and present.
10 questions...
General questions about Wigan, some easy, some difficult!
10 photos...
Can you identify all of the buildings? They are all local, a couple have been demolished.
10 anagrams...
1. Worsley Mesnes
2. Central Station
3. Dower House Farm
4. Appley Bridge
5. Thomas Linacre Centre
6. Carnegie Library
7. Bottling Wood
8. Lower Ince
9. Springfield Park
10. Shevington
10 questions...
11. Norris
12. Wilf Brogan
13. 1956 (April 21st)
14. Royalists
15. Wigan Baths
16. Haigh Foundry, Brock Mill Lane
17. Candles
18. St Wilfrid's Parish Church
19. Cannel
20. 23
10 photos...
21. Trencherfield Mill
22. Pepper Mill
23. Wallgate Station
24. Colliers Arms, New Springs
25. Police Station
26. St James & St Thomas Church, Poolstock
27. Market Square clock, Galleries
28. Ritz Cinema
29. Belle Green Pub, Higher Ince
30. Carnegie Library, Ashton