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Wigan Pier

Description: Heritage centre influencd by the George Orwell's book 'The Road to Wigan Pier'. Wigan Pier, Trencherfield Mill, Wigan, ... more

Wigan Pier ... WN3 4EF
Tel: (01942) 323666 Fax: (01942) 701927

Newest Review: ... a street of different shops and market stalls all recreated and a school room. Wigan Pier was also the first attraction to have a troupe of in-house professional actors and actresses to provide Living History characters. There are number of different sketches developed and rotated each day. We saw the courting couple performance in the market square. It was actually really good and brought ... more

... the attraction to life. They also included the audience. To this day our tutor is known as Mrs Waggstaff after her cameo in the performance! The School Room The school room is also another piece of living history. It is brilliantly done and well researc...more

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Wigan Pier: A Stroll Down Memory Lane (1555 words)
by duskmaiden - written on 17.08.03 (Very useful, 375 readings)
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Wigan. It is not the most inspiring place is it. Images of cloth caps, cobbles, clogs and cotton mills spring t mind. The other major thing about Wigan is that although t is miles away from the coast it has it's pier featured in the title of the George Orwell classic ? The Road To Wigan Pier? an also in a number of old music hall jokes. It also inspired the building of the first heritage centre in Britain, in the early 1980s, the Wigan Pier Experience. What is the Wigan Pier Experience? The Wigan pier experience as mentioned was the first heritage centre in the country. It was built as a community initiative to bring tourism to an ...

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