At the bar, we find a resident as old as The Road to Wigan Pier. Bill Haynes, a former steelworker who served in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, was born within weeks of the book being published ...

Road to Wigan Pier 2017 A full 80 years after George Orwell set off on his Road to Wigan Pier journey, we're heading off to create a 2017 version - and we want to hear from you. Comments ...

Today I read the story of Sarah Smith, a 29-year-old mother from Wigan, England. Sarah has been left with thousands of pounds worth of debt after phishers raided her bank account of £1,800 and ...

The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at the Hull Central Library all the way back in 1974.

The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at the Hull Central Library all the way back in 1974. What would’ve been a hefty fee was eliminated thank… ...

The road to nowhere near Wigan Pier Claims that the government's plans to cut public spending would send Britain back to the 1930s are historically inaccurate. Dec 20th 2014. Share.

The Orwell, the pub at Wigan Pier. Manchester’s emergence as the site and center of the industrial revolution was based on the “three C’s”: coal, cotton, and canals.

Times have changed and although once staunchly Labour - Wigan has been red since 1918 - support has dwindled as the population changed. The 2019 General Election saw Lisa Nandy returned as MP with ...

George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier has recently been the subject of a grand bust-up between the Chancellor and the BBC.The reference to the book by the BBC’s Assistant Political Editor Norman ...

Is Britain back on the Road to Wigan Pier? As sparks fly between ministers and the BBC, the former mining town is yet to forgive George Orwell. By Matthew Holehouse 04 December 2014 • 10:00pm .