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 ...

George Orwell’s 1937 study The Road to Wigan Pier offers a detailed and graphic account of poverty in pre-war England. On the 75th anniversary of its publication, Anthony Lock examines the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Despite its focus on the bleak lives of English coal miners in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier, with its live music, film, and skits, is a ridiculous amount of fun. SECTIONS SEARCH.

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 ...