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Gill @Gilljane (2897) • Sutton, England 3 Oct 23

A few days ago I did a post about child rapist Stephen Pennington He had been released from prison on licence but then broke the terms of the licence by going on the run. He was known to have links with Wigan and Blackpool in...

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Sex Offender On the run

Gill @Gilljane (2897) • Sutton, England 30 Sep 23

Steven Penning was jailed in 2009 for rape. He has not long been let out of prison on licence He has connections to cities in the North West of England. In particular Blackpool and Wigan are some of his favourite haunts. It is...

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Diary 31st August To 8th September 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Sep 19

The transition from one month to another as well as between Summer and Autumn. It started for me with a welfare payment immediately decimated by direct debit bills for rent, electricity, council taxes, etc. My first welfare...

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Diary 6th And 7th October 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Oct 18

Diary Saturday 6th October 2018 A big day on Saturday, centred on a visit to Wigan for a friend’s burlesque show. I have supported Bella Besame’s Slippery Belle cabarets since my days in Manchester and missed getting to them...

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Diary 7th To 9th September 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Sep 18

Diary Friday 7th September 2018 Having my welfare team demand that I buy myself a new Iphone I made a trip to the shops just to look at the units currently on ale, coming away mostly baffled and confused but I did see one that...

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Diary Saturday 9th July 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Jul 16

A great day and evening out spoilt by an unpleasant homecoming. My monthly travel-card needed for work can be used for free bus and Metrolink tram travel at weekend so I planned on looking at pub signs located between Wigan and...

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Pub Sign Photo Study – The Moon Under Water – Wigan

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Jun 16

There are several pubs bearing the name Moon Under Water, supposedly based on the Moonrakers’s legend of drunks seeing the moon reflected in a lake after dark and thinking it was drowning. In some versions of the story the men end...

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Statue Study – The Face Of Wigan

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 May 16

This quite large statue in the middle of the ‘Weind’ shopping district of Wigan looks like it belongs on the cover of a Pink Floyd rock music album. Many are divided in opinion over the £80,000 work but I love it. It could really...

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Pub Sign Study – The Orwell At Wigan Pier

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Sep 15

Wigan Pier used to be so hard to locate that many people living outside Wigan wondered if Orwell had made it up in his famous study of homelessness, The Road To Wigan Pier. It is a real place, actually a former Leeds & Liverpool...

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Millwall 0 v Wigan 2

sjlskl @sjlskl (3382) • Singapore 13 Apr 13

Wigan put their league form aside to defeat Millwall to reached their first ever FA Cup final. Shaun Maloney broke the deadlock before Callum McManaman made sure of the victory on 78 minutes. They will now wait to see who...

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Football, Football and More Football...

robspeakman @robspeakman (1700) 10 Mar 13

Now when I talk FOOTBALL I am not talking about the weird game they play in America... We play that in the UK - Without helmets - We call it Rugby. No when I talk about Football, I mean the beautiful game - FUTBOL, FUTBAL,...

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Newcastle continue their fantastic run with a 1-0 win against Wigan!!

ram_cv @ram_cv (16513) • India 22 Oct 11

Newcastle continued their fantastic run in the EPL this season with another win against Wigan 1-0. They were made to work hard by Wigan but a goal by Cabaye settled the match. Newcastle currently are in the fourth spot in the...

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everton 3-wigan 1

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 17 Sep 11

i think it`s good start for everton who had lost one of their best player, mikel arteta.. this is good result.. and from this match, i already know that drenthe had belongs to everton player..wow.iam late again about the...

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Who will go down in the Premier League

Bryanx54 @Bryanx54 (644) 8 May 11

As we are coming to the end of the season, who will be the unfortunate 3 clubs that will get relegated this season, so who do you think will be relegated from the premier League? as it stands West Ham, Wigan and Blackpool are in...

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Arsenal

sjlskl @sjlskl (3382) • Singapore 30 Dec 10

After the victory over Chelsea, Wenger decided to change 8 players for their match up against Wigan. The changes did have an impact, but a negative one. Arsenal drew the match and miss the opportunity to go level on points with...

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Chelsea on rampant form

sjlskl @sjlskl (3382) • Singapore 21 Aug 10

For the second consecutive games, Chelsea hit six past their hapless opponents, Wigan being the latest. With a due respect, WBA and Wigan are the lightweight of the league and it is not surprise that they get such a beating from...

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oh no, liverpool is lost from wigan

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 9 Mar 10

omg, whats the happen with you Liverpool? whats the problems liverpool, Mr Rafa? why lost again? lost from wigan 1-0 make your chance to qualifying in champions league next season is hard and harder. any comments whats going on in...

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Wigan v Everton- Who will win?

madmillionaire @madmillionaire (598) 24 Nov 08

Everton travel to Wigan tonight in a league match. Who do you think will win? Everton have been quite strong recently and go into the game as favourites in my opinion. However Wigan can never be written off at home and with a...

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paul jewell, wigan

gould91 @gould91 (36) 14 May 07

not really anything to do with chelsea but how do you think wigan will do next season after just surviving this one and now without probably one of the premierships best managers?

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Should West Ham be deducted of points instead of being fined by money?

iszo07 @iszo07 (472) • Malaysia 29 Apr 07

West Ham has been fined close to 5.5 million but no points has been deducted. Wigan's Paul Jewell are going mad! Do you think West Ham should get points deduction too?

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