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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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