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Francis Sharp Powell Statue
Photo: Ron Hunt

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Item #: 34346

Taken from a recently acquired 1980's Wigan Official Handbook

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Comment by: Maureen on 28th March 2023 at 17:54

If I had a penny for every time Mums or Dads lifted their little ones up to rub that shoe,my own included..I would be a very rich person.

Comment by: Donald Underwood on 28th March 2023 at 21:02

Known to earlier generations of Wiganer's as "him int park with stone bally"

Comment by: Shannon on 29th March 2023 at 18:22

Hardest man in wigan

Comment by: Tony L on 2nd April 2023 at 10:31

I remember my late father talking about the qualities of a laxative medicine - "It'd shift Owd Powell i' Wiggin Park".

Comment by: John Brown on 20th April 2023 at 09:14

I was there the other day - folk still rubbing away at that shoe.

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