Lokking for a quieter life, move to Wigan.

An analysis of six million hits on the Rightmove website on Wednesday showed a surprising outcome.

The extract below from Today's Times shows the areas people want to move to.

According to Rightmove, coastal areas such as Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire are receiving the highest number of inquiries, followed by northern cities and towns like Manchester, Wigan and Warrington.

So folk want to move to Wigan

WHY

Are property prices cheep in Wigan ?

It doesn't say .... "folk want to move to Wigan "

It says, "coastal areas such as Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire"
and "northern cities and towns LIKE Manchester, Wigan and Warrington".

Although, I have read somewhere that Wigan has benefitted from association in the Liverpool City Region, especially the 'Liverpool City Region Housing Market Area'!

HaHaaaHaaHa! You're aaaall scouysers, laaaaike!

But we aren't from wigan. I know I'm not anyway, howe about you?

No. I'm not either. Although, that said, I've still been included in the Liverpool City Region, without my express permission. And I'm nowt about it!

That is troo, I am from Pemberton

I'm from Wigan Me, It says so on my birth certificate, Mind you, its not signed by the official boundary baron Mr Tonkerton-Smythe, So it mught not be valid but, in fairness I con say et aw reet liaaaake,

There's nowt wrong wi' Wigan.

I'm from Wigan , me....

I thought you originated from Billinge, Tom, but grew up in Ashton?

Yes thats right, Billinge, Wigan Lancs, then moved to Bryn, Wigan Lancs, then moved to another address in Bryn Wigan Lancs and after another 2 places I moved to Marus Bridge Wigan Lancs., I pay my rates to Wigan council and I have a Wigan North post code and , When i venture across the border to placcy Scallyland, they always say, Hey La are yous from Wigan La whacker, hey are yous ?

Actually, you were born in Billinge, Lancashire, where you were Christened in the Archdiocese of Liverpool. You moved to Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire. You grew up in Ashton in Makerfield and went to a school in Ashton in Makerfield that's named after a Yicker and run by the Archdiocese of Liverpool!
After living in two undisclosed places which, I suspect, were in Ashton in Makerfield, you moved to a part of Pemberton, in Wigan Council area, in Greater Manchester.
Still in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and now in Liverpool City Region housing area. You don't even have a Wigan accent!

Click Me ↠ ↞ ɘM ʞɔilƆ, laaaaike!

tha knows nowt, I'm a Wiganer me,

I went up to heaven one morning in May
The angels said. whats thee name and where did you stay ?
when I towd um from Wigan, how all they did stare
they said, come in tha welcome, tha't fust um frum there,

Tom, impossible I'm afraid.

example:-
I wasn't born in Bolton. I didn't grow up in Bolton. I've never lived in Bolton. I don't speak with a Bolton accent.
However, I have property in Westhoughton, I have a BL5 address, and I pay council tax to Bolton Council.

Does that make me a 'Boltoner'? No!


You wasn't born in Wigan. You didn't grow up in Wigan. You've never lived in Wigan. You don't speak with a Wigan accent.
However, you have property in Marus Bridge, you have a Wn address, and you pay council tax to Wigan Council.

Does that make you a 'Wiganer'? No!

See what you've done now.

I'm not from Wigan Me

No. And you're not from Liverpool either, so don't let anybody tell you that you are. Or Abram, Hindley or Ince.

Neither am I from Warrington. Nor Winwick. Nor Wigan.

Your name is Tom Eddleston. Not Tom Brindle or Walford.
You were a plumber, not a joiner or an electrician.

I thought your two were supposed to be mates

Oh he gets nowty when he's proved wrong and if he could spell reet, he be violating the terms of membership by

posting personal information, thats a pitmon for thee,

Nah then Tonks....what am I.

Father Scottish..mother St. Helens.
Born at whiston Hospital..birth certificate states county of Lancaster. Lived in Rainhill short while..aged 1-5 lived in Blenheim Rd. Ashton..attended the old St Thomas school..5 - 10yrs Mersey Rd. Orrell. 10 - 16yrs Sandy Lane. Orrell..16 - 22 Marl Grove Orrell (during Navy service) Married..Gantley Avenue Billinge 26yrs...currently Upholland Rd Billinge last 8 yrs. Speyk with mostly Wigan accent.. What besides a Mongrel would you class me as ? 😁

Norleys good, nice area, nice people.

Reet! Startin' wi' Tom. Tha's ne'er proved me wrung yet!

Then, moving on to Billinge Baaaaiker, laaaaike ....

From that list I can see you've never even lived close to Wigan, let alone 'in' it.

But, something has come to my attention in that history of you.

If you're the same age as me (which you said you were, a couple of weeks back, on another thread) and you went to St.Thomas's in Heath Road, we might've been in the same class!

Blenheim Road, where one of my old friends lived, is also familiar. I used to associate with the Mappins, from Ashton Heath.

I, of course, know a few from round Sandy Lane. Do you remember the Sherridens?

Reet! Startin' wi' Tom. Tha's ne'er proved me wrung yet!


oh yes I have,,,

Not sherridens Tonks...I lived at 2 blenheim rd...remember the Duffarts..baldwins..evans's shop. We probably were in the same class...26.5.1958 for me. Was that you stood in the corner with a cone on yer headwith a big letter D on it ? 😁