Linma

Wigan, our beloved town seen through the eyes of a stranger.

Last Saturday my son took his partner, a Lancashire lass from Padiham, to Wigan for the first time. When they got back I asked her what she thought of Wigan "it's a dump".

True words not like it used to be .

To a outsider Wigan is a dump .Falling down houses behind the bus depot ,overlooking a recycle centre if you come by train/boat. Town centre a building site ,Galleries nearly empty and the indoor market half empty sometimes only a few stalls on the outside market.So first impressions are negative to any outsider

I love the place. And has anyone been to Padiham

padiham was like wigan before the council buggered it up just smaller .quaint shops and nearby countryside.they where cleverer than us they did not build a galleries and gran arcade nobody wanted.bar of course the councillors ego,s.