General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I know it sounds daft,but Wigan started to go downhill as soon as Woolworths shut and the same thing happened in st Helens. As mollie m said,woolworths wasn't just a shop but a meeting and wander place even if you didn't have any money.i remember saving up (what's that?) and buying jet black miners muck mascara and thinking I was sooo cool.wandering around wigan town centre with my friends was one of the highlights of my early life (did I have a life?) Happy happy days.i later dressed as a hippy as jr did,but i never really felt afraid,but i sometimes do now.
Just need to mention the civic centre being done up as an important brutalist building.i've always thought it was a brutally ugly building.sorry if this is a bit of a rant,but please Wigan council,think things through before you rip more of the heart out of Wigan.
Thank you