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Wigan is a large town in the
north-western part of the metropolitan county
of Greater Manchester,
north west England, although traditionally lying
in the historic county of Lancashire. It is the
biggest town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,
with a population of around 90,000. The nearest
major town is Bolton,
and it is roughly equidistant to Preston, Liverpool
and Manchester.
Wigan was once important for
coal mining and cotton textile production. The
Leeds-Liverpool canal was used extensively to
transport local produce. In 1818 William Woods
introduced the first power looms to the Wigan
cotton mills. These mills swiftly became infamous
for their dangerous and unbearable conditions,
low pay and use of child labour. After the 1914-18
war there was a boom followed by a slump from
which Wigan's textile industry did not recover.
The last working cotton mill, the May mill, closed
in 1980.
Wigan is probably most famous
for its pier, once an important loading/unloading
building for the mills and collieries, now a popular
local museum and nightclub (“The Orwell”).
Wigan Pier is certainly most famous for its connection
to George Orwell and his novel The Road to Wigan
Pier.
The town has a complex relationship with this
association. Sometimes embracing it, the Orwellian
link has provided the area with a modest tourist
base over the years. However, most regard the
insinuation that Wigan is in fact no better now
than it was as the Victorian era slum with objection
and frank hostility. A recent TV documentary about
Orwell visited Wigan, and made the facile comparison
to less-affluent areas such as Platt Bridge, commenting
that not much had changed (see chav or scally).
This was met with widespread local disapproval.
About Manchester
Manchester
is a city in the north-west of
England. The metropolitan borough of Manchester,
with a population of 422,302, lies at the heart
of a large conurbation called Greater
Manchester, with a population of 2,513,468.
Greater Manchester is also a
metropolitan county in England
established in 1974 which covers an area roughly
encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. It
is situated in North West England. It has borders
with the ceremonial counties of Cheshire (inc.
Warrington), Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire
(inc. Blackburn with Darwen) and Merseyside. As
well as Manchester, the county includes major
centres such as Salford,
Bury, Bolton,
Stockport and Wigan.
Greater Manchester is not entirely built-up. Although
Manchester forms a conurbation along with Salford,
Trafford and Stockport,
other boroughs, such as Wigan
and Bury are clearly separate.
Towns in the
Manchester urban area include Salford,
Sale, Altrincham,
Cheadle, Stockport,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Oldham, Bury,
Rochdale, Stockport
and Stretford. Places
like Trafford and
Salford can be considered
part of the Manchester urban area in a way that
Wigan or Bolton
are not.
The term "Manchester" is often used
to refer to the entire conurbation, much as "London"
is usually used to mean Greater London, but many
of the constituent parts of Greater Manchester,
such as Salford, Wigan and Bolton, also have separate
identities. People from Manchester are called
Mancunians.
Manchester
removals from: Manchester
City Centre | Ardwick
| Baguley | Barlow
Moor | Benchill
| Blackley | Bramhall
| Burnage | Cheetham
Hill | Clayton |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
| Crumpsall | Didsbury
| Fallowfield | Gorton
| Harpurhey | Hulme
| Levenshulme | Longsight
| Miles Platting
| Moss Side | Moston
| Newton Heath |
Northenden | Rusholme
| Sharston | Withington
| Whalley Range
| Wythenshawe | Towns
& places: Salford
Sale Altrincham
Cheadle Stockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Oldham Bury
Rochdale Stockport
Stretford
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