Why is wigan pier famous?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/18/2019

The Wigan Pier is 'famous' because of it's inclusion in George Orwell's 1937 book The Road to Wigan Pier but according tot he reference below was first announced in the early twentieth century by George Formby Senior. The warehouses were a tourist place but the pier itself is now closed.

The "pier" wasn't a true pier in any sense of the word; not when compared to other "famous" piers. The Southend-on-Sea pier was over 7,000 feet. The Southport pier in Lancashire won the National Piers Society's prestigious "Pier of the Year" award in 2003.

The 'famous' Wigan Pier was simply a wharf where barges could pull up to load coal. George Orwell said he visited the pier in 1936 and couldn't find it but that from photos said it must have existed and was all of 20 feet long.

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∙ 12y ago

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