Wigan..a pie eating dump?

[kt4ever_1]

Iam proud to be a wiganer! Up here in cumbria they all take the mick out of me for being a pie eater but it really dosent bother me! My english teacher is a wiganer so me and him stick together!!

[the grinch]

here goes! being called a pie eater has got nothing to do with eating pies!!it actualy goes back two or three hundred years ago when wigan stayed loyal to the crown in the cromwell civill war. hence our logo ancient and loyal.wigan was a very strategic foot hold for cromwell and he batterd us twice to take it. the second time we fought him we got so badly bashed we ran away from the battle field. cromwell was supposed to have said dont chase them let them leave and forever eat hummble pie!! he them went on to lose the war. and for staying loyal we where given a royal coat of arms by king richard himself! here enduth the lesson people.!

[GeoffN]

Correct, Grinch. Very close to where Central Park used to be, in fact! I remember studying the "battle of Wigan Lane" at school (so very many years ago...)

[primrose-n-blue]

I don't think the Coal miners of Leigh would endorse your version of a PIE-EATER!
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[Warrior Wills]

Who gives a toss about those LOBBY GOBBLERS!!!!

[Mike]

I also heard that pie eaters comes from an old miners strike that the Wiganers were forced to break first - also leading to "eating humble pie".

[DaveO]

King Richard and Cromwell? Hmmmm. Which school did you go to? :conf:

Dave

[WiganWarrior]

i heard i was to do with the miners strikes and wigan people being brought into leigh to cross the picket lines to work in the mines, and therefore eating humble pie

[the grinch]

there is a place in whelly called long shoot and a cannon was actualy placed there. and as the name suggests you could shoot a long way with it. there is a clinic there now that does vasectomies so maybe it should now be called blank shot!!!

by the way i went to shevinton borstal.but i have got an education since leaving school! do i know you dave "o"

[primrose-n-blue]

WiganWarrior posted:
i heard i was to do with the miners strikes and wigan people being brought into leigh to cross the picket lines to work in the mines, and therefore eating humble pie

That's right WiganWarrior! The Wiganers crossed the Leighthers picket lines and went back to work, hense."eating humble pie" aka...the pie eaters!!
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