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Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:26 pm
by 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!!
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:31 pm
by 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.!
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:34 am
by 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...)
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:19 am
by primrose-n-blue
I don't think the Coal miners of Leigh would endorse your version of a PIE-EATER!
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Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:34 am
by Warrior Wills
Who gives a toss about those LOBBY GOBBLERS!!!!
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:12 pm
by 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".
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:32 pm
by DaveO
King Richard and Cromwell? Hmmmm. Which school did you go to? :conf:
Dave
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:31 pm
by 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
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:38 pm
by 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"
Re: Wigan..a pie eating du...
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:18 am
by 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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