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A few photos from yesterday's Wigan Comic-Con at Robin Park.  I said it yesterday, but just brilliant to see people happ...
24/08/2025

A few photos from yesterday's Wigan Comic-Con at Robin Park.

I said it yesterday, but just brilliant to see people happy and free being who they want to be ❤️

If you missed it, Wigan Comic-Con by Nwcc Events has announced the date for its Winter Comic Con.

7th February 2026.

Watch their page for updates...and give me a shout if you spot yourself in the pics 📸

24/08/2025

Tucked away on Church Street in Orrell, The Little Green Platter Company has become one of Wigan’s tastiest hidden gems.

24/08/2025

Daffodils Dreams: More Than Just a Shop 🌼

If you're like me and used to drive past Daffodils Dreams and wonder what it was all about, meet Maureen, the heart and soul behind it.

She set it up in 2018 after seeing child poverty first hand, and over the years it has blossomed into a community, which is also supported by many businesses across the town.

It provides, among other things:

✨ Days out for children
✨ Christmas parcels for families
✨ Events to bring people together
✨ A Community Lounge for all ages
✨ And a team of wonderful volunteers who make it all possible

Our short film shares Maureen’s story –(it would've been over an hour long to show everything they do!)

Another wonderful Wiganer doing something special for the town she loves ❤️

24/08/2025

Another park review if you're heading out this weekend..

My niece Matilda and her best friend Beau, both 12, have been marking children's play areas out of 10 (they're way more qualified than me 🤣)

Today, Alexandra Park in Newtown..

23/08/2025

Loved this today....a room full of smiles, and people free doing what they want to do and being who they want to be ❤️

Popped into Wigan Comic-Con by Nwcc Events at Robin Park earlier... some absolutely brilliant costumes.. traders, guests. Everything. See you next year!

23/08/2025

If you're heading out to any of Wigan's parks over the weekend, I've had some experts rate the children's play areas.

My niece Matilda and her best friend Beau ❤️

Marks out of 10.

First up... Mesnes Park, Wigan.

A bit of a personal post from me today, so please bear with me, but the 23rd August.. it's an important date for me. My ...
23/08/2025

A bit of a personal post from me today, so please bear with me, but the 23rd August.. it's an important date for me.

My dad would have been 82 today 🤍

It's also the day I left Granada Reports, exactly one year ago. After a bit of wrangling over when I could leave, I was offered 23rd August, so I definitely knew it was the right thing to do.

A year after leaving, with nothing concrete to go to, but the need to do something different, I'm proud of myself.

I'm now doing something I really love, and have created it myself.

Good news for my hometown.

Wigan doesn't get eye rolls from me 🤣, just pride ❤️, and I love all the reactions.. people stop to chat all the time, and this page had over a million hits last month...*gulp, and THANK YOU!

Website now live too, it's new, so be kind if you're checking it out, we still have a few niggles on it, but I'm really chuffed, and hope you like it too.

Every year this day hits me hard to be honest, and this year, a bit harder, because I'd like my dad to see what I've done. plus he was an accountant so he could've done my books (not that I've got any money 🤣).

Never doubt yourself, and if you're not happy, change it ❤️

Happy birthday dad x

22/08/2025

Earlier this week I met someone I've been following on Tiktok for ages.... then found out she lives near my mum..

Another Wiganer doing brilliant things ❤️

What Jo and her son Harry are doing is changing perceptions, and potentially changing lives... please watch this all the way through if you can. She's amazing.



(Links and more details in the comments)

22/08/2025

Just a had to post this, because it meant the world..

I was walking through Wigan this morning and heard "is that that woman from Tiktok?" 😁 so stopped for a chat..
honestly, so many people stop to chat now, it's just so nice!

When I started doing this a friend said "it won't work, bad news is what sells".
well, Wigan, you're proving my friend wrong.

Thank you everyone who follows what I'm doing, comments and likes.. it still surprises me to be honest.. and I've honestly never been happier than shouting about all the good in my hometown.

I'm finding things out about Wigan I never even knew, and I'm old 🤣 and everyone is proving just how brilliant us Wiganers are ❤️

so thank you x

Wigan and proud.

22/08/2025

Wigan Kebab or Pie barm?
The results!!

Whichever camp you're in, don't shoot the messenger please 🤣 i merely counted up the comments 🤣

Jacket potato news on BBC breakfast..they showed Spud Bros..Well, in Wigan... we've got Spudlad SpudStop410 😁He's in Ash...
22/08/2025

Jacket potato news on BBC breakfast..they showed Spud Bros..

Well, in Wigan... we've got Spudlad SpudStop410 😁

He's in Ashton-in-Makerfield. Check him out 🥔❤️

Link in the comments.

📣👀f you've been watching my updates on the new Wigan & Leigh Hospice shop at Robin Park.... the opening date has been co...
21/08/2025

📣👀f you've been watching my updates on the new Wigan & Leigh Hospice shop at Robin Park.... the opening date has been confirmed.

Friday 29th August at 10am.
That's a week tomorrow.

See you there if you're going!

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