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06/10/2026

Wow... almost 40 businesses signed up to the Business Directory... ❤️

Thank you.. and honestly...what a place Wigan is.. all these independent local businesses for a start... some types of businesses I didn't know existed... and again.. thank you.

Let's make this the best business directory around ❤️ link in comments.

Learned something today about gargoyles and grotesques... walking past Wigan Parish Church... seeing what I thought were...
06/10/2026

Learned something today about gargoyles and grotesques... walking past Wigan Parish Church... seeing what I thought were gargoyles...no.. thank you Rye Whittle for the comment! I never knew this..

Here goes... A gargoyle has a practical job...it's actually carved to be a waterspout to carry rainwater away from the walls of a building.

A grotesque is decorative. It can be anything..a face, animal, monster, or a mixture of but it doesn't carry water.

So the easiest way to remember it is:
Water comes out of it = gargoyle.
Just sitting there looking weird = grotesque. 😂

Apologies if you already knew this.. I didn't, so wanted to share it.. next time I'm at Wigan Parish church I'll try work out which is which.

Never stop learning ❤️

06/10/2026

"I even had people ringing when I was in hospital asking for curly aniseed" 😂
Really lovely to see Toffee Ron in his shop in Makinson Arcade today... after he was poorly for a while.

Ron's been making sweets since he was a 14-year-old apprentice, learning the craft from his dad, and his family’s history of making sweets in Wigan goes back more than 100 years.

Lovely to see him back...and Makinson Arcade smelled lovely today!

I walk past Wigan Parish Church all the time, but notice something different each time..The gargoyles are easy to miss w...
06/10/2026

I walk past Wigan Parish Church all the time, but notice something different each time..

The gargoyles are easy to miss when you're just walking past, this is why I'm always looking up 👀😂, the detail on these is incredible.

All Saints has stood at the heart of Wigan for centuries. The church is first recorded in 1199, and most of it you see today rebuilt between 1845 and 1850, but parts of the tower date back to the 13th century.

So next time you’re walking past it, have a proper look up. There’s loads up there you probably walk past without ever noticing. 👀

You might have seen my film from Ashton-in-Makerfield about this incredible new mosaic, but there’s SO much more to it t...
06/10/2026

You might have seen my film from Ashton-in-Makerfield about this incredible new mosaic, but there’s SO much more to it than I could fit into a video. ❤️

More than 650 pieces made by local people are part of it, including the footprint of a baby who was just six weeks old, and pieces made by more than 300 children from Byrchall School.

And then there’s all the history woven into it. Why there are ash leaves, what “Forged Together” means, and the story of Crompton’s factory.

Loads more detail on the website...
Have a read, link in the comments 👇

UPDATE following Sunday’s incident in Hindley.A man has now been charged with a string of offences following the police ...
06/10/2026

UPDATE following Sunday’s incident in Hindley.

A man has now been charged with a string of offences following the police incident which ended with a man on the roof of a property on Lord Street.

GMP said officers were initially called at around 9.15am on Sunday to reports of a burglary at a property on Oxford Road in Atherton where a car was believed to have been stolen. Police tracked the vehicle before a pursuit took place.

The pursuit ended on Armistead Street in Hindley and police said a suspect then fled on foot before climbing onto the roof of a property on Lord Street at around 11am. A cordon was put in place while emergency services dealt with the incident.

Ryan Renshaw, 30, of no fixed abode, has now been charged with burglary, two counts of criminal damage, aggravated vehicle taking with dangerous driving, handling stolen goods, driving without insurance, driving while disqualified, obstructing an officer and breaching court bail.

He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Wigan Magistrates’ Court this morning..

Last night, police spotted a white Ford Fiesta performing doughnuts on the carpark at Robin Park Retail Park... all with...
06/10/2026

Last night, police spotted a white Ford Fiesta performing doughnuts on the carpark at Robin Park Retail Park... all with the car not having its headlights on and passenger hanging from the side of it.

Within forty minutes, the car was seized, loaded onto a recovery truck, and a 17 year old lad from the Wrightington area reported.

Police said: "Whilst his friends may have enjoyed the spectacle and bravado on display, officers at Wigan HQ, whose offices OVERLOOK the retail park, were equally interested."

GMP also says it will continue to take "robust enforcement action" against those who engage in anti-social driving and continue to gather at Robin Retail Park and the Asda on Soho Street, and they're reminding people to drive responsibly and consider the safety of others.

This is one running club I can get behind... the brilliantly named "Sh*t Runners Club" is coming to Wigan.It started in ...
06/10/2026

This is one running club I can get behind... the brilliantly named "Sh*t Runners Club" is coming to Wigan.

It started in Kendal earlier this year for people who might find traditional running clubs a bit intimidating. The motto is “Be Kind. Be Slow. Be Sh*t” and the whole idea is that running doesn’t have to be about pace, PBs or uploading an immaculate 10k to Strava before breakfast. It’s for complete beginners, slower runners, people getting back into exercise, walkers and joggers, with nobody left behind.

The Sh*t Runners Club has since spread across the country and is being brought to Wigan by Ince based CIC Ataraxia whose work is centred around physical and mental wellbeing and giving people opportunities to try things they might otherwise think aren’t for them.

The first official 'sh*t' run is in November.. full details in the comments.

05/10/2026

I could cry ❤️. Honestly, this means more to me than I can explain.

More than 30 businesses so far have signed up to my business directory in the week since it launched... cannot thank each and everyone of you enough.

As a lot of you know, I'm trying my best to make this work.. and make it sustainable... a couple of weeks ago i found out I'd been turned down for Local News funding, so now to have more than 30 businesses come forward and back what I'm doing, honestly means more than words can say..

Important too, it's not just about supporting independent local journalism. I want to make the directory the place to find things you need, things you want, and things you didn't know you need 😂, so it will be really useful.

Thank you again. Truly ❤️

And if you want a nosey, link in the comments.

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