The Museum of Wigan Life is housed in Wigan’s first public library and first public building with electric lighting. It was here that George Orwell wrote The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936. The museum showcases the history of local industry and the pier at Wigan, a wooden landing for loading coal onto the barges that plied the industrial Leeds and Liverpool canal. Its eclectic collection also includes Roman pottery, a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mask, Blackpool holiday souvenirs, the Northern Soul music scene, and why Wigan is famous for pies…
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