The 'North At Play'

[Fab Foodie]

Foodie, I give you everything I ever had to give and now I'm gonna live.

Ahhhhh, the 3 before 8.
Sadly I can only dream of those days. Northern Soul never made it to Devon.

 

[Profpointy]

It is of sorts - covers certain culinary delights if I recall correctly.

Literary fun aside, Orwell's non-fiction has had a huge influence on my view of the world even 35 years after I last read it.

Replying to my own post is probably a gaffe of some sort, but prompted by the George Orwell theme I've just treated myself to a boxed set of hardback editions of his reportage stuff. Down and Out, Wigan Pier, Catalonia etc to replace my old paperbacks.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

'Prof'

When I was reading 'Wigan Pier' at work, & it's a copy with photographs, one of the younger Nurses did ask how old the photographs were
She was shocked, & presumed them to be Victorian, going by the dereliction & decay

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

'Prof'
When I was reading 'Wigan Pier' at work, & it's a copy with photographs, one of the younger Nurses did ask how old the photographs were
She was shocked, & presumed them to be Victorian, going by the dereliction & decay

I'm sure I managed to convince someone else that the photographs were of Barnsley, in the 1970's

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm sure I managed to convince someone else that the photographs were of Barnsley, in the 1970's

This is the cover of my copy, but I can't find any of the internal photographs, or anything similar

Yes, Barnsley, circa 1976?!

 

[clid61]

I live a mile away from Wigan pier , if anyone would like pics , guiding to it , more than happy to help

 

[GuyBoden]

I thought that Wigan Pier was just some loading rails used to get stuff onto the canal barges. A local joke.

These:

 

[roadrash]

^^that's correct^^ I also live 1 mile from wigan pier

 

[clid61]

^^that's correct^^ I also live 1 mile from wigan pier

He's right but lives a mile in the other direction !

 

[clid61]

As for the Northern Soul, best club in the land was the Casino RIP

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nice to see one of (so I understand) absolute classics of Northern Soul on TV at the moment, even though it's used in a commercial for Eggs