I stay overnight in George Orwell's Wigan tripe shop! On the road to Wigan Pier.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2024
- I stayed in George Orwell's Wigan lodgings! From 1936 to 2024, How has Orwell's Wigan changed? I explore the houses of George Orwell where he wrote 'The Road to Wigan Pier' and stayed with local Wiganers eating tripe and other Wigan delicacies.
Join me for my trip to Wigan, in the old county of Lancashire, in the North West of England. Home of Wigan Warriors RLFC, George Formby, Uncle Joe's Mintballs, Wigan Pier, The road to Wigan Pier (the George Orwell book), Richard Ashcroft, Rick Astley and Wigan Casino to name but a few. I check out Wigan's Darlington Street, along with other local diggings of George Orwell.
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my granparents lived on that road in them flats when first built for a bit
Good view from there!
The place he stayed in was demolished in the 80's, I actually stood in the rooms he stayed in before they were knocked down, it was a grim place to be even then, the time he was here must have been really dark and grim. His real name was Eric Blair. The lodgings were across from the East European shop at the Riverway crossing near Brocol house, the entrances were at the rear behind the shops that stood there.
Ah that’s really interesting, I didn’t realise from my research that the lodging was on that side of the road. It must have been a treat to see the original rooms at that time, thanks for the info!
I’m from Wigan and I vaguely remember the terrace houses on Darlington Street before they were demolished in the mid seventies. It was a very scruffy area but seemed quite exciting and full of character to the five or six year old me when travelling on the bus into the centre. We lived on the Hindley/Aspull border which in comparison seemed very respectable, quiet and boring. Sadly now the Scholes area seems soulless and has it fair share of drug abuse problems. A good informative video by the way. xx
I remember getting the bus from hindley to Wigan! Looked better in the old days 😫
Enjoyed this - but you need to know that the Douglas is a river. The Leeds-Liverpool canal is about half a mile away from here.
I think I said canal by mistake 😪
1984 is by far his best book. The Road To Wigan Pier and Down And Out In London And Paris ,whilst documenting the poor working class and their lives , i get a feeling that Orwell was condescending in attitude and rather snotty about their personal hygiene and living conditions.
I get that feeling about him too. x
I think he did stay in that area on purpose to show a certain way of life, but his book does stand up as a good document of the times
He certainly was not condescending or snotty. If you actually read his books you’ll see that he greatly admired those Wigan people with whom he stayed and those about whom he wrote. He admired their tenacity and forbearance under the extremely difficult living conditions they faced.
Currently reading road to Wigan pier, still stands up today!
That Douglas canal was moving a bit fast 😂😂😂
Certainly was 😂
Thank you. I enjoyed that.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
I did. A am a student of Orwell and have been the places of Catalonia of the civil war. A talented and tortured chap.
@@gavinsyme1571 That must have been interesting.
It was. Took me two years to save up the money and got back just before covid started. A month of walking about and speaking bad spanish.
@@gavinsyme1571 good timing in that case!
It might be a good idea to do some research,,, all that it might be here, it might be there, at 045
Just my take. Not a documentary 😂