On Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:20 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dave Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The coal loading wharf called Wigan Pier was used as a joke by > Lancashire comedians. But didn't the name come into use when passenger services ran from there, the analogy being with seaside piers built for the purpose of passenger traffic in paddle streamers? Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
