Like it or not, Wigan folk have the nickname pie-eaters. And it’s not just because of an unsavoury episode in the borough’s mining history.
A lot of Wiganers love a pie. You only need to see the queues outside bakery shops at lunchtime to know that. On the back of National Pie Week last week we thought we'd have a look through our archives at the pictures of Wiganers and many famous visitors sampling these local delicacies. This collection of pictures stretches back many decade, joyfully – and sometimes wackily – celebrating Wigan’s links to the humble pie.