: Fri May 22, 2009 10:02 pm  

Anyone for a piece of celebration pie ?

: Fri May 22, 2009 10:53 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What people never say is that they may have been the first to go back to work, but they were one of the first out on strike and were out work for longer than most.

At the end of the day they had a duty to feed their families.

This aggrevates me, too.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:42 pm  

3littlepigs wrote:

I thought the term was based on the fact everyone from Wigan is fat and ugly and has Meat and Potato breath. I think Uncle Joe opened a mintball factory to overcome the stench but this failed miserably!!

Nice one, I prefer that one actually

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 8:39 am  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

Goes back to the mining strike's, the people in the region were on strike for so long they had no money left to live, eventually due to this they were forced back to working down the mine's in order to feed there family's, it was said that by doing this they were eating humble pie.

Hence the name Pie eaters.

We were called pie eaters looooong before that. The humble part was added to an existing nickname.

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 8:53 am  

MeMe wrote:

We were called pie eaters looooong before that. The humble part was added to an existing nickname.

i heard its pie eater coz when you and the people of st helens was on mineing strike you went back to work and the st helens people went back later and ended up with more pay coz thay stayed on strike! hence you had to eat humble pie. dont thay call it being a scab??

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 10:09 am  

bombheadwire wrote:

i heard its pie eater coz when you and the people of st helens was on mineing strike you went back to work and the st helens people went back later and ended up with more pay coz thay stayed on strike! hence you had to eat humble pie. dont thay call it being a scab??

Can you not read?

The Old Lord who loved in Haigh Hall centuries ago used to have a gigantic pie baked to feed his workers so Wiganers were nicknamed pie eaters. The miners strike where Wiganers had been on strike first and for weeks longer than the leythers etc, then returned to work first, just added the tag 'humble'.

It's not a new story so don't know why it makes you lot so giddy tbh.

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 10:16 am  

MeMe wrote:

Can you not read?

The Old Lord who loved in Haigh Hall centuries ago used to have a gigantic pie baked to feed his workers so Wiganers were nicknamed pie eaters. The miners strike where Wiganers had been on strike first and for weeks longer than the leythers etc, then returned to work first, just added the tag 'humble'.

It's not a new story so don't know why it makes you lot so giddy tbh.

must of been a big pie to feed that many miners. not only that id like to see the oven it was baked in. come on you made that up didnt you

i like that scab story better.

: Sat May 23, 2009 12:06 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What people never say is that they may have been the first to go back to work, but they were one of the first out on strike and were out work for longer than most.

At the end of the day they had a duty to feed their families.

scabs one and all, don't you ever justify breaking a picket line, your a muppet and trying to rationalise things by saying they had to feed their families is pure selfishness, have you ever heard of the greater good!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!



you make my bum hole wink!

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 12:11 pm  

MeMe wrote:

Can you not read?

The Old Lord who loved in Haigh Hall centuries ago used to have a gigantic pie baked to feed his workers so Wiganers were nicknamed pie eaters. The miners strike where Wiganers had been on strike first and for weeks longer than the leythers etc, then returned to work first, just added the tag 'humble'.

It's not a new story so don't know why it makes you lot so giddy tbh.

cos it's a lie, humble pie comes from umble pie, umble being the offel left over in households that was given to the servants, which were no use apart from when put in a pie, scab scab scab! you gave in, a bit like last night, there is no excuse.....scab

Re: Why Wigan are called pie eaters : Sat May 23, 2009 12:13 pm  

MeMe wrote:

Can you not read?

The Old Lord who loved in Haigh Hall centuries ago used to have a gigantic pie baked to feed his workers so Wiganers were nicknamed pie eaters. The miners strike where Wiganers had been on strike first and for weeks longer than the leythers etc, then returned to work first, just added the tag 'humble'.

It's not a new story so don't know why it makes you lot so giddy tbh.

and if this was true, you sold your soul and fellow miners for the price of a pie!