The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell was asked about Wigan Pier in a radio programme in December 1943. He replied "Well I am afraid I must tell you that Wigan Pier doesn't exist. I made a journey specially to see it in 1936 and I couldn't find it. It did exist once, however, and to judge from the photographs it must have been about twenty feet long" See the Wikipedia entry for more.