You've got to pick a pocket or two...
Did Fagin visit The Crooked Billet in 1908?
The saga of the Grand seems to run and run and sad it is to see it deteriorating, so lets look back at its past.
There had been a Dr Cook in Leigh since 1700 when at the age of 22, John Cook, apothecary and chirurgeon, set up his practice in the Old Town in a place soon to be known by his name.
We all know that Leigh supplied several ships for Drake’s Fleet to fight the Spanish Armada and we know from the records that Leigh was a ship building centre.
The Great War placed many strains on the postal service mainly brought on by the recruitment of postmen into the services.
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