In a message dated 7/8/03 7:46:25 PM Central Daylight Time, ENG-LAN-LEIGH-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Pie-eaters (Wigan folk) -- got to say that our Belgian friend always makes > a > beeline for the wonderful meat &potato pies made in Wigan. > I can say first hand that my grandmother was from Westhoughton and my grandfather from Leigh, They moved around from Leigh, Wigan, to Westleigh and from experience, I enjoyed the best meat and potato pie granny ever made. I still make it myself today here in Iowa, USA. Nothing like it! I have my dads gradeschool picture taken in 1908 in Wigan. He was born at Lowton St. Mary. Paul Fletcher Researching FLETCHER, HODKINSON, HACKING, LAWTON