Action Group Against the Wigan A5225 - The website of a community based action group opposing the A5225 - commonly known as "The Wigan Gateway".
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.
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A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.
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-- Fred Hoyle Regional
