So you admit then that where Wigan innovate, St Helens imitate?

I find it particularly amusing when keyboard warriors refer to rugby league players as houses.

The Japanese don't imitate or produce better. They shrink everything. And indeed they have shrunk Pilks. A goodly few thousand made redundant worldwide including 100 in St Helens over the last year or so.

How's your coal industry doing.... Oh I forgot your families all sold out and scabbed! Hence your pie-ater nicknames.
'Proud to be pie-eaters'...that is nothing to be proud of.

You keep producing your uncle joe's mintballs and rathbones bread,both world famous.

Well actually, the other towns capitulated less than a week after the Wiganers did, who were actually on strike a good three to four weeks before the rest - so they were out on strike considerably longer than the other towns.

But don't let facts get in the way of a good bit of tit-for-tat, eh?

Heinz is and always has been American. Pilks was St Helens through and through until a couple of years ago.

Heinz is American and jjb is the most god awful shop in the world... ever.

Heinz=yanks
JJB Sports=to a lot of Wigan fans the fella who or used to own this sports chain is the enemy

Oh and by the way besides Pilks which came from St.Helens don't forget Beechams as well.

I know the facts
This is just a myth invented by pie-eaters to try and defend themselves, although I am glad you agree that the Wiganers went back first, cap in hand!
Your FACTS are not facts as the actual strike only lasted for 10 days. And all miners were 'locked-out' 13 days before the strike started. So there is no way that they were out 3 to 4 weeks before. I am sure you will agree your maths don't add up.
But don't let the facts get in the way of a good excuse, eh?

So? Most of our industry is foreign owned. So long as it provides jobs, what does it matter?