Wigan and Bolton have both spawned cultural and sporting icons; from the likes of wrestling legends the British Bulldogs from Wigan, to Great Britain's most decorated Olympian Jason Kenny, who is Bolton born and bred.
There's tasty rivalry between the neighbouring, historical mill towns' two football teams - (affectionately dubbed 'T'Classico' as a nod to Spain's El Classico between Barcelona and Real Madrid) - but the main debate that splits the town is much tastier one: Pasty or pie?
Wigan's history with the pie goes back a long time and is such that residents of the town are often referred to as 'pie-eaters' - a moniker that is said to have started after the 1926 General Strike, when Wigan's coal miners were starved back to work before their counterparts in surrounding towns and so were forced to metaphorically eat 'humble pie'.
