"drawing cavemen, he's drawing Wallace & Gromit ... I absolutely assume he will do another, but not a feature. I think he found it was too much. I think he liked the half-hour format."" The original voice of Wallace, Peter Sallis, died on 2 June 2017 at the age of 96. Wallace lives at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, along with his dog Gromit. His surname is never given. He usually wears a white shirt, brown wool trousers, a green knitted pullover, and a red tie. He is fond of cheese, especially Wensleydale, and crackers. Nick Park, his creator, said:"
"Wallace and Gromit Wallace and Gromit is a British clay animation comedy series created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and a feature-length film. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving inventor, along with his companion Gromit, a silent yet loyal and intelligent anthropomorphic dog. Wallace was originally voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis, and later by Ben Whitehead. Gromit remains silent, communicating only through means of facial expressions and body language. Because of their widespread popularity, the characters have been described as positive international icons of both modern British culture"
"Wigan Wallgate railway station Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The station serves 2 routes, the Manchester-Southport Line and the Manchester-Kirkby Line. It is (16 miles) north west of Manchester Victoria (""distance via Atherton""). The station is managed by Northern, who operate all trains serving it. Wigan's other main station is Wigan North Western, which is about away, on the opposite side of the street named Wallgate. There are three platforms, two through platforms and one bay platform for trains departing towards Southport or Kirkby. Platforms"
"for cleaning, in the manufacture of gunpowder, and ale and pastry making. The road is named, however, in remembrance of the Lant family and Thomas Lant who inherited and owned the nearby land and rented out several hundred homes there from the 18th century. There is a Lant Street Association for people who live and work in Lant Street. Two historic pubs, the ""Princes of Wales"" at No. 23 and ""The Gladstone Arms"" at No. 64 are located in Lant Street. Charles Dickens is Lant Street's most notable resident. He took lodgings in Lant Street during 1824 while still a"
"of Loaf and Death"", Wigan is referenced on the newspaper Wallace is reading, and near the end, while looking for somewhere appropriate to dispose of a bomb, Gromit sees the Yorkshire border from their home (a joke referencing the rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire). In the ""Cracking Contraptions"" episode ""The Soccamatic"", Wallace says to Gromit, ""How do you like my Preston North End soccamatic, Gromit?"". Whether this is the team they support, or where they live, is unknown. The episode references famous English footballers of the 1950s and 60s, including Nobby Stiles (who played for Preston later in his career),"
"Mans"" next door once owned by ""John Roberts"" who is now deceased, but it's run by his sons still. Many famous Characters/Legends have come from this area of Wigan and even a few athletes and musicians. Platt Bridge, Wigan Platt Bridge in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is a residential area to the south of Ince-in-Makerfield and North of Abram. After many pub closures the main two left are ""The King Billy"" and ""Kesses"". It Has a long established Traditional Barber Shop ""The Barber Shop or Mikes"" opposite the Community Centre, Walthew Lane. There are a few main shops such as"
"and is mainly residential. Street markets are held on Oxford Street, Princess Way and Castle Square over Christmas. Wind Street () has a name which nowadays means different things in the two languages. The local English pronunciation has shifted from Street (i.e. with a meaning matching the Welsh name) to Street (which doesn't). Wind Street was once a haunt of the poet Dylan Thomas and location of the covered alleyway 'Salubrious Passage'. It became a backwater in the second half of the 20th century when the commercial centre of Swansea shifted. It boasts the highest concentration of listed buildings in"
"to promote a Harvey Nichols store that opened in Bristol (where Aardman is based) in 2008. The pictures show them, and Lady Tottington from ""The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"", wearing designer clothes and items. They were used to prevent a Wensleydale cheese factory from shutting down because of financial difficulties after a member of staff came up with the idea of using Wallace and Gromit as mascots, as Wensleydale is one of Wallace's favourite cheeses. On 28 March 2009, The Science Museum in London opened an exhibition called ""Wallace & Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas."" The family-oriented show,"
"Millgate and Riverway. Some shops have two entrances - one to the internal mall and one onto the high street. It has two multi-storey carparks on Milgate and Crompton Street with over 850 spaces combined. Bus access can be gotten from the nearby Wigan bus station. Two train stations serve Wigan town centre, Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western. The Grand Arcade website Grand Arcade (Wigan) The Grand Arcade is a covered shopping centre located in Wigan town centre. Built in 2007, it consists of more than 40 retailers gaining an annual footfall of 6.3 million people. It is owned"
"Geoff Hurst, and Stanley Matthews. Both Ramsbottom and Tottington are small towns near Bury in Greater Manchester, and are the names of love interests of Wallace. The nostalgic quality of Wallace and Gromit's world has been compared to 1950s Beanotown. The ""Wallace and Gromit"" films are shot using the stop motion animation technique. After detailed storyboarding, set and plasticine model construction, the films are shot one frame at a time, moving the models of the characters slightly to give the impression of movement in the final film. In common with other animation techniques, the stop motion animation in Wallace and"
"The Galleries (Wigan) The Galleries is a shopping complex the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester owned by Wigan Council. It is divided into three sections formed from three formally independent schemes: The Galeries Shopping Centre, Marketgate Shopping Centre and The Makinson Arcade. The layout of the complex features a combination of covered malls, walkways and open squares reaching over six acres in size with around of retail space. The Marketgate Shopping Centre, originally called """"The Wigan Centre Arcade"","" was built 1972 in the town centre on former commercial yards and markets. Opening in 1974, it went under radical remodelling"
"Welsh Streets, attracting extensive coverage in the national media. Four streets in the Granby Triangle have been removed from the clearance plans. In 2015 a community regeneration initiative which involved a collaboration between a Community Land Trust, Steinbeck Studios and the artists collective Assemble was nominated for the Turner Prize. The prize was awarded to Assemble in December 2015. The Welsh Streets were built by the architect Richard Owens and the builder D Roberts, Son and Co, who together built more than 4,000 houses in Toxteth around the 1870s. The streets were named after Welsh towns, valleys and villages and"
"However, the popular Wallace and Gromit animated shorts ""A Grand Day Out"", ""The Wrong Trousers"", and ""A Close Shave"" had the main character Wallace, a cheese connoisseur, mention Wensleydale as a particularly favourite cheese. Animator Nick Park chose it solely because it had a good name that would be interesting to animate rather than due to its origins in northern England where the shorts were set. He was also unaware of the financial difficulties that the company was experiencing. The company contacted Aardman Animations about a licence for a special brand of ""Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale"", which proved to be"
"Platt Bridge, Wigan Platt Bridge in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is a residential area to the south of Ince-in-Makerfield and North of Abram. After many pub closures the main two left are ""The King Billy"" and ""Kesses"". It Has a long established Traditional Barber Shop ""The Barber Shop or Mikes"" opposite the Community Centre, Walthew Lane. There are a few main shops such as the famous ""Shergills"" although this shop has changed hands a few times it is still known as this, a few bookies a Co-Op, an Iceland and a car wash. The Post Office has the famous ""Handy"
"Clarence Hotel was on Blaby Road; this was very much the centre of South Wigston's social life for the first 50 years of the new township. The musical artist Gertie Gitana performed at the Clarence Ballroom, and one of its rooms was named after her. Development continued apace in the next few years and by 1893, many new houses had been built along the streets off Canal Street with some larger houses on Orange Street. Blaby Road continued to be developed for houses, shops and some public buildings as well as the site of Orson Wright's own house, Ashbourne, on"
"high street brands such as Boots, Waterstones and H & M. It also holds ""The Casino Café"" which is themed on the historical Wigan Casino Social Club. In 2015 Clarks and New Look relocated their stores in Wigan to The Grand Arcade from The Galleries where they were previously based. Although, two out of the original four anchor stores have closed. BHS in 2016, when it went into administration, and TK Maxx in 2017 relocating to Robin Retail Park - Marks & Spencer has also announced plans to do the same. The shopping centre is bounded by Standishgate, Crompton Street,"
"Wigan North Western railway station Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a moderately-sized station on the West Coast Main Line. It is operated by Virgin Trains, and is also served by Northern. Wigan's other station is Wigan Wallgate, which is about away, on the opposite side of the street named Wallgate, for services to Manchester (Victoria, Deansgate, Oxford Road & Piccadilly), Southport and Kirkby. Both stations are centrally located on the southern fringe of Wigan town centre. The station is named North Western, not"
"to live in the area by the local authority. In February 2015, police reported that the problem had been resolved by more frequent patrolling. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), formerly Swansea Metropolitan University and before that the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, has one of its campuses on the main Mount Pleasant road. The university was created in 2010 and also incorporates the former Swansea College of Art, founded in 1853, which retains accommodation in Alexandra Road. Mansell Street, De La Beche Street, Grove Place, and Alexandra Road cross the southern fringes of the area as"
"""Wallace and Gromit"" composer Julian Nott, played by a Czech orchestra. Since then, the series has covered over 200 'heroes', and has seen several special episodes. The first special saw Hart-Davis visit Egypt to investigate ancient heroes, while another took him to Italy for a Renaissance special. Another notable show was the finale of the last series (to date), which was performed in front of a live audience at the Royal Institution, much in the style of the Institution's Christmas Lectures. The show continued until 2000. Since then, Hart-Davis has moved on to other shows, and the bbc.co.uk Local Heroes"
"were built for Welsh migrants, by Welsh builders. Musician Ringo Starr was born in 9 Madryn Street, where he lived until the age of 4 before moving to Admiral Grove. Council survey data published in 2005 showed the Welsh Streets were broadly popular with residents and in better than average condition, but were condemned for demolition because of a perceived 'over-supply' of 'obsolete' terraced houses in Liverpool. The proposals have divided the local community. Following unsuccessful demolition plans in 2013, Voelas Street was the first in 2017 to be fully refurbished and offered for rent to tenants. Popularity of the"
"the council, this proposal has been scrapped and they instead want to retain the site but revitalise it with new leisure, food and drink facilities and residential development. The Galleries website The Galleries (Wigan) The Galleries is a shopping complex the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester owned by Wigan Council. It is divided into three sections formed from three formally independent schemes: The Galeries Shopping Centre, Marketgate Shopping Centre and The Makinson Arcade. The layout of the complex features a combination of covered malls, walkways and open squares reaching over six acres in size with around of retail space."
"Trim Street, Bath Trim Street in Bath, Somerset, England is a historic street, built in 1707, of shops and houses, many of which are listed buildings. It was named after George Trim who owned the land. Number 5, which is also known as General Wolfe's house, is a two-storey building with a parapet and rusticated quoins, built by Thomas Greenway. The doorway has Ionic pilasters and a tympanum decorated with the implements of war. General James Wolfe was staying in the house when William Pitt, the elder commanded him to lead an expedition to Quebec. Numbers 6 and 7 are"
"comic strips in the 2010 ""Wallace and Gromit Annual"". This was the first time Wallace and Gromit were produced in widescreen. To speed up the task of bringing cheese home from the shop, Wallace deploys a remote-controlled trolley equipped with a camera and accessories to retrieve/carry items. Though it successfully picks up the largest wheel of Edam in the shop Wallace frequently patronises, the weight causes one wheel to fall off. Gromit guides it to grab a loaf of French bread, which it uses as a crutch to limp home. The other wheel comes off at the front door, stopping"
"Upper Dock Street, Market Street, Griffin Street, Corn Street, Cambrian Road, Hill Street and Llanarth Street. The five roads of Commercial Street, Stow Hill, Bridge Street, High Street and Skinner Street converge at Westgate Square (named after the Westgate Hotel) and this is generally regarded as the central point the city. Kingsway Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping mall. The adjoining £90 million Friars Walk shopping centre opened in November 2015 is regarded as having benefited the city centre; this has 30 shops, about 12 restaurants and an 8-screen cinema. Newport Market is a Victorian indoor market on two floors"
"early 2000s, operated by EWS running to Knowsley Freight Terminal on the Kirkby line - these were suspended from 2006 onwards. Most freight services through Wigan run through nearby Wigan North Western on the WCML. As of June 2016, a freight service to Knowsley Freight Terminal has been reinstated which uses Wallgate instead of , where most freight operates. The new service runs to/from Teesside 6 days per week. Wigan Wallgate railway station Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The station serves 2 routes, the Manchester-Southport"
"Wigmore Street Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east. The well-known Wigmore Hall concert hall is located on the north side of Wigmore Street, just to the east of the junction with Welbeck Street. For about a hundred years beginning in the late 19th century, Wigmore Street had a great concentration of optometrists, dispensing opticians, makers of ophthalmic instruments, and related professions. Harley Street"
"Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 103,608, whilst the wider borough has a population of 318,100. Historically in Lancashire, Wigan during classical antiquity was in the territory of the Brigantes, an ancient Celtic tribe that ruled much of what is now northern England. The Brigantes were subjugated in the Roman conquest of Britain during the 1st century, and it"
"Whitworth Street Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road (A6) and Oxford Street (A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West which then goes as far as Deansgate (A56). It was opened in 1899 and is lined with many large and grand warehouses. It is named after the engineer Joseph Whitworth whose works once stood along the route. Whitworth Street West runs alongside the viaduct connecting Oxford Road and Deansgate railway stations: beyond Albion Street the Rochdale Canal is on the northern side. On the Albion Street corner is the building once"
"publications including ""Punch"" and ""The Spectator"". He also draws for ""Times Higher Education"" (THE), ""Estates Gazette"", ""The Wisden Cricketer"", the ""Wisden Almanack"" and ""The Big Issue"". The Cartoon Art Trust voted him Pocket Cartoonist of the Year 1997 and Gag Cartoonist of the Year 1998 and 2005. He won the Sports Journalists' Association’s award for Sports Cartoonist of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008. He has produced many cartoon anthologies and books, including three Wallace & Gromit adventures (with Tristan Davies. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton). Nick Newman Nick Newman (born 17 July 1958) is a satirical British cartoonist and"
"august of London streets, the most impersonal. Indeed, when the world seems tumbling to ruin, and civilisation rocks on its foundations, one has only to go to Wimpole Street..."". The street was also given as the address of Henry Higgins by Bernard Shaw in his play ""Pygmalion"" and in the musical adaptation ""My Fair Lady"", 27a is given as the address. 22a Wimpole Street is referenced in the Monty Python sketch 'Secret Service Dentists'. Wimpole Street Wimpole Street is a street in Marylebone, central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it is associated with private medical practice and medical"
"features in the famous legal case about causing a ""nuisance"" between neighbours - ""Sturges v. Bridgman"" (1879). Wigmore Street Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east. The well-known Wigmore Hall concert hall is located on the north side of Wigmore Street, just to the east of the junction with Welbeck Street. For about a hundred years beginning in the late 19th century, Wigmore Street"
"the area's amenities as do a large number of cycle paths and walkways derived from the city's disused northern suburban railway lines. East Trinity Road is typical in having property types ranging from original mansions, Victorian terraces and tenements, cottages to modern developments. Craighall Crescent has a Victorian crescent on one side of the street with much later houses on the other side. The remnant northeast wing of the 15th century Wardie Castle (later Wardie House) survives on Wardie House Lane. This was rebuilt in 1780 by Sir Alexander Boswall who gives his name to Boswall Road. Numbers 17 to"
"and Wimpole Street, famous for their private medical practices, are nearby and have junctions with Wigmore Street. The veteran pharmacy John Bell & Croyden has been located in premises on the street since 1912. Number 95 Wigmore Street was the location of the original offices of the Beatles' Apple Corps in 1968 prior to their move to Savile Row. The nearest tube stations are on Oxford Street, which runs south of and parallel to Wigmore Street: Marble Arch, located to the south-west; Bond Street to the south, and Oxford Circus to the south-east. The corner of Wimpole and Wigmore Streets"