Coal miner, 93, becomes Wigan pub's longest serving customer after visiting four times a week for the last 75 years

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For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here Like Clockwork, Gordon Williams can be found in the Cart and Horses pub in Astley four times a week.

The 93-year-old great grandad has been named the pub’s longest-serving customer after being a frequent visitor to the venue for the last 75 years.

Gordon, a former miner, will visit the Wigan pub four afternoons a week and sticks to his classic order of two pints of Joseph Holt Black. Read more: Manchester Arena attack survivor is skydiving in honour of young girl who lost her life “I don’t understand why more people of my age don't go to the pub,” Gordon says. ‘It's so sociable, you never need to be lonely.