Editing NORWEB (section)

==Cultural references==
English [[Rugby league]] team [[Wigan Warriors]] had Norweb as their primary shirt sponsor between 1988 and 1999 (as TXU Energi between 1998 and 1999). This period saw Wigan win many trophies: two Charity Shields in 1991 and 1995, seven of their eight record consecutive [[Challenge Cup]] Final wins 1989 to 1995, two World Club Challenge wins in 1991 and 1994, five Premiership Final wins between 1992 and 1997 in six consecutive appearances, two Lancashire Cup wins in 1988 and 1992, five [[Regal Trophy|John Player Special and Regal Trophy]] wins between 1989 and 1996 in six final appearances, seven successive league titles between 1990 and 1996 and a Super League title in 1998. Wigan's most successful season of that period was in 1994-95 when Wigan won the Grand Slam of all four trophies/cups. Norweb also sponsored a [[AnsaldoBreda T-68|tram]] named "The Power" on the [[Manchester Metrolink]] network. Norweb's "The Power" advertising hoardings also featured prominently inside [[Manchester United]]'s [[Old Trafford]] ground in the early 1990s.

Norweb was also referenced in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', which was originally produced in Manchester. Holly, the on board computer of the mining ship Red Dwarf, played a practical joke on [[Dave Lister]]. According to Holly, the Norweb Federation were looking for Lister for his crimes against humanity; leaving two half eaten [[sausages]] on his table before leaving, which over three million years had gone mouldy and now covered seven-eighths of the Earth's surface. Lister also owns 98% of all the planet Earth’s wealth due to £17.50 left in his bank account that was subject to compound interest and hoarded so nobody else had any money except Norweb, as Lister had left a light on in the bathroom. This all results in a final £180 billion demand from Lister before Holly reveals his gag.

Norweb is referenced in the [[Frank Sidebottom]] (aka [[Chris Sievey]]) song "Electricity" which is on his LP "5:9:88". In the song Frank (supposedly) loses his electricity bill down a drain and he sings "I remember thinking I should inform Norweb now..." He heads off the Norweb office to address the matter but window shops and arrives too late. When Frank returns home his electricity is cut off and his mum sends him to his room. The song is rather detailed and specifically mentions the location of a Norweb office in George Street, [[Altrincham]] in the Borough of [[Trafford]]. Apparently Sievey had experience with his electricity being cut off and this song, perhaps, conveys a real life situation.