Heritage Centre seeks new trustee to help move forward ambitious plans
LYMM Heritage Centre is seeking a new trustee to join the team to help with ambitious plans for the future.
Browsing: Local History
Digging up the past – a celebration of archaeology
A FREE, fun-filled and family-friendly programme of activities is coming to Warrington as part of one of the biggest annual celebrations of archaeology.
History Society pay tribute to Lymm historian Joe Griffiths
LYMM History Society has paid tribute to local historian Joe Griffiths who has sadly died.
Repair work needed to the world’s earliest railway viaduct
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have been asked to consider proposals for repair work on the world’s earliest railway viaduct – the Grade 1 Listed Sankey Viaduct.
Almost a forgotten man – Oliver Cromwell
HE stands alone in the heart of Warrington as the town prepares to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Almost a forgotten man – Oliver Cromwell.
The day a local teenager legally drove a horse-drawn cart over Thelwall Viaduct!
BUILT and designed to take up to 79,000 vehicles per day when it officially opened 60 years ago, a horse-drawn cart driven by a local teenager was actually the first vehicle to travel over the completed Thelwall Viaduct.
Spotlight on RAF Burtonwood’s Satellite Bases kick start Spring lecutures
RAF Burtonwood historian Aldon Ferguson is set to start a series of Spring Lectures next Monday, April 10, the first focusing on the Satellite bases.
Roof of historic Warrington pub is “beyond repair”
AN examination of the roof of a historic Warrington pub has revealed that it is beyond repair.
Radio General celebrating 70 years of Rugby Commentaries (1953 – 2023)
RADIO General, based at Warrington Hospital, is celebrating 70 years of Rugby Commentaries (1953 – 2023) for inpatients.
New book throws light on Warrington’s historic past
A NEW book by Janice Hayes always throws a new light on Warrington’s past and her latest is no exception.