Locals celebrate as Inspector dismisses appeal to demolish historic Blackburne Arms
FRIENDS of The Blackburne Arms are celebrating a historic win in their “David and Goliath” planning battle to prevent the demolition of their beloved pub.
FRIENDS of The Blackburne Arms are celebrating a historic win in their “David and Goliath” planning battle to prevent the demolition of their beloved pub.
WARRINGTON’S New Cut Canal – which has been described as the M62 of the 19th century – is about to celebrate its 200th birthday.
PLANS have been submitted to restore Warrington’s oldest pub – the reputedly haunted Black Horse in Old Liverpool Road.
PLANNING chiefs have given the go-ahead for the conversion of one of Warrington’s historic town centre houses into eight apartments.
SHE is Warrington’s forgotten woman- despite having two streets named after her!.
VIDEO: LOCAL history enthusiast and animation expert Mark Collins has produced a superb ‘3D’ video that reveals what historic Orford Hall looked like in the early 1900s.
VIDEO: WARRINGTON’S oldest surviving cask ale brewing company Coach House Brewery has had to adapt to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic which has decimated the hospitality and leisure industry.
IN the mid-1700s it was an important seat of learning to rival Oxford and Cambridge and led to Warrington being dubbed “the Athens of the North.”
POLICE are today remembering Warrington police officer PC Ian Watt who was killed in action 75 years ago today while serving in the army in the Far East.
LYMM Photographic Society and Lymm Heritage Centre have teamed up to publish a “Double Take” on local history in the village.