LOCAL trainspotters were given a rare treat when the Venice Orient Express travelled through Warrington, running from London Victoria to Runcorn in conjunction with the Grand National.
SINCE reopening to visitors in February, the RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre has welcomed a host of new and old faces alike through its doors.
PROLIFIC chronicler of Warrington’s rich history Janice Hayes has done it again – produced another book celebrating the town.
A special ceremony took place in Warrington yesterday, (Sunday) to commemorate the 122nd anniversary of the Battle of Pieter’s Hill during the Boer War.
A chance to see “Historic Lymm in Colour” is coming to the big screen – over twenty years since local history enthusiast Alan Williams produced the first Lymm Film.
AS Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II today celebrates 70 years on the throne, the longest reign of any living monarch, Warrington Worldwide looks back on her first visit to Warrington in 1968, one of just four visits to the town.
THE family of a Warrington soldier killed attempting to liberate a Dutch village, has now been traced thanks to the granddaughter of a former comrade.
THROUGHOUT December and into January, the RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre has been, and still is, a hive of activity, with the team hard at work constructing a new display building.
A face has been put to the war grave of a Warrington soldier killed attempting to liberate a Dutch village, while the hunt continues for members of his family, thanks to the granddaughter of a former comrade.
A DUTCHMAN who helps care for war graves in a village in the Netherlands is bidding to trace the family of Warrington soldier Rifleman Walter Senior, who was killed in action during the Second World War.
