Civic Sunday celebrates Golden Anniversary of Hilden town twinning
A 50-year friendship was celebrated at this year’s annual Civic Sunday Service with the Mayor delighted to welcome the Burgermeister of Hilden to Warrington.
Browsing: Local History
Lady guests help create history at Gentlemens’ Book Society
A little bit of history was created when Warrington Gentlemens’ Book Society held their 176th annual dinner at Statham Lodge Hotel, Lymm – with two lady guests attending for the first time ever.
Janice celebrates 40 years of charting the town’s history
ONE of Warrington’s best-known ambassadors is celebrating 40 years of working at the town’s museum.
Take a trip down memory lane at Padgate campus
FORMER students, staff and friends of the Warrington Campus of the University of Chester (Padgate campus) are being invited to dig out their old photos and share their memories at an event to help piece together the Campus’s historical jigsaw.
Thames Board Mills bomb victims to be remembered
SIXTEEN innocent victims of Warrington’s worst war-time atrocity will be remembered at a special service being organised on Monday (Sept 14) to mark the 75th anniversary of the Thames Board Mills bombing.
Su seeks support for heritage centre campaign
WHEN Su and Alan Williams took a short holiday to Scotland and the North of England this Summer they noticed that almost every community they visited had either a small museum or heritage centre where visitors could learn about the area as well as picking up general tourist information.
Wilderspool’s final curtain call!
WARRINGTON’S famous Wilderspool Stadium took it’s final curtain call as a sell out crowd saw Warrington’s Under 16s stars of the future defeat Cumbria Academy Under 16s 46-16 as local photographer Eddie Whitham captured the occasion.
Death of charity champion Wally Barnes
WELL-known ghost story writer and charity champion Wally Barnes, who died aged 88, will be fondly remembered at his funeral on Friday at Warrington Crematorium.
Eddie puts Bluebird in picture!
MORE than 30 photographs taken by Warrington photographer Eddie Whitham are being used in a new book telling the story of the fateful last Water Speed Record attempt made by Donald Campbell in 1967.
Mystery solved
I enjoy the satellite and aerial maps on the internet and was trying to find My old station Burtonwood RAF base.