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welcome to mywarrington
The Orford Park Project
Read about policemen Jock Hay and Bobby Dooley in Memory Lane.
An account of the Warrington and Stockport Railway by a local resident. Click here. Read about The Bridgewater Players drama group in Community.
IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME, CLICK THE BLUE EMAIL BANNER AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
South Warrington News is a free newspaper which is distributed throughout Stockton Heath, Appleton, Grappenhall, Thelwall, Stretton, Hatton, Walton, Lymm, Latchford, Moore, Daresbury, Weaverham and Northwich FREE every month with an online version. South Warrington News started life in 1993 as ‘SHOPFRONT’, a quarterfold publication which quickly established itself as the main press presence in South Warrington. Based in Stockton Heath, its main aim was to give South Warrington its own voice and identity with the mission statement ‘Use your local shops, businesses and amenities, or lose them’. SHOPFRONT, fuelled by the loyalty of the area it served, went from strength to strength. mywarrington is proud to promote the newspaper on this website. See their website at www.southwarringtonnews.com where you can download it for offline reading.Also check the two other newspaper organisations in the town: Warrington Worldwide and the Warrington Guardian.
And not forgetting Wire FM for music, news and sport, first broadcast on 1 September, 1998.
I rode it in its first week. My special thanks go to the ride's owners, Jan de Koning Fun Fairs for their assistance. READER REQUESTSOccasionally readers ask me for information on events, happenings, things they remember, etc in the town. I don't always know the answers, so visit the Community page to see if you can help with some of those questions.
The first 4 images below are artist impressions showing how the development might look. They are used with permission from Modus Iliad.
I am grateful for the help and assistance from Modus Iliad and express my appreciation for permission to reproduce their artist's impressions and descriptions, which have been incorporated into my own text. By May 2010, work had still not started on the development. Details of the Time Square development can be seen on the Warrington Market page. The FutureWarrington Borough Council are still looking at ways of enhancing the Time Square and market areas, along with the areas around the river Mersey at Bridge Foot. Warrington Partnership was formed in 2001 and "is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for Warrington. It is a collection of key public, private and third sector organisations from across Warrington that develop plans and work together to help improve and shape Warrington's future". It has produced a document entitled 'One Warrington: One Future'. The document sets out their vision for the future of Warrington from 2009 to 2030. Read more at www.warringtonpartnership.org.uk
The Parr Hall, seen right in this photo from 4 November, 2005, opened in 1895 and still attracts major artists to the town. But some residents felt it was due for an upgrade. This is now happening with a £1.2 million investment, which began in March 2010.
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Did you know: the Captain of the Titanic, Edward John
Smith, married his sweetheart Sarah
Eleanor Pennington at St Oswald's Church Winwick in 1887? Read his profile in Warrington
People.
Burtonwood Air Base |
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for the story The photo above is a Douglas |
The
Transporter Bridge over It has
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WARRINGTON PEOPLE and WARRINGTON WOLVES Warrington
People profiles famous people with a Warrington connection. Warrington
Wolves gives an insight into the history of our Super |
Have a look at Warrington in the smoky 70s! My Warrington page
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On The Buses - my history of buses in Warrington |
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Looking at the railways Click the image |
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Also in Peter's Gallery: Incidentally, a
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BAWMING OF THE THORNRead about this event, unique to
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of the information in the Tours was reproduced from a series of books
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Take a stroll through Sankey Valley Park from Callands to Fiddlers Ferry. Click the image above |
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Occasionally, I will feature items with a Warrington connection from other areas. At Bridge Foot you might notice a large telephone box. It is a K4 "Vermillion Giant". You can read more about it on the Tour 2 page. On my travels in January 2006, I located another one (it is believed there are only 4 remaining examples in the country). You can see it outside The Cholmondeley Arms pub on Church Street in Frodsham. |
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The pub itself is very interesting. It received its present name around 1900. Previously it had been a beer house with a wine licence, known as the Albert Inn, and received a full licence in 1960. Previous owners include a Mrs Farrell (1872), the Atlas Brewery (1890) and Burtonwood Brewery from 1923. It is believed the pub opened in 1841. If you are passing through Frodsham, don't forget to call in. You will be made very welcome by the licensee! |
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Check out some history of Fiddler's Ferry on My Warrington page
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Warrington's association with the wire-weaving industry came to an end in 2005 when Carrington Wire closed its Battersby Lane works. Take a last look at the factory through photos of the site and eventual demolition on the My Warrington page. |
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The squirrel, left, was pointed out to me in Walton Gardens by a small child. I was taking some pictures in the grounds and he shouted across to me. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime shots. He hasn't got a name yet. Any ideas? |
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The caricature, right, is meant to look like me - the one standing up, not the panda! |
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So why this website? Well, I, Gordon Gandy, have lived in Warrington all my life, and taken literally thousands of images of the town and thought it high time I did something useful with them! So I have decided to share some of them with you on the web. Your comments are very welcome. It's not just about the town centre though. I will feature many aspects of the town's history in words and pictures, plus some of my personal memories of life in the town. If you would like to send in your own memories, please use the feedback link and indicate if you wish to share it with others. I will only add your name if you want me to. |
Welcome to mywarrington
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My thanks to all readers who have helped to make the site such a great success since I launched it in May 2005. Many contributors are ex-pats from all over the world - Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Europe, Africa and Hong Kong, making the site truly a worldwide event! And it has all been achieved by word of mouth and by handing out cards like the one. Click on it and print it out to pass on to your friends - tell them what they've been missing! |
How many of us remember these town centre shops from many
years ago?
BARLOWS...animal & pet feeds
HODGKINSONS TIMOTHY WHITES LIPTONS ...did
you do your weekly shop here?
Do you have any memories of life in Warrington? Would you like to share them on mywarrington? I am always on the lookout for any stories from residents of the town or from those who have moved away. You might remember the war period, or the Teddy Boy 50s. Flower Power 60s or Glam Rock 70s? 3-day weeks? Power cuts, strikes? The Yuppie 80s? What about the cinema - or is that the flicks? Sport? Down the pub? Factory life? Summer days? Winter nights? Tin baths? Sleeping top and tail? Coal in the bunker? Oil cloth for carpets? Parking lights on your car? Did you work at Burtonwood base? What about your first telly? Or the wireless? Or the Gramophone? Were any of your relatives around at the turn of the 20th Century? Was it better or are we better off today? Do you have photographs to illustrate your story? You can attach them to email address (click here). Please make sure you are the copyright owner or have the owner's permission. I cannot reproduce work without it, or from books or newspapers (unless it's yours, of course). If you do make contact, it would be nice to know where in the world you are emailing from, especially if you are an ex-pat.
This site is best viewed
with a screen resolution of 1024x768.
Apologies to non-broadband visitors if images take a little while to load.
Please be patient.
(I've been there - for the first two years of this site being online I struggled
with dial-up to upload the pages!)
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Disclaimer: This website, www.mywarrington.me.uk, is a personal collection of images and stories about my home town of Warrington (Lancashire), Cheshire, England, past and present. It also features written and photographic contributions from readers and official sources, used with permission and credited as appropriate. I am not employed by, nor is this website connected to, nor endorsed by, any charitable or non-profit group, Warrington Borough Council, Warrington Borough Transport (Network Warrington), Golden Square, Bovis Lend Lease, Warrington Wolves, or any other companies or agents mentioned whether public or private, commercial or non-commercial, including any other website or online service. I do not provide a research or search facility on residents of the town for family trees or similar, whether past or present. It is not a social networking site and does not link to such sites. All content is edited and controlled by myself. Unless otherwise stated, all text and images are Copyright © GI Gandy and may not be reproduced without permission. The views and comments expressed are my own, unless otherwise stated. mywarrington is not responsible for external websites. Any errors will be corrected as soon as possible. The site is non-commercial. Gordon I Gandy, Thursday 12 May 2005, as updated Tuesday 11 August 2009. |
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