Teddy Bright “Wizard of the Wheels” Teddy Bright during his time at Warrington It was the end of an era when the Skate Academy was finally closed and demolished in...
Stories from the Costume Collection Whilst completing the important task of repackaging the museum’s costume collection for our ‘Cabinets of Curious Costume’ Project, we have also taken the opportunity, where...
Learning about Climate Change from Local History Over the past couple of years, a number of staff from Culture Warrington have completed the Carbon Literacy Training delivered by Museums Development Northwest. As...
The nation waits in anticipation for the crowning of their... For those of us living during what some might describe as quite turbulent times, it is more important than ever to come together as a...
Louis Henshall – A Trail of Fraud and Theft Archives Volunteer Carol Mayo shares another curious story uncovered during her work in the Archives: Louis Henshall’s story can be summarized in four words, rise...
THE CURIOUS CASE OF HAROLD DUTTON PART 3 The first blog covered Harold's prosecution and punishment for breaking the 1911 Official Secrets Act and part two focused on his return to military service...
The Curious Case of Harold Dutton Part 2 Today we have the second of Archives Volunteer Carol Mayo's blogs about the life of Harold Dutton, a man convicted of breaking the Official Secrets...
The Curious Case of Harold Dutton In this blog article Archives Volunteer Carol Mayo shares a fascinating story she has unearthed in the collections. The curious case of Harold Dutton is...
Benton Madeley Some of you may remember the series of exhibitions held at the museum between 2014 and 2018 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of World War...
Anniversary of The Great Escape “Hours ago... Minutes ago.... These men were behind barbed wire” The title of this blog is taken from the film “The Great Escape”, but did...
