The Sinking of the RMS Leinster, 10th October 1918 A few weeks before the 1918 November Armistice the local and national newspapers reported the sinking of the RMS Leinster. The City of Dublin Steam...
Diary of a working man, 1886 How do you go about identifying the author of an anonymous diary? A few tears ago a member of staff from Culture Warrington found an...
1918 Warrington’s Peace Celebrations Today we have another blog by volunteer Carol Mayo. Carol has been looking into the peace celebrations which took place across Warrington following the end...
General Election Day 14th December 1918 Today we have another of Carol’s blog articles about women’s history recorded in the archives to share with you. In this article Carol looks at...
Mrs Pankhurst’s Visit to Warrington – September 1905 With the advent of the Centenary of the 1918 Enfranchisement Act Emmeline Pankhurst’s name has been in many news reports. The Women’s Suffrage and Political...
Pablo Fanque in Warrington Pablo Fanque (alias William Darby), was born in Norwich in 1810 and died at Stockport in 1871. During his lifetime Fanque became one of Britain’s...
Peace at Last The final instalment of Warrington Museum & Art Gallery’s First World War commemorative exhibitions is now open. Peace at Last explores the return to peace,...
Warrington’s Oldest New Voter in 1918 Today we have another blog entry by Carol, describing somebody related to Women’s Suffrage in Warrington. This time Carol tells us about Hannah Eyres, Warrington’s...
Frances Grace Timewell Today we have another post by Carol, our volunteer looking into women’s suffrage in Warrington. I will pass you over to Carol to tell you...
The Royal Wedding 1863 In 1863 King Edward VII, at that time still Prince of Wales, was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Celebrations of the Royal Wedding took...
