Anti-Slavery in Warrington The antislavery movement developed early in Warrington and despite the town's proximity to Manchester it forged its own connections with antislavery activists in America who...
Warrington and Peterloo On the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre Collections Officer Craig Sherwood looks at the links between Peterloo and the town of Warrington. On Monday...
Thomas Glazebrook Rylands and Astronomy Collections Officer Craig Sherwood delves into the story of a prominent Warrington industrialist who rarely took his eyes off the sky. Thomas Glazebrook Rylands was...
The Moon Landing – Warrington Reacts! Collections Officer Craig Sherwood looks into how Warrington reacted to people walking on the moon in July 1969... This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of...
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...
