Monks Hall Works, Sankey Today’s blog post is a brief one, I wanted to share with you all a great picture of Monks Hall Iron and Steel works at...
Lord Roberts, Boer War Hero, at Burtonwood? Today’s blog entry is looking at a poster for Burtonwood Dahlia Queen in 1900. Some of you may remember that we looked at the Reverend...
Penketh British Legion Today’s picture shows Penketh and Great Sankey British Legion. In 1952 after considering building a branch in the area, but not finding a suitable location,...
The General Strike 1926 Today’s picture shows a souvenir programme produced by the Newton Division of the Labour Party, for their May Day Celebrations of 1926. You may be...
Penketh and Sankey Boys Club and Youth Centre, Honiton Way Today’s picture shows the official opening of Penketh Youth Centre on Honiton Way in 1966, or to give it its full title of the time...
Penketh Wesleyan Day School Today’s blog entry will be looking at Penketh Wesleyan Day School. The image above shows children and teachers at the school around 1900. There isn’t...
Warrington Borough’s Charter of Incorporation, 1847 To commemorate 170 years since Warrington gaining borough status, the town’s Borough Charter is now on display here at the Museum. This is a rare...
Burtonwood Dahlia Queen, A Degrading Spectacle! Today’s blog focuses around an article written by the Reverend Alfred Mansfield Mitchell of St. Michael’s Church Burtonwood. It was published in a local paper...
Scrap Heap Challenge Looking at today’s photograph you may think I’ve gone mad. It is, as it appears to be, a scrap heap. So, why am I posting...
Sankey Land Boat Race, August 1981 Today’s blog entry is short and sweet. Usually I would tell you a little bit about an image or document in our collections and then...
