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Mabel Capper

Today – February 6th 2018 – is the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which enabled some women over the age of...

Dr Mary Anderson Noble

As you probably know, 2018 marks 100 years since women over the age of thirty gained the right to vote. To commemorate this event the...

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...

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