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Burtonwood Peace Camp, 1982

Whilst the Peace Camp is a relatively modern peace of Warrington’s history, we have virtually no mention of it in the town’s museum or archive, and...

UFO’s Invade Sankey?

When searching through our images of Sankey and Penketh I came across the above photograph. My first thought was that I had found a scene...

Westbrook, the Silver Jubilee District?

“The Westbrook area plan” was published by the Warrington New Town Corporation in 1978, setting out just what they wanted the new district of Westbrook...

St. George’s Children’s Home

As part of our project to gather West Warrington memories, a member of the public has kindly sent us a scan of a commemorative programme ...

The Golden Harrow

I have chosen this image for today’s blog entry, partly because it is quite funny, but also because it shows some of the difficulties we...

Fiddler’s Ferry Locks

The image shown below was recently donated to the museum. It shows two boys sitting on the bridge at Fiddler's Ferry Locks, with the local...

Sweden in Warrington’s Archives

Some of you may remember my writing a series of blog entries about the Rylands Archives looked after by the Museum. The project to catalogue that particular...

The Second Epistle of Joe Muggins’ Dog

Philip Jeffs resumes his Glazebrook-Rylands blog with another fictional character used to insult politicians… You may remember that in my blog entry about the “Warrington Menagerie”, a political...

The Man of Philanthropy, Politics and Clogs, circa 1868

Philip Jeffs‘ latest blog examines political smearing in the 1860s… The last three election posters I have shown you have all been very wordy, so...

The Warrington Menagerie, circa 1840s

Heritage & Archives Officer Philip Jeffs investigates the story behind the “Warrington Menagerie”… The above picture shows a Victorian Menagerie. The travelling menageries were a sort of...

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