Celebrating Warrington

Warrington is the largest town in Cheshire, with a proud heritage and distinctive identity. Celebrating Warrington highlights significant aspects of the town's history, including its important moments, worthy individuals, notable achievements, and newsworthy events. Local heritage curator and author Janice Hayes brings together a collection of images and stories from Warrington Museum and Archives, including firsts, sporting successes, seasonal, national, and local events, and celebrations. Readers can witness the excitement around new enterprises and heritage sites, launch locally built ships, and open the Thelwall Viaduct.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 15 April 2022
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Warrington, a town with a rich and diverse history, has undergone a remarkable transformation from its heyday in the nineteenth century as a major center of wire making, textiles, chemical production, and brewing to its Second World War role as the largest US Army Air Force base in Europe and subsequent reinvention as a new town in the late 1960s. Today, Warrington proudly stands as the largest town in Cheshire, boasting a proud heritage and a distinctive identity. Celebrating Warrington delves into some of the significant aspects of the town's history, encompassing its important moments, worthy individuals, notable achievements, and newsworthy events. Local heritage curator and author Janice Hayes has assembled a superb collection of images and stories from Warrington Museum and Archives, showcasing the town's unique charm and character.

Warrington is renowned for a multitude of firsts within its industries, entertainment, sporting successes, seasonal, national, and local events, and celebrations. From within its industries, Warrington has achieved remarkable feats, such as being the birthplace of the world's first steam-powered cotton spinning mill. In the entertainment sector, the town has hosted renowned musicians and performers, including the legendary Beatles. Sports enthusiasts can relish in the success of Warrington Wolves, a renowned rugby league team, and the town's annual Warrington Festival, a vibrant cultural event that attracts visitors from all over the world.

Warrington's seasonal events and celebrations are equally noteworthy, with the town hosting the famous Warrington Walking Day parades, a unique local celebration that has evolved over centuries. The parades feature colorful floats, music, and dancing, and are a testament to the town's vibrant community spirit. Additionally, readers can reminisce about traveling fairs and the arrival of circus and other traveling entertainers to Warrington, adding to the town's rich tapestry of history.

Warrington's sporting events are also a major attraction, with the town hosting numerous rugby league matches and other sporting events at Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium. The town's successful rugby league team has brought immense pride to the community, and the welcome home parades for the team's victories are a sight to behold. Furthermore, readers can witness the excitement around the unveiling of new enterprises and heritage sites, as well as the launch of locally built ships and the opening of the Thelwall Viaduct, a historic landmark that spans the River Mersey.

In addition to celebrating the town's past, Celebrating Warrington also pays tribute to the reflective acts of remembrance for national and local events, from major conflicts to local tragedies. The book opens the family album to reveal how Warrington has recorded key milestones in people's lives, such as royal events from coronations and jubilees to when Warrington turned out to welcome its royal visitors. Illustrated throughout, this book appeals to local residents, visitors, and all those with connections to the town, providing a captivating glimpse into Warrington's rich history and heritage.

Weight: 282g
Dimension: 165 x 234 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781445697963