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Mr Smith’s: Your Memories Wanted…
Mr Smith’s pictured in the 1980s. Image (C) Warrington Museum & Art Gallery Did you enjoy a film at the Ritz or ABC cinema, dance the night away at Mr Smith’s nightclub or were you a part of the...
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Commemorative display for the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler II The 18th June 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Waterloo. This was the final battle of the long running Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition:...
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is held annually on 23rd August. This is a significant date, as it commemorates an uprising of enslaved Africans on the...
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Commemorating the 210th anniversary of Trafalgar Day
Trafalgar Day is an annual event celebrating the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21...
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Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub Memories Project
Mrs Hilda Gleave and Mrs Ann Clarke at Fox Street Silver Jubilee Party, Sankey Bridges, 1977 Here in the archives at Warrington Museum, we are undertaking a new project. With construction of the Great...
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Young painter with new Warrington exhibition is shortlisted for major art prize
Mould II, Louise Giovanelli, 2017, oil on canvas A young painter who recently unveiled a solo exhibition at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery has been shortlisted for a major national art prize....
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NHS in Warrington – share your memories
Staff at Orthopaedic Department (Warrington Infirmary) On July 5th 2018 the National Health Service will be 70 years old. Initially instigated by the Beveridge Report in 1942 which argued for a...
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Artist interview: Bex Ilsley
Emotional Processing – Image: Bex Ilsley Lydia Prescott talks to artist Bex Ilsley, winner of last year’s Warrington Contemporary Open about her new exhibition. ‘Emotional Processing‘ is on show at...
View ArticleHeritage Open Days 2017
Here’s a list of what’s on in Warrington during this year’s Heritage Open Days Festival (7-10 September 2017) Please note, these events are not organised by Culture Warrington or Warrington Museum...
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Emotional Processing – exhibition review
Selfie sticks. Trampolines. Pastel colours. What does it all mean? Lydia Prescott reviews Bex Ilsley’s Emotional Processing exhibition. It’s an interesting experience, visiting a museum in a...
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