Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:42 pm  

Talking of Marshall Gardens anyone remember the running battles with the Widnes fans in there.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:36 am  

karetaker wrote:

Talking of Marshall Gardens anyone remember the running battles with the Widnes fans in there.

Was that the "Battle of Bridge Street" or was that contested with Wigan?

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:28 pm  

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Wires71 wrote: I came across this and thought others of a certain age would like it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw3WwJLJnIo Thanks for putting this on. We enjoyed watching it.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:01 pm  

easyWire wrote:

It's a shame we weren't able to regenerate our town centre into something like they've achieved with Stockton Heath. Leeds has done a tremendous job with their city too. We certainly aren't going to get people to take pride in the town without first giving them a few things to be proud of.

I disagree with that to an extent. We've seen a big shift from our central shopping hub from Bridge Street to Golden Square. Both the Golden Square and the new Warrington Market square look fantastic. Bridge Street could still do with a bit of a facelift but I think the town centre on the whole is quite nice.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:04 am  

Jack Napier wrote:

I disagree with that to an extent. We've seen a big shift from our central shopping hub from Bridge Street to Golden Square. Both the Golden Square and the new Warrington Market square look fantastic. Bridge Street could still do with a bit of a facelift but I think the town centre on the whole is quite nice.

Fair comment. I’m basing my perceptions on walking through town from south to north to the stadium area, which doesn’t take in the small redevelopments.

Since I consider Bridge Street up through the ‘Skittles’ and down the other side as the main ‘throughfare’, I just think it looks derelict and scruffy. It’s a shame it couldn’t be turned into a row of cafes and restaurants with heated outdoor seating and interspersed with the few independent shop types which still attract footfall (the shop types that can’t switch to online only). I guess there isn’t the demand for that sort of stuff like there is in Stockton Heath or Lymm etc.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:38 pm  

What was the sports shop that sold American Football gear near hot waxx?

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:30 pm  

The fella who played Ivy Tyldesley's boyfriend in Corrie got done for that years ago.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:21 pm  

Mark wrote:

What was the sports shop that sold American Football gear near hot waxx?

Was it White's?

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Fri Dec 17, 2021 10:31 pm  

Mr Snoodle wrote:

Was it White's?

I thnk the sports shop was on Rylands Street next to Hott Waxx. I seem to recall they sold NRL shirts as I bought one there.

Re: O/T Warrington - the town - footage 70s : Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:29 am  

Superblue wrote:

Those featured bogs at Bridge Foot used to come in handy after a skin full; sadly got closed up well before they were demolished due to an ever increasing frequency of lewd acts and importuning type behaviour of the Local Muckers

When these were still standing, and after we'd had a snow fall, somebody walked footprints into the snow from Oliver Cromwell's statue (looked like he was pointing to them, which added to my amusement).