Warrington is an old, established town with a rapidly changing townscape
during a transformation from a traditional industrial Lancashire centre
to a twenty-first-century Cheshire New Town. In Warrington Reflections,
local author and historian Janice Hayes reveals these fascinating
changes captured by the cameras of local amateur and professional
photographers over the last 170 years. Snapshots and official images
document changing daily life around the many districts that make up
present-day Warrington, while the town centre seems changed almost
beyond recognition. Remarkable images from the dawn of photography in
the 1850s captured the last days of the medieval marketplace, while
contemporary photographers have recorded the rapidly changing
streetscape around Bridge Street and the newly developed Time Square.
Over the last fifty years Warrington has been a town in constant
evolution. Long-established Warringtonians struggle to remember the once
familiar landmarks of shops and workplaces while newer residents have
yet to discover the town's rich history. Warrington Reflections provides
a superb opportunity to travel through time in 180 unique images, which
reveal clues to the town's past by merging archive and contemporary
pictures. This fascinating visual chronicle will evoke memories for
residents and all those with links to the town.
