Crosfields in the late 1960s. Picture: Malcolm Groake EARLIER this year, we brought you some memories of growing up in Bank Quay. Peter Cotterill shared his experiences of life against the backdrop of one of the industrial hearts of Warrington. This week, Ken Bracegirdle has been in touch. He lives on the Liverpool Road end of Wellfield Street from 1942 to 1967 and has fond memories. He said: From my bedroom window I could clearly see the Sunlight sign on the factory building at Crosfields. A very short walk from home was the Coach & Horses pub & across the railway line to the Monks Hall foundry and steelworks.
IT was 65 years ago that a 17-year-old schoolboy made his debut at senior level before going on to become Warrington’s most famous footballer, writes Garry Clarke. Destined to be a World Cup winner with England, Roger Hunt donned the colours of Stockton Heath FC (now Warrington Town) for the first time during their Mid Cheshire League encounter with Linotype on November 17, 1955. It was not the most auspices of starts to a career which would bring many honours, including the ultimate prize in 1966.
Roger Hunt, back in 2005 Fifth in the table, Stockton Heath crashed to a 4-1 home defeat against league leaders Linotype in what the Warrington Guardian described as “the worst display of the season” although the article did report “one of two debutants in the Heath team, left winger Hunt had a good game”.