Saturday morning scoot around #wiggisland with Laquayle Fennell and @hazlehurstart. Very taken with this cute squirrel as though it’s a rare sighting! Soaked to the skin for the last half hour after a lovely start #outdoors

View from roof of St Mary's Church across West Bank. The building centre bottom is the Britannia Inn, to the right is Cooper's pop works. The large building on the river bank is Fairclough's Flour Mill demolished early 1960s. Behind the chimney is the Sankey Canal & Widnes Dock

There's still a couple of Alkali News Editions missing - but for now, lets enjoy the detail on the front cover of this one! Anderton Boat Lift in the background - Winnington Works open day 1957

Late 70s Ladybird bathroom picture. Final checks:

Avocado suite? ✅
Brown bathroom carpet? ✅
Cheese plant? ✅
Nylon dressing gown?✅
Pageboy haircut? ✅

Good to go.

Still a bit of a fave - looking towards the Catalyst building (before we were there!). Showing the #SankeyCanal and #SpikeIsland before the trees took over! c1983-1985 #widnes

Whilst walking along the busy Chester Road like Alan Partridge I realised how many times I’d thought - what idiot walks along a busy main road. Anyway, I’ve survived. I can report that vegan kitkats exist & they’ve replaced the #cottagehospital with a McCarthy & Stone money pit.

Those were the days ... 1980s Ice creams and sunshine

Easter activities start tomorrow folks! 🐣Make an Easter themed key ring in our Fantastic Plastic workshops (11:30 & 2) or visit our Chocolate Show (12:30 & 3) where you may even get a tasting opportunity! 🍫 Book your tickets here wtm360.co.uk/sales/catalyst…

Look - I've committed to it now for 8 years in a row. If I didn't post it you'd think summat awful had happened to me! Good Friday Eve was as important as Xmas Eve in the 80s! Don't know Kev Singer but I'm sure he loves being tagged into my annual Facebook Post :) #pickmerelake

#ThrowbackThursday Were you there?! The Queen and Prince Philip unveil a plaque on Spike Island 2 Nov 1979. #spikeisland #widnes

Exactly how we should all be spending our time :)

Not a swear word in sight - but you can feel the venom. The joys!

FEMINIST TABLETOP FOOTBALL …epeoplesbankofgovanhill.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/fem…
My pal Mandy has been involved in this. Hopefully it will go on tour. Who wouldn't want to have a go at three-sided table football on a hexagonal pitch :)

A recent enquiry into the Mills family of Barnton produced a nice article about Laurie Mills in a 1966 Mond Mail - our magazine collection is the gift that keeps on giving :)

Hilarious… and true of course!

Took a couple of screenshots from the recent C5 prog which showed Anderton Lift. Noticed the remains of the little bridge is still visible to edge of the island. Also there still seems to be a lot of factory left unless it's old footage (Black and white photo 1948 & colour c1980.

Been holding out on meself :)

There's never a time when the arrival of a donation of new material doesn't send a cheer through the department! Lovely bits and bobs from ICI Mid Cheshire & Derbyshire. Pay close attention to the Lostock Works photo complete with names!! #icilostock #tunsteadquarry #iciarchives

For #InternationalWomansDay I could mention any of hundreds of amazing women #Engineers in my database but will restrict myself to one who was a personal role model even though I never met her: Victoria Drummond, ship's engineer.

Think about Kathleen Drew Baker when eating your sushi on this #InternationalWomensDay - known in some circles (Uto in Southern Japan) as 'The Mother of the Sea. Honoured on 14 Apr each year for her work on edible seaweed (nori). She's a bit of a fave in our museum #kathleendrew