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Communities
As Warrington has developed, different communities have lived and worked together. People living in these communities have supported each other and forged strong bonds with their own distinctive areas of the town. Buildings such as churches, schools, pubs and social clubs have formed a focus for these communities.
| Whatever your religion, the church fulfilled a key social and supporting function in many people's lives. Activities centred around the church and the community clearly enjoyed and felt a sense of local pride in organising such events. | |
| In the villages scattered around Warrington people relied on the skills and resources of those living in the community. Like other villages, Stockton Heath had its own blacksmith, essential at a time when horse power was required for local transport and farm labour. Daily milk deliveries from local farms were essential at a time when there was no refridgeration. The village Post Office or village shop was a place to catch up on news from outside the community. |  |
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| Burtonwood Airbase became a temporary home to a large community of American GIs in the 1940s and 50s. The base developed into a self-sufficient community with its own shops and cinema. The men also became popular with local communities and many Warrington girls married GIs. | |
| Communities in Warrington are changing as new people are attracted to live and work in the town with the employment opportunities the area has to offer. Our location is still at a crossroads, our communications are growing ever more sophisticated. As people move in and out of the town our communities gain a broader outlook. The global community is becoming just as relevant to our lives. |  |
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Joe on growing up in a town centre community in Warrington in the 1920s. "The street was our home, our playground, our life. It was cobbled with a tiled pavement of a diamond design, which we used for all kinds of games. In summer the women stood at the front doors and conversations were carried on, passing along the street from door to door and across the road like waves, while the pavements were crowded with us kids playing our street games." |
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