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William Beamont laid the foundation stone for the new Museum and Library building on the corner of Museum Street and Bold Street in 1855. The Museum and Library was founded in temporary premises in 1848.

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Councillor Frederick Monks of Monks Hall Foundry donated the gates to the town. They were officially opened on Walking Day - 28th June - 1895. The gold leaf was applied in 1978 to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

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The former home of the industrialist, Thomas Patten, was bought by the Corporation of Warrington for £22,000 in 1872, with the help of George Crosfield, and became the New Town Hall.

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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 coincided with the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Borough of Warrington

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The councillors pose for a photograph recording the Diamond Jubilee celebrations on the steps of the New Town Hall

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1907: The Boer War Memorial is unveiled. Colonel O'Leary died leading the Warrington Volunteers against the Boers in South Africa. General Redvers Buller unveiled a memorial statue in Queen's Gardens to the memory of O'Leary and the other soldiers who died alongside him.

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In 1901 the people of Warrington turned out to greet the volunteers returning from the fight against the Boers in South Africa. People climbed lamp-posts and perched on rooftops to get a better view: you can practically hear the cheering.

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1909: Church Street is decorated with bunting for a royal visit. On the left is the Marquis of Granby pub with the National School showing beyond it.

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Crowds of children greet King George V and Queen Mary on their visit on 7th July 1913. Just right of centre the old Walker Fountain can be seen - it was scrapped for the war effort in 1942

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The Academy moving in 1981: on 22nd May the people Warrington watched in disbelief as the old Academy was winched to a new adjacent site out of the way of the Bridge Foot road widening scheme. Unfortunately the old building was demolished shortly after its move and a new replica was built in its place, now home to the Warrington Guardian.

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Diana unveiled Edwin Russell's granite statue of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Golden Square

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On 20th March 1993 an IRA terrorist bomb attack on Warrington town centre claimed the lives of two children, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry. The River of Life memorial on Bridge Street, by the artist Stephen Broadbent, commemorates this tragic loss of young lives.

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