The Beauty of Runcorn

10:49am Monday 7th July 2008

People outside of Runcorn may be forgiven for thinking that the Old Town is in terminal decline, because of a few badly boarded up shops and a much-needed lick of paint, but it is really that bad?

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Make My Dream Come True.

2:48pm Sunday 13th April 2008

The first time I watched Runcorn FC, I was seven year old boy. My Dad had just beaten the bookie' with a Six Penny accumulator' and won over £11 on the horses! He took us to Canal Street to watch Runcorn FC in the winter of 1964.

Cause A Stink?

1:40pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

When a friend and I were best friends at Runcorn Parish school we got into many scrapes.

A Walk Around My Old Town?

6:34pm Wednesday 12th March 2008

I Can't help feeling sad, seeing so many of our lovely old buildings disappear from the Old Town' landscape.

The One that got Away?

1:22pm Sunday 17th February 2008

The One That Got away? Many years ago my late father Thomas Darlington told me an interesting tale about the great George Best. I'm hoping my memory is right on this one. Maybe somebody out there can enlighten me if I get any facts wrong after forty years?! It was in the 1960's and Manchester United were playing at Old Trafford, George Best had never been booked at the time - which is a surprising fact if I'm right.

Revenge Is So Sweet

8:47pm Thursday 14th February 2008

In the old days the Bin men had a very hard time of it, with the metal dustbins full of ashes from the coal fires. One or two of them hated the job so much they took it out on the local people on the round.

What's In a Name?

12:49pm Tuesday 29th January 2008

Gone are the good old days when our babies were called after grandparents and names were passed down the family line.

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