observer Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 The UK probably has more history than most, problem is, we have no idea or interest in exploiting it - far from it, anything of heritage value is allowed to decay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 The UK probably has more history than most, problem is, we have no idea or interest in exploiting it - far from it, anything of heritage value is allowed to decay. Maybe we here in Warrington can reverse the trend, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and the Lakes seem to do well, everytime I go to the Lake District it is full of Europeans and the Japanese. Warrington is still famous for the Vladivar Vodka, and when was that last produced or the advert seen on the tellly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I first covered Walking Day more than 40 years ago and had to write a piece for an evening paper. I recall that I wrote that after the walk was over, the little children in their white dresses could be seen waiting outside the pubs while their parents celebrated their own "act of Christian Witness" inside, propped up against the bar. So things were no better in the "old days"! The law has changed, of course, so no doubt the children are now INSIDE the pubs with their parents. If it was to be moved from a Friday it could only be to a Sunday as having it on a Saturday would cause even more disruption than the present arrangement. As tradition is still important, probably the best thing is to leave it as it is. Can't see it becoming a tourist attraction as it is of purely local significance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Warrington is still famous for the Vladivar Vodka, Who with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 wolfie, it's just one of those sayings when you meet someone on holiday or from another part of the UK, they either say Vladiar Vodka or mention Warrington Rugby League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 You must holiday in some strange places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivar_Vodka I'm afraid it is a piece of Warrington's cultural history. A giant mural, an award-winning advert, and let's face it, "Where is Warrington?" is still a frequent question (if not Vere is Varrington?) And if this (the PG version) is anything to go by, the old ad agency could teach this lot a thing or two: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Warrington the home of Vladivar 60 foot high and painted by the cartoonist Bill Tidy in c1977 I believe. Can't say I remember it though but I was only just into teenage years then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 so where was this big mural then? I remember it vaguely but can't place where it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 OOh sorry I forgot to put that.... Market Gate apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Wikipedia has got it wrong! The major cinema advertising campaign for Vladivar Vodka from Warrington was running in 1973. I remember clearly the first time I saw it, we thought it was great! Does anyone else remember the 'Russians' complete with big furry hats walking through Warrington asking people 'vere iz ze vodka factory'? It was a really funny and really successful advertising campaign and it did put Warrington on the map! Previous to the Vladivar from Warrington ads whenever anyone asked us where we were from and we said Warrington they wouldn't have any idea and we always had to say 'between Manchester and Liverpool' or such, after the Vladivar ads Warrington was instantly recognised. It was far better publicity than 'The Worst Town in Britain' tab which we have now..........but then Warrington was a different place in those days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 is that really Market Gate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Dismayed, fantastic picture, I certainly remember that image, I also remember a well known Warrington Band having a album cover there to, I just can't recall their name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Just remembered, I think it was t he band Poacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 is that really Market Gate? Dunno I don't recognise it but I checked in my local history books and it says it was at Market Gate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Yes, that is Market Gate, prior to that mural, it used to say Ovaltine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 What building was pained on ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 I too would be interested in the name or use of the building. Here is another link to a bygone age of Warrington. http://www.francisfrith.com/warrington,cheshire/photos/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 It's the corner where now stands the new entrance to Golden Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Thanks Vic. I do not know the name of that clothes shop beneath the mural, wasn't they a cut through there to the Fish Market and just before the entrance to the fish market there used to be a coffee shop onced owned by Alvin Stardust AKA Bernard Jewry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Ooops sorry Sue and I feel slightly to blame here for posting the photo... but we seem to have gone completely off the original topic. Did I hijack it. So........ should Warrington Walking day be on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.. did we ever come to a conclusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Dismayed, no problem, this is what you call an organic topic, it's all of interest to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Phew although I do hope you don't mean organic like compost and the like I'll go back to the 'history' section now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 What building was pained on ? It was Millings grocers, which I think disapeared in the 60's, and the cleaners were Metro previous to Craft cleaners. I'm not sure if there actually was an entrance through to the market square there, if there was it was probably a narrow alley. The wider entrance appeared late 60's early 70's sometime and that was when the coffee shop was built on the inside corner, the 'in' place at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Sha, to know these facts, you must be at least 150 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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