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Old Liverpool Road, WARRINGTON, WA5 1AF

This is the Bowling Green pub, so called because before all the new roads that were built around Warrington town centre, it used to have a bowling green at the back of it. It made way for a wider A5061...

The detail at the top of Image The inscription reads: JOSEPH CROSSFIELD & SONS LIMITED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS FIRM WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS* *The “s” on the end has clearly been added later, to include the Second World War. The names of the dead are included on two panels under the inscription. Image] World War I Image] World War II

This memorial is on a small green, outside the former Joseph Crosfield & Sons works (now part of Unilever) The inscription (Image]) reads: JOSEPH CROSSFIELD & SONS LIMITED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS FIRM WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS* *The “s” on the end has clearly been added later, to include the Second World War. The names of the dead are included on two panels under the inscription. Image] World War I Image] World War II

Near the Bowling Green pub, and the Unilever works. It states it is "In memory of the men of this firm who died for their country in the Great Wars".

A close-up showing the variety of departments at the company. Note how many relate to functions subsidiary to the actual manufacture of soap, such as Wood Box, Shipping, Paper Stores. The mystery one is V.B. Update: I have since been informed that V.B. stands for Vegetable Butter, (now of course known as margarine). This was clearly abbreviated simply for reasons of space.

This plaque has been erected on a small green between Liverpool Road and Old Liverpool Road. This plaque shows the victims of the Great War of 1914-18; there is a separate plaque added for the 1938-45 war, but the original plaque has been amended by the addition, slightly out of line, of an 'S' to the word 'WAR'. A particular feature of the memorial is that each name has the department for which they worked shown. Also there is no distinction of rank made between the individuals. A close up view highlights the variety of departments operated Image

As with many former pubs, this is now a children's nursery.

This war memorial is on a small green, outside the former Joseph Crosfield & Sons works (now part of Unilever) alongside Sankey Way (A5061) at Bank Quay The inscription on (Image]) reads: JOSEPH CROSSFIELD & SONS LIMITED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS FIRM WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS* *The “s” on the end has clearly been added later, to include the Second World War. The names of the dead are included on two panels under the inscription. Image] World War I Image] World War II

Seen from near Lidl, this is part of the large chemical works owned by PQ Corporation that was formerly Unilever and was initially Joseph Crosfield. The works makes ingredients for detergents and toothpastes, particularly silicas. Amazingly, part of the site is traversed by the Mersey Way but photography is prohibited in the site. The site also contains a derelict transporter bridge dating to 1916 that is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II Listed. The more recent ownership history from a fellow contributor is: - The site had been part of Unilever but was sold to ICI in 1999, who then sold it to INEOS 2 years later as part of the slow break-up of ICI. INEOS was merged into PQ Corporation in 2008.

This pub now stands with its back to the main road which passes behind, but this was originally the main road to Liverpool.