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| Yep Warrington made Wire...now being a young lad i don't remember the days when we were churning out wire but maybe a few of the "older" peeps on this fourm might be able to shed more light  |
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| Quote Warrington was a centre of steel (particularly wire), textiles, brewing, tanning and chemical industries.
Heavy industry declined in the 1970s and 1980s but the growth of the new town around Warrington led to a great increase in employment in light industry, distribution and technology.'"
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| Quote ="Wolfbite"Yep Warrington made Wire...now being a young lad i don't remember the days when we were churning out wire but maybe a few of the "older" peeps on this fourm might be able to shed more light
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Warrington was at one time the centre for the wire manufacturing industry, particularly steel wire, in the UK and for that matter the rest of the world too.
Many of the Standards were established in Warrington ie, Standard Wire Gauge or SWG.
Companies Like Rylands, White Cross, Lockers etc led the world.
Also many of the Strand formations were developed in Warrington (different ways of stranding wires together). Even today in rope making many of the strands came out of Warrington.
In fact there is a single strand formation still know as "Warrington Strand".
At rugby matches at Wilderspool large %s of the crowd were "wire pullers"
hence the name.
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| Quote ="Rosswire"
At rugby matches at Wilderspool large %s of the crowd were "wire pullers"
hence the name.'"
Where now a large % of the crowd at the HJ when we get beat are "Willie Pullers"   |
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i always thought it was down to me asking my dad "Why're warrington losing again dad?"
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Quote ="Rosswire"Warrington was at one time the centre for the wire manufacturing industry, particularly steel wire, in the UK and for that matter the rest of the world too.
Many of the Standards were established in Warrington ie, Standard Wire Gauge or SWG.
Companies Like Rylands, White Cross, Lockers etc led the world.
Also many of the Strand formations were developed in Warrington (different ways of stranding wires together). Even today in rope making many of the strands came out of Warrington.
In fact there is a single strand formation still know as "Warrington Strand".
At rugby matches at Wilderspool large %s of the crowd were "wire pullers"
hence the name.'"
Great stuff. You learn something everyday!
For those with a keen interest in wire ropes and stranding the Warrington strand features far thinner wires in the outer wire circle than a Seale strand. This makes for a marked reduction in flexural stress. During fatigue bending tests on round grooves, ropes made of Warrington strands with a 1-6-6+6 construction achieve around a 20-40% longer service life than comparable ropes made using Sealestrands. Ropes made from Warrington strands are used in traction elevators with double-wrap drives and in roped hydraulic elevators. Consequently, both Seale and Warrington are encountered as strand constructions for elevator ropes in countries such as Germany and the U.K
Elevator World, May 2009.
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Quote ="Rosswire"Warrington was at one time the centre for the wire manufacturing industry, particularly steel wire, in the UK and for that matter the rest of the world too.
Many of the Standards were established in Warrington ie, Standard Wire Gauge or SWG.
Companies Like Rylands, White Cross, Lockers etc led the world.
Also many of the Strand formations were developed in Warrington (different ways of stranding wires together). Even today in rope making many of the strands came out of Warrington.
In fact there is a single strand formation still know as "Warrington Strand".
At rugby matches at Wilderspool large %s of the crowd were "wire pullers"
hence the name.'"
Great stuff. You learn something everyday!
For those with a keen interest in wire ropes and stranding the Warrington strand features far thinner wires in the outer wire circle than a Seale strand. This makes for a marked reduction in flexural stress. During fatigue bending tests on round grooves, ropes made of Warrington strands with a 1-6-6+6 construction achieve around a 20-40% longer service life than comparable ropes made using Sealestrands. Ropes made from Warrington strands are used in traction elevators with double-wrap drives and in roped hydraulic elevators. Consequently, both Seale and Warrington are encountered as strand constructions for elevator ropes in countries such as Germany and the U.K
Elevator World, May 2009.
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WHY;
Is it called period furniture,have you ever seen it bleed??
WHY;
is it called evaporated milk,there is always something in the tin??
WHY,
Are they called runner beans,never seen any out jogging??
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| its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things).. |
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Wires71 is bored again. You really are getting me worried. Is retirement that bad? Please don't tell me it is, I finish in March next year.
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I was an apprentice with Rylands when it was owned by British Steel in the early 70's. They didn't just make wire but also wire products. It had the biggest nail factory in Europe. "Rynails" were known worldwide.
The only wire player I can remember working for Rylands was Mike Peers who worked in the stores in the "Sixpenny" building on Battersby Lane.
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bob eccles worked in the strand department on battersby lane in the late 80`s , the suspension cables for the humber bridge were also made at rylands
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| Quote ="viperjim"bob eccles worked in the strand department on battersby lane in the late 80`s , the suspension cables for the humber bridge were also made at rylands'"
I left Rylands in 1975 so I can't remeber Bob Eccles working at Rylands. But I can remember him from my days living in Culcheth & him drinking in Harrow Inn. |
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| Quote ="RIGSBY"its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things)..
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No you've just got Leon who's the glasser instead. |
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| Quote ="pocket*trout"I was an apprentice with Rylands when it was owned by British Steel in the early 70's. They didn't just make wire but also wire products. It had the biggest nail factory in Europe. "Rynails" were known worldwide.
The only wire player I can remember working for Rylands was Mike Peers who worked in the stores in the "Sixpenny" building on Battersby Lane.'"
very true! my mum used to work in the nail factory. apparently the pay was good aswell. |
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| Quote ="RIGSBY"its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things)..
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to quote the great john cooper clarke...."you put the shat in shatter" |
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Warrington was a centre of steel (particularly wire), textiles, brewing, tanning and chemical industries.
Heavy industry declined in the 1970s and 1980s but the growth of the new town around Warrington led to a great increase in employment in light industry, distribution and technology.
Still are the centre of the tanning industry by looking at some of the women walking around town
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| Quote ="RIGSBY"its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things)..
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were'nt saints at some point in the past known or refered to as "the glassmen"? |
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| Quote ="bombheadwire"very true! my mum used to work in the nail factory. apparently the pay was good aswell.'"
I hope she didn't spend it all getting "hammered".
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| Quote ="pocket*trout"I was an apprentice with Rylands when it was owned by British Steel in the early 70's. They didn't just make wire but also wire products. It had the biggest nail factory in Europe. "Rynails" were known worldwide.
The only wire player I can remember working for Rylands was Mike Peers who worked in the stores in the "Sixpenny" building on Battersby Lane.'"
Hence the name Sixpenny Fields for the houding development? |
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| Quote ="Teddington Wire"were'nt saints at some point in the past known or refered to as "the glassmen"?
i thought they were called "robertsons" ?
cos they have more jam than them.
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| Quote ="Harry Pinner"I hope she didn't spend it all getting "hammered".
Did you see what I did there?
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| Quote ="RIGSBY"its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things)..
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| Quote ="Batesy"Its just really really hard to find useful/interesting things in Warrington.'"
if we started a new team now would we be singing
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Rylands were also the largest producer of barbed wire for the MOD
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