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Freegle was formed on 11 September 2009 after many Freecycle groups in the UK decided to break away from the US parent organisation following disagreements on how groups in the UK should operate and the dismissal of long-term UK moderators, who had been speaking out. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Freecycle Network (TFN) is a private, nonprofit organization [5] registered in Arizona, US and is a charity in the United Kingdom. [6] TFN coordinates a worldwide network of "gifting" groups to divert reusable goods from landfills .
The exhibits range from test tubes to a 20-ton cast iron caustic soda finishing vessel, laboratory equipment, and chemical samples. The industrial focus of the collection is the salt-based chemical industries of Merseyside, South Lancashire, North Cheshire and Mid Cheshire, other chemical industries in these areas are also covered. Catalyst has ...
Widnes (/ ˈ w ɪ d n ə s / WID-nəss) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. [ 1 ] Historically in Lancashire , it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap .
The forum also relocated, in around 2004, to the new Forum Building at Widnes Waterfront, which had been established as the Borough's economic development zone. [11] [12] The town hall was then left empty and deteriorating, [13] until a developer, Stephen Lawler, acquired the building, and carried out some limited restoration works. [14]
Five Zeppelins dropped bombs in Widnes, Ince and Wigan. [3] There is a statue of Sgt. Thomas Mottershead V.C., DCM (1892–1917) who was born in Widnes and was awarded a Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal in World War I.
Three men born in or near the village of Farnworth achieved prominent positions in the English church. They were William Smyth (c.1460–1514) who became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, then Bishop of Lincoln and who built the grammar school in the village, Richard Barnes (1532–1587) who became Bishop of Carlisle, then Bishop of Durham and Richard Bancroft (1544–1610) who became Bishop ...
Ditton is a residential area of the town of Widnes, in the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.It borders Halebank to the south and west, Hough Green to the north and north west and an area just outside Widnes town centre (the Ball o'Ditton) to the east.