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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in, You take your Brownie out, You put your Bennett in, And you make it to the 8, You do the Oki Chokie, And you get knocked out, Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t] [quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t] NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!! Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg



.......are Warrington called 'Wire'??

I'm serious.

'Wire'???


Does it stand for something?

Do they make Wire in Warrington?

Does it stand for 'Women In Rural Enterprises'?

Is your local slang for a Wolf actually 'Wire'?


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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 icon_razz.gif

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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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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in, You take your Brownie out, You put your Bennett in, And you make it to the 8, You do the Oki Chokie, And you get knocked out, Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t] [quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t] NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!! Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg



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
Thank you for your reply.

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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" icon_lol.gif icon_eek.gif icon_lol.gif

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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

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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

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Elevator World, May 2009.

209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:I5 ... clnk&gl=uk


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its funny they never called us glass then... (amongst other things).. icon_lol.gif

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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)..
No you've just got Leon who's the glasser instead.

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