Public Works and Utilities

The sixth Warrington-Runcorn album continues to explore New Towns and the demise of the post-war consensus. This time Gordon Chapman-Fox’s gaze falls on our public services that have been starved of cash or privatised since 1980. “It seems ridiculous in hindsight for a developed country to have packed up and sold off vital infrastructure such […]

Appendix I

Appendix I album cover

Appendix I brings together three Warrington-Runcorn EPs onto CD for the first time. Comprising Building A New Town, A Shared Sense Of Purpose and Overspill Estates, this CD brings together some of the more esoteric elements of the world of Musical New Town Planning. 2023’s Building A New Town EP moved the reference point of […]

A Warrington-Runcorn bibliography

I must confess that when I started this whole Warrington-Runcorn persona, my research went as far as Google search and Google Maps. However, I have sought to rectify this since and done a considerable amount of reading on the subject. I can’t confess to having read every page of every book here – even as […]