Warrington is
one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby
Football Union in 1895 and the only one that has played every
season in the top flight. They are nicknamed "The Wire" in
reference to the past strength of the wire-pulling industry in the
town.
Brian Eyrl Bevan (that's his statue) was a legendary rugby league
winger who scored a world record 796 tries for Warrington RLFC. He
is the only player ever to have been inducted into both the
Australian and British rugby league Halls of Fame.
John Rylands began his
wire-making business at the beginning of the 19th century in Bridge
Street. He joined with Nathaniel Greening and they moved to Church
Street (Sainsbury's supermarket occupies the spot now). Rylands and
Greening eventually went their separate ways, with Greening setting
up in Bewsey Road and Rylands continued to expand with two more
sites at Battersby Lane and Whitecross.
Carrington Wire took over the Rylands factory (pictured above) on
Battersby Lane at the end of the 20th century.
After more than 200 years, 2005 saw the wire-weaving industry in
Warrington come to an end, when Carrington Wire on Battersby Lane
finally closed its doors and was demolished to make way for
Carrington Park housing estate.
The listed
coordinates are for stage 1. Stage 2 is a nano located at N53
23.ABC W002 35.DEF and contains the coordinates for the final
stage.
A = Amount of numbers on his lips.
B = How many "Wolfie"s on 17th row down.
C = Amount of Wires (plural and singular) on 13th yellow row
up.
D = Amount of letters within the large letter I.
E = Amount of capital letters within the R and within the V added
together.
F = Amount of letters in 8th down, 4th from the left.
