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...Runcorn, the site of the new town to the south, is wealthier than Skelm. It has a fairly prosperous business district, a luxurious park surrounding the town hall, and the huge factories of the Imperial Chemical Industries...

Author: By Robert C. Pozen, | Title: Runcorn and Skelmersdale: Cities Designed for 1994 | 10/24/1967 | See Source »

...contrast to Skelm's flat terrain, Runcorn's landscape is hilly and varied. The Manchester ship canal runs deep nearby with ocean liners and oil tankers: the Bridgewater Canal rolls slowly through the city with motorboats and home-made craft. Runcorn's famous landmark is the castle of King Alfred's daughter, Elfleda, that now looks out upon the rich Cheshire farms to the south and the Liverpool-Runcorn Bridge to the north...

Author: By Robert C. Pozen, | Title: Runcorn and Skelmersdale: Cities Designed for 1994 | 10/24/1967 | See Source »

Within the last few years, an architectural revolution has been transforming Skelm and Runcorn. In Skelm, Sir Hugh Wilson designed a compact, low-rise city resembling a collection of garden apartments. The city will culminate in a two-tier center, according to Wilson's plan. A resident can walk almost any place in town in ten minutes. But a two center specialist took this general conception and went wild. He thought up a town center--with shops, community halls, and recreational facilities--that has a roof hung on girders, like a suspension bridge. Since the walls do not hold...

Author: By Robert C. Pozen, | Title: Runcorn and Skelmersdale: Cities Designed for 1994 | 10/24/1967 | See Source »

Tickets, Please. In Runcorn, England, James J. McCandless of Glasgow was fined ?2 for trying to bilk the railroad, after he admitted that he had climbed through a train window and hung outside the car to avoid the conductor when he came through to punch tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 21, 1950 | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

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