DISCOVER CREWE
Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, England. It is the major town in the Borough and Parliamentary Constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, where it is the only unparished area of the borough. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683. It is twinned with Macon in France and Bischofsheim, near Mainz, Germany.
Crewe is perhaps best known for its association with the railway industry, being a major junction and once home to a bustling railway works. From 1946 to 2002 it was the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. From the end of 2002 Rolls-Royce production ceased at Crewe while the Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now produces Bentley motor cars exclusively.
 HISTORY OF CREWE
Crewe did not come to prominence until the late 1830s, when the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) company chose it as the site for its locomotive works (known in the surrounding area simply as Crewe Works) and Crewe railway station. The town of Winsford, situated seven miles north of Crewe, rejected an earlier original building plan. Subsequently local landowners from neighbouring Nantwich (located four miles away) prevented the second choice plan to locate the building in their town. When the GJR opened its station in fields near Crewe Hall in 1837, the population of Crewe (c. 1831), the nearest Cheshire village, was just 70.
A new town grew up, in the parishes of Monks Coppenhall and Church Coppenhall, alongside the increasingly busy station, with the population expanding to reach 40,000 by 1871. GJR chief engineer Joseph Locke helped lay out the town.
Crewe War Memorial in the site where it was relocated in 2006 after a local political crisis. It is one of only two war memorials in Britain which features Britannia.
The town has a large park, Queen's Park (laid out by engineer Francis Webb), the land for which was donated by the London and North Western Railway (successor to the GJR). (Rumour has it that they did this to prevent the Great Western Railway from building a railway line through it but there is no evidence for this).
The railway provided an endowment towards the building and upkeep of Christ Church. Until 1897 its vicar, non-conformist ministers and schoolteachers received concessionary passes, the school having been established in 1842. The company provided a doctor's surgery with a scheme of health insurance. A gasworks was built and the works water supply was adapted to provide drinking water and a public baths. The railway also opened a cheese market in 1854 and a clothing factory for John Compton who provided the company uniforms, while McCorquodale of Liverpool set up a printing works.
Nevertheless, the dominance of the railway industry was such that times of recession were keenly felt.
TRANSPORTATION
Crewe railway station is less than a mile from Crewe town centre, although politically it was not incorporated into the then-Borough of Crewe until 1937. It is one of the largest stations in north-west England and a major interchange station on the West Coast Main Line, and has 12 platforms in use and has a direct service to London (Euston) (2/hour, the average duration is now 1 hour 45 minutes), Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent and many other cities.
It is on the A530 and A534 and less than 10 miles from the M6 motorway. The main bus company in Crewe is Arriva, which operates in Crewe and the surrounding towns, villages.
First PMT operates bus service 20 from Hanley to Leighton Hospital every twenty minutes.
SPORTS IN CREWE
Crewe's sporting claim to fame is that it is home to Crewe Alexandra F.C., for a long time one of English football's perpetual under-achievers, though during the late 20th century the club enjoyed something of a renaissance under the management of Dario Gradi, reaching the First Division (ie: the second tier of the professional pyramid) for five seasons from 1997-2002, being relegated to the Second Division in the 2002-03 season but being promoted back to the First Division after only one season. At the end of the 2005-06 season, Crewe were relegated to the third tier (renamed to League One) again.
Crewe is also home to Crewe Wolves Rugby League club, also known as Crewe and Nantwich Rugby Union Football Club (or Crewe and Nantwich RUFC) who play in the Rugby League Conference.
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