. "Widnes"@en . . . "Widnes is a town within the borough of Halton. It sits on the banks of the River Mersey, staring out arch nemesis town Runcorn. It is linked to Runcorn by the Runcorn Bridge, and was famous for many years for the smell caused by decades of chemical production but now isn\u2019t really famous for anything."@en . "Valhalla"@en . . . "WA8"@en . "151"^^ . "We Don't Smell Anymore, Honest!"@en . "Widnes is a town within the borough of Halton. It sits on the banks of the River Mersey, staring out arch nemesis town Runcorn. It is linked to Runcorn by the Runcorn Bridge, and was famous for many years for the smell caused by decades of chemical production but now isn\u2019t really famous for anything. Widnes currently sits in the county of Cheshire and has done so since 1974. Prior to that, it formed part of Lancashire but the Local Government Act of 1972, which created the so-called \u201CGhetto-Counties\u201D of Merseyside and Greater Manchester ended this. At this time, the intention was for Widnes to make up the newly created Merseyside; however, no one in Widnes really wanted to do this, instead wanting to remain in Lancashire but as Lancashire wanted rid of Widnes, they conspired to sneak the town onto Cheshire\u2019s list. Cheshire was blissfully unaware until it was too late. Having already failed to dump Warrington into Greater Manchester, Cheshire was gutted."@en . . . "Vikings"@en . "Halton"@en . "Town"@en . . "Widnes"@en . "Cheshire"@en .