Reflecting on the Viola Beach tragedy five years on
CAN you believe it has been five years since we lost Viola Beach? The shock may have worn off but the sadness very much endures and it has become a moment in Warrington’s collective recent history which has become etched in our memories. Many people in the town may not have heard the band’s self-released shimmering indie pop song, Swings and Waterslides, when it originally came out. There is a good chance they did not even know who Kris Leonard, Jack Dakin, River Reeves and Tom Lowe were. But I think I am safe in saying almost everyone in Warrington felt that blow following the ...