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Was the basket works somewhere off Soho Street near where Asda is now?

THE BASKET WORKS WAS JUST OFF CAROLINE ST IN CROSS ST
WHERE BENSONS BEDS IS ON THE CORNER OF CROSS ST..

There was a basket works at Newtown just off the bottom of Douglas St next to the jam works, I used to live across the road from The bird I'th Hand as a child and remember the basket works being on fire in about the early 60's

I worked for the basket works and took the bases glue etc, and worked from home. I used to do this when my daughter was in bed. She was born 1969. Dont know when It finally closed.

does anybody remember miss doris miller she worked at basket works,she was my auntie.

my mother nellie bradshaw worked at the Basket Works about 1948-49

I seem to remember my mum talking about a Nellie Bradshaw.
They must have been there together. Mum lived on Ellis Street, Whelley. She had sisters Ellen (Nellie) and Edna.

my dad Gordon Meadows worked at basket works until his death in 1964 he was only 42. I am not sure what years he worked there? Does anyone remember him?

This is going back a bit,my aunt Marlene Whittaker worked there along with Jean Murdock and Mary Bennet,two names that I remember.She used to bring cane,base's and block formers home and we halped her to make baskets for easter eggs etc.

Yes it is the basket works, I lived at the top of Caroline street, and played just inside, there was baskets and chairs hung up...I went to st Thomas school, and there was a bloke who,lived round the corner in a pub near the bridge, but can't remember his name...the school canteen was down the road passed st James school near the canal...

I have more info, I think that the second lady on the left is Eva Hampson, that is her married name. She used to work in the Buttery bakers on Wallgate. Lived in Pemberton and Kitt Green. I can very vaguely remember going to the Basket Works when I was a tot in the 1960s with my mum.