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Northen Counties at Wigan Lane, late 50s/early 60s.
Northen Counties at Wigan Lane, late 50s/early 60s.
Photo: Thomas Sutch
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Item #: 645
Northen Counties at Wigan Lane, late 50s/early 60s.

Comment by: Andy Clark (aka boris) on 25th March 2008 at 01:14

those tressels on the right look suspiciously like the ones we still used in the late 90's

Comment by: gary n on 24th March 2009 at 16:14

I think this was the electrical foreman obidiah bromley (oby)

Comment by: N. Green on 31st March 2010 at 18:11

Yes Gary, It certainly is Obidiah. He was in the process off installing the firstpower press at N.Counties (Circa1960)

Comment by: Tony Johnson on 20th November 2010 at 22:23

I Norman nice to here you are fit and well would love to get in touch for a chat. Huck Man.

Comment by: terry halsall , western australia. on 10th September 2013 at 22:00

I remember this old press turning out window pans by the dozen and also those roof trusses above where the northern counties traditional wedding ceremony was performed... A chamber pot was tied with wire etc to the roof truss & sometimes covered with grease. the (victim)who was about to get married had to climb an extention ladder with a hack saw and remove the pot whilst the whole workforce banged hammers etc. health and safety wasn,t invented yet.

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