Discovering and celebrating #Warrington's industrial wire heritage. Generously funded by @HeritageFundUK / @HeritageFundNOR. Welcome to #TheWireWorks ⚙️
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Wire Works exhibition brings alive history of the Wire industry! #Warrington warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2… @WarringtonBC
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Warrington’s Time Machine event is looking good in Time Square today. The vegan market next door is looking pretty good too! @Culture_WA @warringtonmus @TheWireWorks @WeAreWarrington @warringtonmkt
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Part 2 of the fascinating interview with Andrew Campbell and Howard Platt of Locker Group Ltd. @HeritageFundNOR @HeritageFundUK @TheLockerGroup
⚙️ Continuing our celebration of #Warrington's wire heritage, in part two of our interview with The Locker Group we delve even further into their history as suppliers of wire products across the globe for more than 130 years! bit.ly/2VeOEP6
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A huge thank you to one of the sponsors of this @HeritageFundUK project for this fascinating interview. It’s incredible how important Warrington wire is across so many industries. @TheLockerGroup @WarringtonBC @warringtonmus @HeritageFundNOR @RadioWarrington
No exploration of #Warrington wire is complete without visiting Locker Group LTD!
Formed in 1878 as Thomas Locker & Co, we'll share their incredible history in part 2.
But now, enjoy this intro to Locker courtesy of Howard Platt and Andrew Campbell! fb.watch/v/N9TGXuF2/
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We've just watched a wonderful video featuring Neil from @croft_filters - did you know that #Warrington was known as 'The Wire Town'? He's just spoken about an incredible heritage project from @WarringtonBC 'The Wire Factory' coming up @TheWireWorks
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Really excited for this to properly get going this year, hopefully leading to something special in the autumn. Watch this space! @RadioWarrington @WWRLFoundation @WarringtonRLFC1 @WDPcomms @WarringtonCo @WarringtonBEx @LifeTimeGateway
⚙️The Wire Works have returned!⚙️
After a 10 month hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we're proud to say that The Wire Works project is now back in action!
@Culture_WA @warringtonmus @WarringtonBC @YourLiveWire @HeritageFundNOR @LynnRadcliffe6 @WeAreWarrington
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🛑 STOP PRESS! 🛑
A fascinating project celebrating Warrington's wire industry is being relaunched and we're looking to bring your stories to life!
Find out more ⬇️
warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2… #Warrington #heritage #history #wireworks @WarringtonBC @LudovicoStudio @HeritageFundUK
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Catch the latest instalment looking at our towns rich heritage #warrington #wire
⚙️Did you know rugby legend Mike Nicholas MBE worked at wire factory Thomas Locker & Co during his 1972 season? Neither did we!! Mike was incredibly articulate and insightful, and we’re extremely grateful to him for sharing his memories with the team! bit.ly/2YKIzcj
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A story of legends!
Find out more about this rugby hero's link to Warrington's wire works history with this fab interview!
#Warrington #history #WarringtonHistory #RugbyLeague #WarringtonWolves #WarringtonWire #industry #heritage
⚙️Did you know rugby legend Mike Nicholas MBE worked at wire factory Thomas Locker & Co during his 1972 season? Neither did we!! Mike was incredibly articulate and insightful, and we’re extremely grateful to him for sharing his memories with the team! bit.ly/2YKIzcj
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As part of a @WarringtonBC & @Culture_WA project to capture the history of Warrington’s wire heritage, Radio Warrington’s Andy Green talks to Peter Bond about his 40 year career working at Lockers #np on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/andy990/peter…
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Great to meet you and looking forward to being part of @TheWireWorks #onceawirealwaysawire
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This is fascinating! We're loving discovering more about Warrington's #wire #heritage with this fantastic project!
#nationallottery #HeritageFundProject #Warrington #history
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It’s so lovely to hear people’s memories of their time working in Warrington’s most significant industry for over 200 years. Thanks to National Lottery players for funding this project, which is so close to many Warringtonians’ hearts. @HeritageFundNOR
Thank you Donna, we loved chatting with your pops! His memories were truly fascinating. #TheWireWorks
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Wire and Warrington go hand in hand. On tonight's Culture Show (Thu 8-10pm), as part of a @warringtonbc & @Culture_WA project to capture the history of our wire industry, we'll be chatting to Peter Bond who spent his entire working life at Thomas Locker & Son. On 1332AM & online.
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There'll be poetry, comedy, heritage and a 40 question quiz on tonight's Culture Show. We'll be discussing the town’s @TheWireWorks project that aims to celebrate a key part of Warrington’s past + we’ll chat to a local actress about her time working with the late Ken Dodd
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We’re finding things out all the time thanks to these wonderful interviewees! . @warringtonmus @Culture_WA @HeritageFundNOR
⚙️From his Oral History interview, machinist and union steward Vincent Doodson details ‘the best working days of his life’, plus the historic relationship between the UK coal industry and Warrington’s wire works. Share your thoughts below, #TheWireWorks would love to hear them!
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We are loving hearing about all your memories from Warrington's iconic wire works! 😃
Got a story? Get in touch below! 👇
#Warrington #heritage #history #TheWireWorks #wireindustry #lotteryheritagefund
⚙️From his Oral History interview, machinist and union steward Vincent Doodson details ‘the best working days of his life’, plus the historic relationship between the UK coal industry and Warrington’s wire works. Share your thoughts below, #TheWireWorks would love to hear them!
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We're so excited to be part of this fantastic project with @WarringtonBC and @HeritageFundUK!
Find out more now about how we will be celebrating our town's heritage here ⬇️
facebook.com/thewireworkswar… #Warrington #heritage #history #industry
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Thank you to @OralHistorySoc for training our wonderful volunteers and to @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundNOR for funding this exciting project. Interviews will resume when normality returns. Some interesting characters await our trained interviewers! #TheWireWorks
⚙️Speaking to people with history connected to Warrington wire is an essential part of The Wire Works. So earlier this year, a group gathered in @PyramidParrHall to learn the art of the interview! Keep your ears open for sound-bytes from our #oralhistory interviews, coming soon.
