Warrington, St James' Church And Wilderspool c.1965
Photo ref: W29108
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Photo ref: W29108
Photo of Warrington, St James' Church And Wilderspool c.1965

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A strangely unfamiliar sight to today's motorists: Wilderspool Causeway is virtually traffic-free. The two parked minis and the Volkswagen car show that this is the era of The Beatles. Next to Marshall's familiar newsagent's shop, James Bennett & Co. are still manufacturing shirts and pyjamas; St James' Church, built in 1829, dominates the scene.

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Memories of Warrington, St James' Church and Wilderspool c1965

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This photo is dated 1965. By this time the factory was owned by the Burton Group, making men's suiting and jackets. Burton's bought it in 1961. I started working there in September that year till it closed in 1977. One of the men I worked with had been working for Bennett's for years and said that during the war one part of the factory had been used for doping aircraft wings. The factory was built in 1935.