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[stephen nulty]

From the 1901 Gazeteer, kindly loaned to me by Ralph, comes this picture which shows "The Day Shift".

Wonder how many of our grandads and great-grandads, etc. are on here?

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[gypsygeoff]

What a great pic.Shows the standard of factory architecture too. Are these buildings still standing Stephen?

[stephen nulty]

Sadly, they were demolished some years back after the factory closed. But they were in use all the way to when it closed, lasting almost 100 years.

[halj]

I used to work in the building in the background. It was converted into the drawing office and all the windows that are shown blocked up were re-opened. The main head office and the gates are missing, so I presume that the photo is before these where built.
Stephen, the plaque with the war dead was mounted on the wall at the left of the building.

[stephen nulty]

Yes, that's right. If you look at this page on my site http://www.prescot-r...o/bicc_memorial you'll see the Great War memorial being unveiled on that wall, and the second picture down shows part of the Main Gate, plus the Second World War plaque and the windows.

The building to the right (above) was the original General Office, before the new one was built opposite in the late 1920's.

In the mid-1980's, when they were already thinking of demolishing the building in the above picture, I was one of a group of people who were taken down into the basements where all of the company records were kept, going back to the 1880's. We worked on identifying what should be retained and what was just rubbish, really.

All the records that were retained were ultimately given to National Museums Merseyside after the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester refused them. The records are still with NMM and can be viewed by appointment only on (if I recall) the first Friday of every month. I went through the complete set of "Link" magazines there as part of my Great War research.

Yes, that's right. If you look at this page on my site http://www.prescot-r...o/bicc_memorial you'll see the Great War memorial being unveiled on that wall, and the second picture down shows part of the Main Gate, plus the Second World War plaque and the windows.

The building to the right (above) was the original General Office, before the new one was built opposite in the late 1920's.

In the mid-1980's, when they were already thinking of demolishing the building in the above picture, I was one of a group of people who were taken down into the basements where all of the company records were kept, going back to the 1880's. We worked on identifying what should be retained and what was just rubbish, really.

All the records that were retained were ultimately given to National Museums Merseyside after the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester refused them. The records are still with NMM and can be viewed by appointment only on (if I recall) the first Friday of every month. I went through the complete set of "Link" magazines there as part of my Great War research.

Here's the "new" General Office pictured in the 1930's

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[Patb]

Does anyone remember the Daly family (several generations) who worked in the BCR? Would appreciate any memories.

[leschip]

I remember Roy Daly. I think that he lived in Ash Grove in the 60's-70's. He will be in his early 60's now.

[familyman]

Would this company be the forerunner of the BICC. If so were the records of the BI kept as well?

[stephen nulty]

Yes and Yes