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Park & Paterson Marple WorksAnother image of the laboratory and Directors' car park c1970. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksTaken from the laboratory window showing the offices on the right and the weighbridge at the back c1970. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksView from the top of the main office stairs toward the laboratory entrance c1970. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksA view of the Directors' car park with the laboratory above c1970. The Citroen in the foreground belonged to Mr Raymond Holmes, head chemist and Company Director. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksA very blurred view from the laboratory entrance toward the top of the stairs c1970. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksRear of the laboratory in the 'Quantovac' spectrographic testing room c1970. Samples were put on the Quantovac and ignited to produce a flame which was then analysed by the computer for its component elements. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksThe very rear of Park & Paterson, towards the railway embankment in the early 1970s. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksView from inside the 'new' laboratory towards the entrance c1970. Samples from the non-ferrous alloys were chemically analysed here. Provided by Mark Shawcross.Jan 09, 2011
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksFoundry workers Les Houghton (left) and Malcolm Ashton fill molds from a carrying pot. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 27, 2010
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Park & Paterson Carnival Float"Ernie" prepares Park & Paterson's lorry for Marple Carnival, date unknown. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 27, 2010
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Park & Paterson Marple WorksFoundry workers Les Houghton (left) and Malcolm Ashton fill molds from a carrying pot. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 27, 2010
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Park & PatersonAnother image, suffering badly from old sellotape repairs, of a works picnic at Pickmere. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 27, 2010
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