Its long pipes, interlocking and twisting high up could be seen for miles with a power station, chimneys and huge buildings which formed several plants, each making its own products. Much of it has gone now, decommissioned and pulled down but the sizeable industrial area was work to many local people.
1. ICI Memories
This scene shows the ICI gatehouse Photo: National World
2. ICI Memories
The exterior of the Victrex Plant in 1983 Photo: National World
3. ICI Memories
Shift tester Paul Glennie at work in the laboratory at ICI in 1982 Photo: National World
4. ICI Memories
Fitter Peter McConville was one of a team working on a boiler feed pump in 1992 Photo: National World
5. Corvic 9 Plant, 1980s
Corvic 9 Plant, 1980s Photo: National World
6. ICI Memories
Photo from 1972 which shows the hydrogen sphere at ICI Mond Division Photo: National World