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Suez Street, WARRINGTON, WA1 1EG

Abba Cars have several offices in central Warrington. This one is on the corner of Bridge Street and Academy Way.

All the fours - droopy drawers!

Looking along St Austin's Lane, into Museum Street. It changes name where it crosses Bold Street (at the "STOP" sign). The museum is on the corner (to the right of the car). Part of the huge Unilever detergent manufacturing plant can be seen straight ahead.

Robert Garnett was born on the 6th June 1830 in Penketh, Warrington, died on 9th Apr 1903 at Hall Nook, Penketh and was buried in Sankey. He married Mary James on 15th Sep 1859 in Stanwix, Carlisle and they had one daughter. Garnett's was a well respected firm of cabinet makers and he was a generous local benefactor to many churches. He laid the foundation stone at Penketh Methodist Church. The workshop is a familiar landmark on the Warrington skyline with its Italianate crenellated water tower. The building is still completely intact although disused. .

The demolition of Garnett's Cabinet Works nears completion. The location of this huge building, in the heart of the town centre, has prevented it from being 'knocked down' quickly. Instead, efforts are being made to dismantle the factory from the top down. The iconic water tower has been removed and now workers are preparing the remaining works. This is the view from the WBC car park on Barbauld Street. I have attempted to record the changes here over the last few years - past photographs of mine include: Image Image Image Image

Taken from a safe distance outside the Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel on Cairo Street, the sign underlines the obvious state of the historic water tower. The much-loved (by some) feature of the Warrington skyline is at serious risk of collapse or demolition while debate rages over the fate of the derelict former cabinet works building.

The historic Garnett's Cabinet Works in Warrington town centre is being prepared for demolition along with its iconic water tower - a distinctive part of the town skyline for over one hundred years. The business was founded in 1824 and the water tower added in 1906. The building has been abandoned for over 60 years and has recently been a favourite of 'urban explorers' and photographers as well as 'free runners' and vandals. Now so rotten and unsafe that even these (fool)hardy souls avoid it, the factory is being demolished to make way for apartments.

The museum and library on the corner of Bold Street/Museum Street. It was founded in 1848 after Warrington's first Town Clerk, John Fitchett Marsh. The foundation stone for the current building was laid on 22 September 1855. Inside the museum you can see rare rocks, fossil footprints, an Egyptian mummy, a Roman actor's mask (the only one of its kind in Britain), botany and fish galleries, glassware and pieces of artwork and paintings. http://www.mywarrington.me.uk/tour_2.htm

Cairo St Unitarian Chapel was founded in 1662 and the chapel built in 1703.

The demolition of Garnett's Cabinet Works nears completion. The iconic water tower has been dismantled and efforts to complete the remaining work can be seen through what remains of the side wall on Barbauld Street. I have attempted to record the changes here over the last few years - past photographs of mine include: Image Image Image Image