pommie lass Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Here is another of my silly questions. For a very short time after I left school I worked in the offices of Rubery Owen which I remember as being on Liverpool Road in the Great Sankey area. It obviously is no longer there but does anyone remember the exact address and what is there now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Not sure of the exact address but think it is a business park now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 This is a good link to the history of the company http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ce4e48d9-e0ba-4a58-b770-4cb50ca69c9c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Is this the bloke it was named after I'll get mi coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Pommie, it was along Liverpool Rd, as Sid said; there's a business park and housing there now. There was also a chemical firm along there (Campbells?); sure one of our posters can supply photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommie lass Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thanks guys. If anyone can supply photos it would be much appreciated. observer, can you give me some idea how far along Liverpool Road it is or what it is close to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Going out of Town along Liverpool Rd: you had the PLP Motors garages either side, bit further on Campbell's; and I think Rubery Owen was next; the factory wall ran for several hundred yards; opposite houses with front gardens , which I think are still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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observer Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Was that a previous bout of global warming Baz? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosser Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I was a apprentice at Rubery owen from 1965. The entrance on Liverpool Rd was to Electro Hydraulics. Although in the same group this factory was not associated with Ruber'ys (different work force pay sructure etc). The three entrances toRubery's were on Thorton rd, Victoria Rd (next left past elecro,s entrance) and clevleys Rd. Ruberys made Barber greens (road laying machines) Axels , hub and drums for york trailers. Rubery,s site stretched from the bottom of Victoria rd and the other two entrances to the railway line. This is now a large housing estate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommie lass Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks Yosser for the additional info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Great info yosser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 That is a great photograph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 That is a great photograph and my first house just in shot on the right too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 and my first house just in shot on the right too Oh yes. I recognise you stood outside now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergy53 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 That is a great photograph believe this to be Liverpool Road, from Sankey canal at the corner at the now chippy going towards Lanes end, Saturday in the early sixties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisamelanie2 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Did anyone ever lose a life in this factory, sounds a grim question but trying to find info. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Yosser is correct. As a young engineer I worked on aircraft undercarriage design and manufacture at Electro Hydraulics - for the Vulcan delta wing bomber. Rubery Owen was squeezed in next door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger hughes Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Hi, Electro Hydraulics also submitted designs for Concorde undercarriage.. I worked at Conveyancer forklift trucks a further company in the fold of Rubery Owen, (Thornton rd ) Their social club was at the end of Thornton rd gt Sankey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Hi all i worked at Rubery Owen Conveyancer Thornton rd Sankey Warrington from 1975 to 1982 when it closed, I served my apprenticeship there and was a tradesman for 3 years i know I paid into a pension for a while but have no record of it just wandering if anyone else is in the same situation, and if they have found a way of tracing how to recover this pension pot cheers Ste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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