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Ferodo: Retro photos show the Chapel-en-le-Frith factory over the years

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Jan 2022, 09:33 GMT

Updated 31st Jan 2022, 09:41 GMT

Brake linings company Ferodo came to Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1902.

It has employed thousands of local people since then, and continues to be a huge part of the town today.

We’ve taken a look back in our archives and found these photos of the site – do they bring back memories?

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Buxton Advertiser archive, 1960 - TV company ABC filming a sing along with Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson in the Ferodo factory at Chapel Photo: unknown staffer

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Buxton Advertiser archive, 1925 - less than four months after starting work, the first chimney at Chapel's Ferodo factory is topped off with a lightning conductor Photo: unknown