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Local and Community History Month: The Voices of Courtaulds The Voices of Courtaulds exhibition at Flint Library is based on the memories and photographs of Courtauld employees from the five Flintshire factory sites. The company was at the forefront of technological development within the textile industry, and pioneered the manufacture of rayon through the viscose process. Courtaulds had three factory sites in Flint: Aber Works, Deeside Mills and Castle Works. There were two rayon production facilities at Greenfield named Number 1 and 2. At its height, the Courtauld company employed over 10,000 people in Flintshire, with generations of families working there. Each factory had an active social calendar with clubs and societies, sporting events, and pantomimes for the children. There was fierce competition for the coveted Rayon Queen title. ....
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A TIME machine is taking off in Malton and Norton to give people a glimpse of past centuries. Shopkeepers in the twin towns are opening a window on history for the whole of May by linking up with the Woodhams Stone Collection. And the Malton & Norton Heritage Centre, run by the charity in Norton, is also set to reopen its doors post-Covid. Heritage trails in Malton and Norton will feature a series of photographs showing how the shop frontages looked in past decades and a hundred or more years ago. John Blanchard, of the Woodhams Stone Collection, said: “We are taking people with us back in time with the Heritage Trails featuring more than 80 local businesses. ....