Posted: Sun 25th Jul 2021
Chance meeting sees descendant of Victorian steel magnate join trustees working to preserve landmark in his name
The great-great-great-granddaughter of a pioneering Victorian steel magnate is helping to restore a landmark named in his honour after a chance meeting with the visionary behind the multi-million pound project.
Charlotte Summers was in Flintshire visiting her partner James’ family when they decided to go for a bike ride and see the Grade-II listed John Summers Clock Tower in Deeside.
While posing for a photo outside the building, Enbarr Foundation CIC director Vicki Roskams – who is spearheading reconstruction of the dilapidated site – offered to take a picture of the couple.
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image captionScott Davis has returned to help restore the John Summers Clock Tower at Shotton steelworks, where he was an apprentice in the 1990s
A businessman has returned to the place he was a teenage apprentice to help restore a dilapidated landmark.
The Grade II-listed John Summers Clock Tower in Deeside was home to Shotton Steelworks general office from 1907.
After the Flintshire building was sold by Tata Steel in 2009, it was vandalised and fell into disrepair.
Now, 20 years after he started an apprenticeship at the steelworks, Scott Davis has returned to help restore the building.
The project, which has received lottery funding, has been supported by more than 50 volunteers who have helped clear the way for major structural repairs.
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