THE GOOD OLD B.I. | Town Walk | Prescot

Join me for a walk around the historic Lancashire market town of Prescot and discover more about this fascinating town. TODAY I'm retracing my way around the town from a journey I made whilst making a film about the BICC, back in 1986.
Discover more about the history on your doorstep.
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[@billmorgan7070]

Love your videos. They all take me back. I left Whiston secondary in 71. Now live in Somerset . All my family worked for the BI. Many thanks Bill Morgan

[@edithcarter3558]

My Dad worked at the BI all his working life,love your videos,they bring back so many memories,Now living in New Milton Hants.Thankyou Phill from an 80 year old Prescotion.

[@wickedbandanadude]

Great video as always . My Dad was a plumber at BI either side of WW2. He retired 1981, and lived on to 2000, so he did see many of the changes. It's a long time since I lived in Prescot, so I had to pause the video many times to focus on the locations and think back. Thanks again !

[@viviennefrodsham4521]

My parents & grandparents worked here, as did I, and I met my future husband here.

[@neilmccrudden]

Great video mate. Many memories of this area. Used to lived in Whiston until 1989 and used to drink and shop in Prescot. My dad used to work in the BICC factory and my mum used to clean in the offices at the top of Manchester Road. The Engine pub, always I have memories of coming back from the Milk Cup final replay at Maine Road and drinking to the early hours in there.. We also used to have Christmas parties, as kids. At the BICC Social Club. It’s criminal that they knocked everything down.. ☹

[@user-zu2ni6mc8y]

Enjoyable video. Jogged my memory with the old photos. Being born and raised in Prescot (William Street) the B I buzzer and 'Box Entry' as we knew it were the sound track and play ground in my childhood. Thanks for the memories. P S I noted Gordon Chadwicks name in connection with some of the BICC films, is this the same Gordon Chadwick that lived at 3 William Street?
Peter Alcock

[@rattylol]

Cables is where the huge copper coils and moving cranes where, also the huge furnaces that where fired up day and night, made a very eerie noise at night. You missed the dining rooms, the club and the computer offices on Warrington Rd and the original head office off Carr Lane bridge was it?

[@rustysroamings]

Great vid. A total tragedy that no trace remains of such an important company but unfortunately all our council wants to do.is knock everything down and build 3 and 4 bedroom houses.

[@agmcmc8630]

Me mam n most if not all her family worked at the bicc McEgans

[@rattylol]

Wonder if Steley way is named after a person?

[@Prescotian]

I would love to know the significance of Steley Way to Prescot. If anybody knows tell me! 👍

[@The_Fusgus]

What is the music at the end and where can I find it?

[@Prescotian]

It only exists on this video at the moment, but I may do a stand alone music vid featuring this song 🎶

[@The_Fusgus]

I really liked it​@@Prescotian

[@Prescotian]

Thank you for your appreciation 😊

[@steddie4514]

Lived in Prescot (Pottery Fields and Hayes Avenue) from 1967 to 1980 and even as a young lad I thought it was an awful place. More than its fair share of want to be scousers and mean minded Prescotians.

[@Prescotian]

There is no doubt about it, Prescot was a hard town to grow up in steddie