HERE is a great old picture from the archives depicting a presentation at BICC Cable Works in Leigh.
The photograph shows a presentation to Albert Leather at the works in Leigh. It was taken in 1979.
British Insulated Cables was founded as the British Insulated Wire Company at Prescot, near Liverpool in 1890.
After a merger it became British Insulated Callender’s Cables in 1945 and the company was renamed BICC in 1975.
The firm had several UK works, including in Leigh, making electric power cables, telecommunications cables and metals.
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