Heritage
To celebrate the heritage and cultural aspects of industrial life the Centre has been instrumental in creating a small Heritage Centre for Trafford Park.
In the early 1980's the present Director started to collect and record the history of the people, industry and community that worked or lived in Trafford Park. This coincided with the redevelopment of the residential area in the heart of Trafford Park now known as the "Village". This consisted of twelve streets and four avenues accomodating a unique community with its own churches, library, working mens club, police station, clinic, schools and wash house.The area fell to development in the late 1980's and the last residents left the area in 1982.
The industrial history is also unique. Home to the first Ford factory outside America, The building of the Westinghouse factory and many other household names over the years, including Metropolitan Vicars, GEC, Associated Electrical Industries (AEI), Kellogg, Ciba Geigy, Carborundum, Proctor & Gamble, Glovers Cables and Kraft Foods.
The Centre retains a permanent heritage display and artifacts in its reception and corridoor area. The archive is still undergoing a cataloging process. Requests for information can be made by letter or email. A small charge is made for reproducing documents and for research. All proceeds are to support the Trafford Park Heritage Project.
The Centre carries a stock of Heritage Publications and other Trafford Park memorobilia which can be purchased over the counter or via post, cheques payable to St. Antony's Centre - postage extra, If you would like to view our current publications and sales items click here.