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Radio Merseyside,4 mins
Pilkingtons: end of an era in St Helens
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After almost two centuries, the last piece of glass was made at Pilkington's Watson Street site in St Helens. The company produces more than 230-thousand tonnes of glass in the town, which is used in buildings all over the world. It's moving manufacturing to a new, greener plant, just a few hundred metres away from the historic site – continuing the legacy of glass-making in St Helens.
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