WHILE Warrington Market has moved to a new clean-cut and modern home, one corner of the building has been inspired by the town's past.

Key-cutting stall the Kiosk has made the restored entrance desk from Warrington Baths its new home in the temporary market.

Bringing the swimming baths' front kiosk back to life took Wilderspool-based Jacob Furniture UK two-and-a-half years of work.

Company director Andy Ward compared the process to putting together a 'huge wooden jigsaw'.

He said: "When I first saw the kiosk, it was in the basement underneath the old market.

"It was basically just a bag of bits that had been smashed up into pieces.

"Apparently it was actually in a skip when they pulled the old baths down, but somebody had the foresight to pull it out and save it.

"To be honest, I didn't think we'd be able to do it but we brought the pieces here and gradually reassembled them.

"We've had to reassemble it as a sort of flat-pack, so that it can be easily taken apart and moved again into the new market.

"I was in two minds whether we could actually put the jigsaw back together but it's turned out really well."

Staff at the Causeway Avenue furniture makers stripped down and re-polished the wooden panels, installed new perspex windows and replaced mouldings on the solid mahogany kiosk, using old pictures from Warrington Baths as a guide.

Visitors to the new temporary Warrington Market have expressed great interest in the Kiosk, formerly known as the Lock Stall.

Andy added: "When I was a kid I was taught to swim at Warrington Baths, and all my children were taught there as well.

"Loads of people visited us when we were assembling it and it brought back lots of memories for them.

"To be honest, I was quite amazed at the enthusiasm from people - it obviously stirred up a lot of childhood memories for a lot of people.

"The stallholder, Dave Carey, was very keen to have the kiosk because he knew what a focal point it would be, and it will be in quite a prominent position in the permanent market.

"It's been getting a lot of attention and it's good that people have that interest in Warrington's heritage.

"The new developments in the town are great, but having been born here I love to see as much of our heritage as possible kept alive."