IT is almost 60 years since the Thelwall Viaduct was built.

In Looking Back earlier this month, we told the story of an open day held to mark the completion of the bridge.

Gordon Bayley got in touch, pictured middle in the photograph, as he and his family made the trip to the Viaduct before traffic was allowed.

He said: "I was eight years old at the time and my mother and father took my two brothers and myself to walk from Lymm to Woolston and back again on the newly constructed viaduct."

Most who parked up took the chance to gaze down at the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey.

By the mid 1960s, the increased use of the car meant Warrington often grinded to a halt.

So the solution was to add to the motorway network to allow drivers to bypass the town.

The M6 being one of those chief routes.