by Lewis Cowen:
In 1989 another woven picture was produced. The first sketch for The Old Kings Head had beed done by William Hine some years previously, but had not been chosen as there had been some support for one depicting The Armoury at that time. Nothing came of this, and some years after Mr Hine's retirement his sketch was resurrected and used to produce the 1989 picture.
The design draft was done externally, but during initial trials Bill Hines was asked to help in resolving a problem caused by 'mirror images'.
This was the last picture to have the legend printed inside the cover. Those for St. Paul's and The Kings School were done on a separate piece of paper included with the picture.
The picture for 1989 was THE OLD KING'S HEAD, SUTTON, the third in the Cheshire Inns series. The Old King's Head is on the main route to the old Brocklehurst-Whiston Print Works at Langley. The adjoining Smithy was used by local farmers and in earlier times by horse drawn coaches en route to Buxton. The Sutton Aqueduct was constructed in 1831 from plans left by the famous James Brindley, although his actual involvement is doubtful. The opening of the canal was a great step forward in the history of Macclesfield.
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