THIS month marks 55 years since the then-Prime Minister came to town.
On June 16, 1967, Harold Wilson rolled into Daresbury to officially open Daresbury Laboratory.
The Labour politician, who hailed from the district of Cowlersley on the outskirts of Huddersfield in west Yorkshire, was greeted by photographers and staff at the site.
Although he was there to officially open the facility, it had in fact been in operation since 1962.
The key scientific research laboratory is still fully functioning today, employing around 300 staff in 2018.
Then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson visits Daresbury Laboratory in 1967 (Image: Eddie Whitham)
It carries out research in fields such as accelerator science, bio-medicine, physics, chemistry, materials, engineering and computational science.
The visit from Mr Wilson came in the middle of his first stint as Prime Minister, having been first elected to lead the country in 1964.
He was ousted in 1970 by the Conservatives, with Edward Heath taking on the duty of Prime Minister.
But Mr Wilson return to the role in 1974 after being elected for a second time and remained as Prime Minister until his resignation in 1976.
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