SNAPSHOTS of Warrington's heritage are being captured on film for the Millennium by a Great Sankey photographer.

Landmarks the length and breadth of the town - from the Town Hall to a 1930s' telephone kiosk - are to feature in the extensive Images Of England collection.

Officials behind the National Monuments Record initative, the public archive arm of English Heritage, have chosen 33-year-old Marcus Osborne as their ambassador for the area.

Now Marcus, a member of the Royal Photographic Society, only has until October to complete his checklist of 181 pictures of listed sites.

Included in his plan of action are pictures of the Arpley Street police station, the town's museum and art gallery, the former Post Office buildings in Springfield Street and Holy Trinity and Warrington Parish Churches.

But more unusual places and oddities have been selected to feature such as ancient cobbles outside the parish church, Sankey Viaduct, the Wilderspool brewery at Stockton Heath and the pre-war 'phone box at Bridge Foot.

Civil servant Marcus said: "It is billed by English Heritage as snapshots of England at the end of this century.

"The idea is to show one defining image of each place on the list. If that includes people walking or driving past then they will be included."

Passers-by and motorists will give an indication of the fashions and styles of turn-of-the-Millennium Warrington, it is hoped.

The pictures will be added to a 360,000 strong archive, part of a £3.1 million initiative backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.