A talk is being given about A Statue for Ada.

There is an exhibition in the AV room in the North Junction Signal Box.

Ada Nield was born into a large family in 1870 in Talke, Staffordshire. Her father eventually moved the family to Crewe, where he worked in a brickworks. 

In the early 1890’s, Ada began work as a tailor in a Crewe factory where uniforms were made on contract.