"High on the west wall of the nave is the quite overpowering sculpture of 'Christ the Worker'.
John Hayward, a craftsman in metal, produced the piece and put into it much imagery.
It portrays a working man -- no weakling but broad-shouldered, large and skilful -- the Jesus of the carpenter's shop --
wearing a worker's scapular (a monastic cloak covering the shoulders and worn during manual labour). The background is a loom wrought in iron.

"Lancashire was founded on spinning and weaving cotton and this was the cause of the rise and fall of many people in this part of the world.
This sculpture portrays that, although one may leave the church building, one never leaves Christ's presence;
He accompanies us in our daily lives. Worship and life intermingle, they belong together
and there is a very real sense in which one is no use without the other."