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A little break from posting up American sites for a bit, so here I am back on the British stuff.
This proves the old adage 'don't judge a book by it's cover' pretty damn well. I had had this location pinned for a while after I found it by accident but looking at it from the air and outside it simply looks like a boring plain fairly small mid-century industrial unit. However a couple of weeks back someone posted some really shoddy night time photos of it on another forum and my interest was piqued as it certainly was not empty, however just how good it may be was difficult to see from the photographs.
Fast forward a week and after going to a car show me and my friend decided to scout it out one weekend evening. On arrival we spotted a way in however it is ridiculously public - the building is nestled in the middle of a residential street and as such on a sunny weekend early evening it was simply too busy to make ourselves look suspicious. We vowed to go back early doors the next weekend and make it work, and it did.
This is, in my opinion, one of the best little industrial time capsules I've seen in the UK for years. The company shut this factory in 1994 leaving literally everything behind, and apart from bits of machinery having been moved around presumably when they were vacating it, nothing has changed. The only addition has been a whole load of pigeon poo from the many many pigeons that call it home. There is a huge amount of stuff left inside, all of it grimy and flecked with bird droppings but all of it a glimpse into the past. The building was divided into three sections with the main manufacturing floor taking up around half the space combined with the small offices. The goods in area forming the middle part was piled with all sorts of junk and housed both a vintage caravan and a really cool properly oldschool Bedford TK box truck that was last on the road in 1982. Then there was a third section which, in stark contrast to the rest of the factory was almost totally empty. This space seemed to have been let out to a company who created plaster work, statues that sort of stuff due to the presence of a few weird bits and bobs left behind.
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It was stinky as all hell inside but these gems really don't come up too often - especially considering where it is.
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That is a great find with the statues. i bet many have passed this over thinking there was little to see. You are tireless!
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Amazing atmosphere. I feel like its giving me flashbacks to a past life as a British factory worker in the 80s.
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It's cool to read the context of this place, 'cause your photos of it really blew me away when I saw them on Flickr earlier. It's amazing to see such a wide variety of machinery, vehicles and really unique artifacts (those horse heads!), all gathered together in one place with what looks like no vandalism and such beautiful effects of age and neglect. Just excellent.
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As always, amazing location, and beautiful shots.
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I wonder what the inside of the mobile home looked like.
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Always cool to see an industrial location still filled with equipment. I am shocked there is no notable vandalism or graffiti. Especially the trademark penis' and pentagram some fool painted that is actually The Star of David lol. Ooooo - the random, pointless f-bombs are always the first to go up with the former as well. Great pics - I am jealous of this explore!
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amazing find man! your shots are amazing that cart in 11 is crazy cool
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Those are incredible pics!
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Great photos! The different machinery is all so cool
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I always wondered where Buster from Mythbusters lived.
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