Taylormade Castings, Stoke-on-Trent - November 2022

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Unfortunately the information available about this company and site is very limited, it borders on a vast area of land that once housed the steelmaking behemoth known as Shelton Bar, who's fiery glow is said to have inspired H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (even if that is just an old wives Read more

Norcroft Fine Bone China Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent - December 2021

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Most people know about the pottery heritage of Stoke-on-Trent, and whilst the industry is certainly a shadow of its former self it is still a key player in the city employing several thousand people. There are still a number of very large potteries going strongly, and countless smaller operators. Read more

Old Bank Mill, Leek - September 2021

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Another of Leek's reasonably good offering of mills. Unfortunately I cannot seem to find any information about this place. It crops up in the background of a few old aerial photographs that I've seen which mainly focus on the larger mill complexes that formerly neighboured the site. It is pretty Read more

Eggborough Power Station - April 2021

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Clearly this is nothing new, there are plenty of reports on this place, but this is my take on the place. I've wanted to get on the power station game for a looooong time, however as normal things have gotten in the way and despite a few brief pokes at Rugeley and Ironbridge I've never gotten Read more

Molson Coors 'South Brewery', Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire - December 2020

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I'm not even going to pretend I really know anything about the history of the Bass Brewery, or about breweries in general. I have done some internet digging as usual but the history of the actual brewery complexes seems to be rather vague and it's difficult to track down much relating to this exact Read more

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent - 2019/2020

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I'm sure that most will be familiar with Chatterley Whitfield and a lot will have given it a visit over the years. There have been numerous excellent reports over the years, not least AndyK's outstanding effort a couple of years back which practically covered every inch of the place. I've visited Read more

G Yorke and Sons, Broom Street Works, Stoke-on-Trent - September 2020

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There's already been a few reports on this place and I know a lot have visited, so nothing particularly new or exciting here. Just my take on it. Naturally I've spent a fair bit of time poking around this particular bit of Stoke, it's just around the corner from the Falcon Works and also neighbours Read more

GEC/Alstom/GE High Voltage DC Testing Facility (Former Bull Hill Electricity Works), Stafford - July 2020

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The electrical industry has played a key part in the history of Stafford since the turn of the 20th century, when Siemens Bros. constructed a new factory for the heavy-current side of the business in 1903. The Stafford works were taken over by English Electric in 1919 becoming their main base of Read more

Bailey's Factory/Mill, Ilkeston - June 2020

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A bit of history courtesy of Heritage England: Lace and hosiery factory, now plastics factory. Possibly 1830s, and 1855. Red brick with gritstone dressings and quoins. Hipped tile roof. Four storeys. South elevation of 5-3-5 bays, the centre three advanced, with quoins and a dentilled pediment. Read more

Bretby Brick & Stoneware Company (Klondyke Works), Swadlincote - October 2019

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All credit to _motionlessinmike for this one, I've not seen it crop up on here before so props to him and his local knowledge. Obviously being from the Potteries I just can't help but love pot banks, that being said I've never really ventured to Derby which also has an extensive pottery history, Read more
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