Posts tagged: Industrial

Peggy Davies Ceramics (formerly St Luke's/Wellington County Infants' School), Stoke on Trent - October 2019

20 October 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

This one is quite an interesting place, it started life in 1893 as the Wellington County Infant's School and in 1982 it became Hanley St Luke’s C of E Aided Primary School. It was closed in 2001 after a new extension was built onto the adjacent junior school. At some point afterwards the Read more

Top Bridge Works (Price and Kensington), Stoke on Trent - September 2019

27 September 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

For whatever reason in the years that I've been doing this I'd never actually had a serious look at this place, I guess it just never really looked worth the effort, but I think I was wrong really, I probably should have had a look years ago when it wasn't so wet. It's one of those weird places Read more

Stoke-on-Trent Workshops for the Blind - September 2019

16 September 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

The Workshops for the Blind were closed in 2013, naturally it was straight on my radar, especially with it being a nice old art deco style industrial building (my favourite). However, since closing it has had very tight security and therefore has taken lots of persistence but as always it has Read more

Erecting Shop/10 Shop, Crewe Locomotive Works - September 2019

04 September 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

Crewe Works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in Cheshire. It is currently owned by Bombardier Transportation. At its height, Crewe Works employed over 20,000 people; in 2005 fewer than 1,000 remained on site, Read more

Dudson Pottery, Stoke on Trent - Summer 2019

30 August 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

Dudson is a British company that manufactured fine china. It was one of the oldest china companies in England, founded in 1800. It was one of the first of the pottery companies to identify a need for products specifically to serve the hospitality market and soon after its launch began exclusively Read more

Liverpool Fruit Exchange - February 2019

27 February 2019 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

There seems to be relatively little information about this place on the internet, hence I've just wheeled out the standard chunk of history that people have been using from Historic England. No.10-16 Victoria Street was built in c.1888 as a railway goods depot for the London & North Western Read more

Brough Nicholson and Hall's, Royal York Mill, Leek - December 2018

30 December 2018 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

Brough Nicholson & Hall were once one of the major employers in the milling town of Leek, the above image shows the vastness of their factories. The Royal York Mill is the tall, rectangular, flat roofed one shown towards the top of the image. A number of the other buildings survive to this day Read more

Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston - December 2018

19 December 2018 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

After seeing a recent report I simply had to visit this place especially with it being relatively local. I don't think you can really beat a big old, dirty horrible industrial site. Especially one which has plenty of opportunities for clambering about. Bonus points for a big portion of the place Read more

The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. - Midland Works - Washwood Heath - December 2018

06 December 2018 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

On the whole this year has been relatively unsuccessful exploring wise, I've spent the majority of my time nosying around local stuff, with not a great deal of luck so far, but who know's what 2019 will hold for Stoke! Anyway, I was chatting with Speed a few weeks back and he mentioned this place, Read more

Globe Worsted Mill 2, Slaithwaite - November 2017

01 November 2017 - Posted in Exploring by tomr - Comments

The A62 is a fairly spectacular road, stretching the 38.5 miles between Manchester and Leeds. Spectacular both scenically and also due to the sheer quantity of derelict things along its way. There are several other mills that I'd love to have a wander around, however so far they have evaded me, one Read more