GE, Thorn Lighting Leicester Jan 2011

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MD

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The Melton Road factory opened in 1946 - at the time being owned by British Thomson-Houston - later becoming part of AEI and eventually Thorn until GE bought the lamp division in 1991. i think it closed in 2006,


loading Bay
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stairs
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strange lights but funky doors
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Gents
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From the roof
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some more on http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattdonut/sets/

some shots from a daytime visit

_MG_2165 by MD Matt Allen, on Flickr


_MG_2135 by MD Matt Allen, on Flickr


stairs2 by MD Matt Allen, on Flickr


left-overs by MD Matt Allen, on Flickr


_MG_2153 by MD Matt Allen, on Flickr

Huge thanks to Boothys mates for showing us around :)
 
Good photos mate. Love that roof top pic. Will be my background pic I reckon. Shame I missed today :(
 
cheers
yeah its a shame you missed out mate
youve got to check out the canteen !! its mint
 
Excellent stuff - I worked there for a bit before I went to work for BUSM where we used to use the shelter for a sly tab:)
 
Been waiting to get in here for years, so after a visit one night recently I couldn't wait to get back in the day! Its been pretty well cleared out, but its a huge site and theres plenty of buildings to look around. Some nice retro 50's style in the main buildings, plus a medical centre that looks like it has hardly changed since it was built.

Pic of the site I found in an office
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Nice 50's features throughout
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One of the huge buildings
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Old skool phone
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Mens toilets
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Stairs
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One of a few dark rooms
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Labs
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Warning
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Old packaging
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Clinic
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Yep was good to finally see it in the daylight. We must have been in there just over three hours, managed to cover most of the place I think.
 
that old skool pic of thorn is sweet good find mate. wonder when it was taken? as it looks fairly old even the trees in the corner dont look as overgrown....
 
I'd say its from the 1980's at a guess, but im not really sure. Theres some buildings behind the canteen and near the second gate which are no longer there. Theres also the big chimney at the top left which no longer exists. The original photo is better quality but its also a quarter of the size of the one shown here!
 
Really glad i got to see the place- after waiting quite a while.....

was a good day out lads!! :)
 
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