Cerebos was established in the mid 1800's and brine was found accidentally at Greatham nr Hartlepool by mistake. They bought the site in 1903 and the factory of was opened in 1906. In the 70's Cerebos & Saxa Salt production moved to Cheshire and RHM ( now premier foods) bought the site. They made thinks like, capri suns, suet, cereals, soup etc. In 1997 Sharwoods bought the site and produced Chutneys untill 2001 when ut closed. Up untill this year, the place was full of eqipment and hadnt been touched, but now the place is completly trashed and has been partly stripped. As we approached we noticed that a large green shutter was up, not realising anyone was around. The diggers had been there a while, just as we were about to walk around the back a white van pulled up. A man got out told us we wernt aloud round there and said we could only take pictures of the front. Then as we were leaving he said (bizzare!) that if we got the maonaise out of his van we could go round the back while he was on his lunch break. We rushed around the back guessing it was only him around and as we went to enter, lots of demo men told us the police were called and that we had not long to get away. Whether they had or not remains a mistery to me but we got away quick. The annoying thing is that we have been around the full place before but not took any phots . Guess i will have to wait for a bank holiday. I know this has been covered by other people but here are my shots.
Around the back
Damaged pump house
The workshops where we were caught
All machinery has been removed
Looking down to the station without white van
Looking up with van
Ornate admin entrance
Admin is now stripped
Admin
Through open shutter
Distribution Wharehouse and Admin
Flat Tyres
Forklift Stores
It is decieving from the front!!!!!!!
These concrete blocks used to hold diesel tanks
Hobo's pick odd places to live!
MASSIVE stripped wharehouses
Workshops in a sorry state
This IS NOT my photo but i am using it show you the scale of how many people it used to employ: in 2001 the canteen
In the 20's/30's
Around the back
Damaged pump house
The workshops where we were caught
All machinery has been removed
Looking down to the station without white van
Looking up with van
Ornate admin entrance
Admin is now stripped
Admin
Through open shutter
Distribution Wharehouse and Admin
Flat Tyres
Forklift Stores
It is decieving from the front!!!!!!!
These concrete blocks used to hold diesel tanks
Hobo's pick odd places to live!
MASSIVE stripped wharehouses
Workshops in a sorry state
This IS NOT my photo but i am using it show you the scale of how many people it used to employ: in 2001 the canteen
In the 20's/30's
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