Calderdale Rubber - Glen Works - September 2010

Visited with Kook

Calderdale Rubber were tennants at Glen Works for many years (1948 until 2000). The company employed 47 workers in both the lab's, warehouse, offices and the manufacturing plant.
Calderdale council spent £8000 on a fence to stop vandals, thiefs and general pikeys entering the site (so what are we classed as then?). The smaller building closer to the main road was classed as a hazard and the council employed a contractor to demolish the place. The contractors came to the site very well prepared with a 'cherry picker' and two sledgehammers.

Calderdale council have been approached by a company in Jersey with the plan to build 28 new houses on the site.

I really like the look of that. Just the place to have a good wander around. Nicely overgrown, too. Good find, nij.

Foxylady said:

I really like the look of that. Just the place to have a good wander around. Nicely overgrown, too. Good find, nij.

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Cheers foxy. This place is massive, it's kinda two 'mills' next to each other. There is alot of fire damage in the office/reception but that aside it's pretty much as the tennants left it bar the machinary (the main site that is - the smaller site is a mess).

Well worth a mooch

nice pics fella, really like the different colours in the one of the oil drums. Though sad to see all that crap leaking to deck.

Interesting stuff mate, can't recall seeing this place before, you have captured some great colours there, the place is quite trashed, but still interesting. I can't help thinking that there must be some nasty old cocktail of chemicals there! Great report.

TK421 said:

Interesting stuff mate, can't recall seeing this place before, you have captured some great colours there, the place is quite trashed, but still interesting. I can't help thinking that there must be some nasty old cocktail of chemicals there! Great report.

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Yeah the kinda three eyed fish lol

Nice one nij, I like how the rain made everything lush!

here's mine:


Thanks for looking