“Avon Calling!”
So Avon’s HQ is in Northampton, it has a vibrant modern office with around 1,000 employees. However they no longer use their outdated factory / warehouse which is attached.
So Priority 7 and myself decided to go for a look. Did we go in the middle of the night? Or a Sunday? No. We went at lunchtime on a sunny weekday, just as most of the workers were having lunch / cigarettes outside. “S’cuse us!” we said walking through a group of employees, who seemed oblivious to us dressed head to toe in black / camo carrying several bags of photographic gear.
In we go.
We knew we were spotted, we’d even interacted with some of the staff smoking outside. We just had to keep up the act and walk around like we owned the place.
This was brazen. The warehouses had been hit hard by metal thieves, we followed traces of wire clippings to find access points.
Hearing noises and voices constantly while we were inside put us on edge throughout.
One thing I can’t convey with these photos is the overwhelming smell of make up! The pleasant perfumed powdery smell of eyeshadow filled the warehouses!
P7:
Cor! Nice Rack!
For storing oversized yellow scrabble letters:
Offices:
Weird place for a portakabin:
Opening plaque:
Cheers for looking:
So Avon’s HQ is in Northampton, it has a vibrant modern office with around 1,000 employees. However they no longer use their outdated factory / warehouse which is attached.
So Priority 7 and myself decided to go for a look. Did we go in the middle of the night? Or a Sunday? No. We went at lunchtime on a sunny weekday, just as most of the workers were having lunch / cigarettes outside. “S’cuse us!” we said walking through a group of employees, who seemed oblivious to us dressed head to toe in black / camo carrying several bags of photographic gear.
In we go.
We knew we were spotted, we’d even interacted with some of the staff smoking outside. We just had to keep up the act and walk around like we owned the place.
This was brazen. The warehouses had been hit hard by metal thieves, we followed traces of wire clippings to find access points.
Hearing noises and voices constantly while we were inside put us on edge throughout.
One thing I can’t convey with these photos is the overwhelming smell of make up! The pleasant perfumed powdery smell of eyeshadow filled the warehouses!
P7:
Cor! Nice Rack!
For storing oversized yellow scrabble letters:
Offices:
Weird place for a portakabin:
Opening plaque:
Cheers for looking:
