Industrial building in Sunbridge Road, Bradford

This building, which I explored recently, had housed so many businesses that I didnt know what to call it! Former tenants included R.S.Bateman Carpet Supplies, U.B.S. New and Refurbished Office Supplies and Bradford Fibre Cutting Ltd. Who knows what it's original purpose was, I am guessing something to do with the wool trade, as it is in close proximity to Bradford's mills. Some parts of the building had been used as late as 1999, possibly as offices for businesses such as Cedar Estate Care or Home Comforts Finance.
The most interesting thing about this place was the mystery of who Mr F Robert Driver was, his National identity registration card and Bradford Grammar school reports from the 60s, also a certificate of his from a photography course in the 80s. He, or someone else had been working on a project here, which involved a projector, screen, polaroid photos, slides and reels of film. The polaroid photos seemed to be of food packaging
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wow so many computer back up tapes!!


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and some nearby flats partway through the demolition process...would have liked a mooch about here but there was a very nosy taxi driver hanging about..


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Great report that, good docu pictures, love the lonesome "urbex" chair shot too

looks like a nice lil splore..great pics too

This looks like John Crabtree's Mill. Did you manage to see the old cars near the inner courtyard? providing they were still there of course

I'm not sure this is Crabtree's... the externals look a lot like this building, but the internals don't...didnt see any cars

the staircases i see on pics of Crabtree's were not like the staircases in this place..tho of course i cld be wrong!

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I'm not sure this is Crabtree's... the externals look a lot like this building, but the internals don't...didnt see any cars

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Quote me if I'm wrong, but the last shot on your 4th post [ the one with half the signage missing ] is deffo Crabtrees.

yes, u may be right, have u been then?? it's a big place isn't it , so maybe other people's photos that i have seen on the forums have been taken in different part sof the building..i don't claim to have seen all of it..maybe I'll change the title of my report, cheers

ok..i have just found a photo of the sign intact on an urbex leeds forum

you mean this one



just found it myself

Certain parts had not been done due to access. Seems things may have opened up a little since my visit last year. There could even have been two seperate mills in one here if ya get my drift.

yes that's what must have happened, i did not spend any time in the basement or in courtyard, but wandered freely round the rest of the building, was not bad to mooch about , no live pigeons (but many millions of dead ones), and dripping water but floors ok...

Seems you have done the parts that were out of bounds then

Nice one.

Nice to see your out and about, some good stuff there

Very interesting report,great photos.