W.G.Knitwear Factory, Leicester Jan 2013

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losttom

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Visited here after another factory in leicester with a few of the Leicester lot.

Not sure of the history on the place, but it looks like the building had been split into different units and over the years each one had gradually closed. Its bigger than my pics show- cant seem to find the rest of the ones i took :confused:

Full of pidgeon poo :sick:

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Apart from the poo its a nice old place! This was once T. Forsell's worsted spinning factory, the buildings have been here since at least the 1880's. Eventually the company moved to larger premises, and the buildings were taken over by small hosiery businesses.
 
lovely warm light in that first shot...a proper lookin factory with a real brick chimney, shame we haven't got any industry left that requires buildings like that;)
 
Just a quick one to say fantastic little place. I'm shutting my browser now... I swear the smell is coming out the screen :p
Cheers for sharing!
 

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