Ok been a while since I last posted anything, these days exploring is in firm competition with classic car ownership as a means of depleting my time and money.
Regardless I had a bit of time at the start of this month to put together a few new locations for the website: (www.abandoned-britain.com) So I thought I'd share them on here too...
Buckfast is a small village in Devon. its probably better known today for its Benedictine abbey than it is for its mills but it was an area that once boasted several mills all powered by water from fast flowing tributaries of the river Dart.
The woolen mill was bought in the 1950's by British carpet giant Axminster. Axminster wanted to control the whole process of production from fleece to final product. Buckfasts role was to receive wash and prepare the fleece. Then dry and store them before carding, spinning and dying. The finished wools were then sent to Axminster’s main site to be woven into premium quality carpet.
In 2013 Axminster carpets went into administration and while the parent company survived Buckfast Spinning did not and in March 2013 production stopped. What was one of the most advanced wool preparation systems in Europe was auctioned off to a new home in Turkey back in June and stripping out is now almost finished.
Cheers
Joe
Regardless I had a bit of time at the start of this month to put together a few new locations for the website: (www.abandoned-britain.com) So I thought I'd share them on here too...
Buckfast is a small village in Devon. its probably better known today for its Benedictine abbey than it is for its mills but it was an area that once boasted several mills all powered by water from fast flowing tributaries of the river Dart.
The woolen mill was bought in the 1950's by British carpet giant Axminster. Axminster wanted to control the whole process of production from fleece to final product. Buckfasts role was to receive wash and prepare the fleece. Then dry and store them before carding, spinning and dying. The finished wools were then sent to Axminster’s main site to be woven into premium quality carpet.
In 2013 Axminster carpets went into administration and while the parent company survived Buckfast Spinning did not and in March 2013 production stopped. What was one of the most advanced wool preparation systems in Europe was auctioned off to a new home in Turkey back in June and stripping out is now almost finished.
Cheers
Joe
