George Dyke Forgemasters, Willenhall Nov 2014

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mookster

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I wasted no time getting back into the swing of things in the UK following my return from America :)

I saw this place pop up recently and thought yes that's right up my street, forget your spotless hospitals and little houses get me some grubby oily vintage industry please! It's what I enjoy and do best I think.

George Dyke had been at their plant in Willenhall since the company was founded in 1830, but it closed in 2012 and moved to a new premises. A lot of the equipment was taken to the new location but thankfully they chose to leave a lot behind! The grubbiest location I have explored for a long time, in more ways than one - there was a multitude of pornography in some of the offices to, ahem, examine....

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Thanks for looking more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157648804567288/ :)
 
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I saw this place pop up recently and thought yes that's right up my street, forget your spotless hospitals and little houses get me some grubby oily vintage industry please! It's what I enjoy and do best I think.

Amen to that, loving this, thanks.
 
Would love to have gotten my hands on that milling machine and the lath, what a place I love industrial place's it's like porn to me as a custom fabricator.
 
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