Tinware Factory May 2018

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mookster

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This proves the old adage 'don't judge a book by it's cover' pretty damn well. I had had this location pinned for a while after I found it by accident but looking at it from the air and outside it simply looks like a boring plain fairly small mid-century industrial unit. However a couple of weeks back someone posted some really shoddy night time photos of it on another forum and my interest was piqued as it certainly was not empty, however just how good it may be was difficult to see from the photographs.

Fast forward a week and after going to a car show me and my friend decided to scout it out one weekend evening. On arrival we find a way in however it is ridiculously public - the building is nestled in the middle of a residential street and as such on a sunny weekend early evening it was simply too busy to make ourselves look suspicious. We vowed to go back early doors the next weekend and make it work, and it did.

This is, in my opinion, one of the best little industrial time capsules I've seen in this country for years. The company shut this factory in 1994 leaving literally everything behind, and apart from bits of machinery having been moved around presumably when they were vacating it, nothing has changed. The only addition has been a whole load of pigeon poo from the many many pigeons that call it home. There is a huge amount of stuff left inside, all of it grimy and flecked with bird droppings but all of it a glimpse into the past. The building was divided into three sections with the main manufacturing floor taking up around half the space combined with the small offices. The goods in area forming the middle part was piled with all sorts of junk and housed both a vintage caravan and a really cool properly oldschool Bedford TK box truck that was last on the road in 1982. Then there was a third section which, in stark contrast to the rest of the factory was almost totally empty. This space seemed to have been let out to a company who created plaster work, statues that sort of stuff due to the presence of a few weird bits and bobs left behind.

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Thanks for looking :)
 
Worksheets still clipped to the machines, maybe they didn't see it coming, the pigeons are making the most of a safe roost and I imagine it stank a bit, a little beaut Mook, loved it Thanks
 
Worksheets still clipped to the machines, maybe they didn't see it coming, the pigeons are making the most of a safe roost and I imagine it stank a bit, a little beaut Mook, loved it Thanks

All with final dates of 1994 :eek:

You're right it did have a certain stink to the air inside, I don't think the pigeons appreciated their very early wake up call.
 
That is beautiful.real time warp.even if there is random stuff in there like horses heads ha ha
 
Great pics as always Mookster! The old tools are fantastic, definitely a real time capsule looking place :)

Although, I can imagine that weird 'Volstatic' thing coming to life in some crap Disney film...
 
Really annoyed i missed out on this place, heard it first from a friend that managed to get inside, then it was boarded. You and three others manage to get in, then its boarded again! Really hope another chance comes soon, not as exciting now i know whats in there but still, really want to see this for myself.
 

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