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BikinGlynn

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wasnt sure if to post this or not as its a bit of a derp tbh, but dont think its been done since 14 & got a few reasonable pics.

Ok what do we know about this place... absolutely nothing!
I cant find much about this at all. Prev threads suggest a lot more history about owners etc but Im not convinced they are correct as the owner they mentioned had a factory on a different street.

Northants was & still is to a certain extent the shoe capital of the Uk, with dozens of manufactures in close proximity. Desborough (a very small town) itself had 7 different manufacturers in its heyday.
All but one have now gone from here.

The Explore
In keeping with my usual theme i had just an hour to sneak a visit here. I had been checking it out for a while as its only a few miles from me so had a plan of attach ready, access waser a bit trickier than I had anticipated.

As mentioned inside its a big empty victorian mess really but I managed to find a few minute details worth showing.

46489175295_cb04a30b94_b.jpgIMG_0702 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528433988_451600b0e7_b.jpgIMG_0728 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


Loved the old lift control with room names on!

33528444328_56ced617ce_b.jpgIMG_0705 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


40438873773_d18f6d3dcb_b.jpgIMG_0693 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47351571692_e03ed201fe_b.jpgIMG_0685 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47351568372_1798534a4e_b.jpgIMG_0694 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47351565782_a94ed12132_b.jpgIMG_0698 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47351560072_720c61a118_b.jpgIMG_0711 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528443528_d1187b7b9a_b.jpgIMG_0706 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528438718_9deace5f28_b.jpgIMG_0718 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


The only evidence I found of former use.

47404408341_e171c96a8f_b.jpgIMG_0722 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


These blue steels were supplied by the company I manage by the looks of it!

32462372707_13dd2084cc_b.jpgIMG_0713 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528432718_5a8825b697_b.jpgIMG_0731 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47404409971_5d2231ae2c_b.jpgIMG_0717 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


47351551642_ac3ced411c_b.jpgIMG_0732 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528436788_387e419f95_b.jpgIMG_0724 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528437798_87d6a958fb_b.jpgIMG_0721 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr


33528431588_466084cc45_b.jpgIMG_0733 by BikingGlynn, on Flickr
 

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