I RETURN TO YOU NOW AT THE TURN OF THE TIDE.....
THE PULL OF DERELICT PLACES HAS BECOME TO MUCH. I WAS LURED OUT OF RETIRMENT BY A FRIEND WHO WANTED TO "HAVE A LOOK INSIDE"
HE'D FOUND A FEW OLD HOUSES AND WANTED ME TO JOIN HIM.
IT WAS ONROUTE THAT I SAW THIS HIDING IN THE TREES...
309 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
237 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
235 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
WELL WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE...
THIS CHEEKY LITTLE GEM WAS TONEDALE MILL..
THE FOX FAMILY STARTED IN THE WOOL TADE IN 1700'S AND AT ITS PEAK THE COMPNAY EMPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 5000 PEOPLE AND OWNED AND OPERATED NINE MILLS AND FACTORIES IN SOMERSET,DEVON,GALSHIELS AND OXFORDSHIRE.
THE TONEDALE SITE IN WELLINGTON WAS THE LARGEST INTEGRATED MILL SITE IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND.. THE WHOLE SITE IS A MASSIVE 10 ACRES.
THIS IS THE PLACE THAT KHAKI WAS MADE... HOW COOLS THAT.
ANYWAY ON WITH THE EXPLORE.
STARTED OF SLOW AND HAD A MOOCH AROUND THE BUILDINGS ON THE OUTSKIRTS.
234 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
230 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THIS FIRST BUILDING SEEMED TO BE SOME KIND OF SCIENCE LAB WITH JOURNALS AND SCIENCE TUBES ECT...
229 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
ALL OF THESE BOOKS WERE FULL OF HAND WRITEN NOTES....
227 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
222 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
219 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
LOADS OF OLD TOOLS LEFT AROUND...
218 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
RANDOM SANTA HEAD..
217 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
FLYING PIG
213 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
MOVING OVER THE ROAD TO THE MAIN MILL SIGHT WE WALKED THE PERIMETER AND SAW A LOVLY NEW CAR PARKED IN THE OLD COURT YARD.... ODD!
OH ITS ONSITE SECURITY..
"CANT GO IN THEN?" MY FRIEND SAYS..
DONT BE SILLY THERES ALLWAYS A WAY IN.
AND THERE WAS..
FIRST ROOM WAS AWESOME..
238 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
AND IT JUST GOT BETTER..
297 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
296 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
294 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
284 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
283 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
280 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
278 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THE MAIN ROOMS WERE FULL OF THESE OLD THINGS... THEY LOOK PRETTY COOL
274 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
273 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
271 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THE OLD MACHINES MIXED WITH THE NEW...
269 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
262 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
260 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
255 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
SOME OF THE CLOTH WAS STILL HANGING FROM THE MACHINES GIVES IT THAT CLOSED OVER NIGHT FEEL.
252 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
240 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
303 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
307 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THIS SITE IS MASSIVE AND DUE TO THE LITTLE MAN WALKING ABOUT THE MAIN AREA OF THE MILL WE DIDNT GET TO SEE THE MASSIVE CHIMNEY BUILDING OVER THE BACK..
THIS SITE IS WELL WORTH A SECOND LOOK AND IT CERTAINLY TOOK THE EDGE OFF MY URBEX NEEDS.
IM ALLWAYS LOOKING AT BUILDINGS AND FEEL THE BURNING NEED TO HAVE A LOOK INSIDE..
WILL THIS BE MY RETURN TO THE EXPLORING WORLD.......
THE FIRE RISES.
THE PULL OF DERELICT PLACES HAS BECOME TO MUCH. I WAS LURED OUT OF RETIRMENT BY A FRIEND WHO WANTED TO "HAVE A LOOK INSIDE"
HE'D FOUND A FEW OLD HOUSES AND WANTED ME TO JOIN HIM.
IT WAS ONROUTE THAT I SAW THIS HIDING IN THE TREES...
309 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
237 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
235 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
WELL WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE...
THIS CHEEKY LITTLE GEM WAS TONEDALE MILL..
THE FOX FAMILY STARTED IN THE WOOL TADE IN 1700'S AND AT ITS PEAK THE COMPNAY EMPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 5000 PEOPLE AND OWNED AND OPERATED NINE MILLS AND FACTORIES IN SOMERSET,DEVON,GALSHIELS AND OXFORDSHIRE.
THE TONEDALE SITE IN WELLINGTON WAS THE LARGEST INTEGRATED MILL SITE IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND.. THE WHOLE SITE IS A MASSIVE 10 ACRES.
THIS IS THE PLACE THAT KHAKI WAS MADE... HOW COOLS THAT.
ANYWAY ON WITH THE EXPLORE.
STARTED OF SLOW AND HAD A MOOCH AROUND THE BUILDINGS ON THE OUTSKIRTS.
234 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
230 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THIS FIRST BUILDING SEEMED TO BE SOME KIND OF SCIENCE LAB WITH JOURNALS AND SCIENCE TUBES ECT...
229 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
ALL OF THESE BOOKS WERE FULL OF HAND WRITEN NOTES....
227 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
222 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
219 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
LOADS OF OLD TOOLS LEFT AROUND...
218 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
RANDOM SANTA HEAD..
217 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
FLYING PIG
213 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
MOVING OVER THE ROAD TO THE MAIN MILL SIGHT WE WALKED THE PERIMETER AND SAW A LOVLY NEW CAR PARKED IN THE OLD COURT YARD.... ODD!
OH ITS ONSITE SECURITY..
"CANT GO IN THEN?" MY FRIEND SAYS..
DONT BE SILLY THERES ALLWAYS A WAY IN.
AND THERE WAS..
FIRST ROOM WAS AWESOME..
238 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
AND IT JUST GOT BETTER..
297 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
296 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
294 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
284 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
283 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
280 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
278 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THE MAIN ROOMS WERE FULL OF THESE OLD THINGS... THEY LOOK PRETTY COOL
274 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
273 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
271 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THE OLD MACHINES MIXED WITH THE NEW...
269 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
262 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
260 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
255 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
SOME OF THE CLOTH WAS STILL HANGING FROM THE MACHINES GIVES IT THAT CLOSED OVER NIGHT FEEL.
252 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
240 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
303 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
307 by SMCGILL09, on Flickr
THIS SITE IS MASSIVE AND DUE TO THE LITTLE MAN WALKING ABOUT THE MAIN AREA OF THE MILL WE DIDNT GET TO SEE THE MASSIVE CHIMNEY BUILDING OVER THE BACK..
THIS SITE IS WELL WORTH A SECOND LOOK AND IT CERTAINLY TOOK THE EDGE OFF MY URBEX NEEDS.
IM ALLWAYS LOOKING AT BUILDINGS AND FEEL THE BURNING NEED TO HAVE A LOOK INSIDE..
WILL THIS BE MY RETURN TO THE EXPLORING WORLD.......
THE FIRE RISES.