Woollen Signs Sheffield, September 2013.

[Black]

Woollen Signs was a manufacturer of wool signs,
opened in 1883 by Edwin James Woollen and Frederick Ibbotson.
The company closed these works in 2005,
which now lie empty are in a poor way with crumbling bricks/ heavy vegetation.

 

[krela]

I'm curious to know what woollen signs are now...!

 

[Black]

I'm curious to know what woollen signs are now...!

I believe they were bought, but still trading as Woollen Signs.

 

[Boatbird]

That sign was the first neon sign in Sheffield

 

[krela]

Oh I see, I was thinking signs made out of wool hahahah.

 

[Tizzme]

Oh I see, I was thinking signs made out of wool hahahah.

Me too !! Had allsorts of daft ideas going through my head

 

[the_oblique]

that device (jackhammer?) in photo 5 shows how old the place is. it has a 15a mains plug on the cable (common in the 1940's). So it must have been quite an original place right up until the end if they were still plugging that in!