This is Healey Mills goods yard located in Healey near Horbury/Ossett. Images inside the mill are from the maintenance shed. Work on the goods yard begin in late 1959 and was finished around Autumn of 1960 - The site is 140 acres. The maintenance shed was last used in 1987. This goods yard was once the largest marshelling yard in England and Europe. 57 miles of track was used for the contruction of this site.
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Filed under: Healey, Horbury, Ossett, West Yorkshire on June 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
This is an abandoned office block in Hunslet. It is called South Point and has been totally stripped out. The building its self is in quite good condition and hasn’t suffered much vandalism or fire attacks. The roof has a great view over Hunslet, the nearby overpass, the city and Bridgewater Place - A really good place to chill at night. Sorry I haven’t included much information about the closure of this building beacause I really don’t know what happened to it.
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Filed under: Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire on May 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
This is Mollett Catering Supplies in Bradford on Thornton Road. The images are after the fire which made it very unsafe - The condition of the mill today is not good. The mill was built in 1801/2 by Mr Piele. In 1833 the whole mill was owned by Mr Benjamin and Matthew Thompson and at the age of 28, Sir Titus Salt was experimenting will Russian wool (Donskoi) for worsted which is a type of yarn. After realising that this wool was hard to untangle he decided to open up a seperate mill do sort his problem out and then soon he bought four more mills in the centre of Bradford. The mill is seperated into two sections one the old mill and one a more modern catering supplies. It is beleived that this mill is one of the oldest in Bradford
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Filed under: Bradford, West Yorkshire on May 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
Hunslet Mills, also known as Victoria, Atkinson and Hunslet Mills. Located on the outskirts of Leeds next to the River Aire. This victorian mill opened in the 1930’s and was in use until 1970 when it got closed. Currently the mill is under development with ‘Caddick’, the company that owns the site. The plan is to convert the old victorian mill into flats and houses.
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Filed under: Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire on December 6th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the disused Thackley tunnel4 miles from Bradford. The tunnel was built in 1844/5. The tunnel is approximately 0.8 miles which is around 1,496 yards. From the entrance the furthest you can go is about half way because it is breezed blocked up. If you chose to go, bring many lights and flashes because it’s bloody dark!
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Filed under: Bradford, Thackley, West Yorkshire on November 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is Wapping Road School in Bradford. This Victorian school was opened in 1877 and was closed down in 2000. The grade 2 building is in poor condition when I visited in October 2009 and has suffered vandilism and arsen attacks.
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Filed under: Bradford, West Yorkshire on October 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is St Marys Hospital in Bradford, Yorkshire. It is a stunning grade 2 building and got it got closed in the year 2006. I visited this place in August 2009. To present day it is used as a Muslim Mosque.
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Filed under: Bradford, West Yorkshire on October 24th, 2009 | No Comments »