Shredded wheat factory..welwyn garden city

After a day out exploring with rubex,this was the third and final site of the day.it was a chance explore.after looking for stuff online I came across this.but the newest reports was from over two years ago.i did some looking into newspaper articles to see the fate of the place but only found that it was under threat of demolition or conversion.even though it is a listed building.and in the top hundred 20th century buildings.the site was owned by tescos who wanted to convert it into a megastore but this had a huge opposition against it from the local community.the factory was built in 1925 under the design of architect Louis de soissons.the factory silos dominate the town.built of concrete and glass,the factory was owned by nabisco who then sold it to rank hovis in 1988 then it was sold to cereal partners in 1990.the site finally closed its doors to the workers 2008..so as me and rubex were only twenty mins away from here on out second explore I decided just to give it a look anyway just in case.as we approached it I expected to see a load of large empty waste ground or some plush flats.so was shocked and pleased to find it still standing.we parked up and did not take long to find a way in.the place is in a great state of decay.more so than photos I have seen online from a while back.whilst wandering around,after an hour we saw a group of young lads making loads of noise.then as we were heading out we saw another small group.one must have been about nine.we were both shocked.rubex prob still is.and as we were getting out of our acsess there was three young girls wanting to get out too.rubex went into a motherly mode and was telling them to be careful in there and that it's dangerous for young kids to be in there.i mean we are big kids but we have common sense.we made our way out of the fence and the young girls seemed to stay close to rubex.and as we got out there was a security guy waiting for us.rubex explained the situation.he sent the kids on the way then stood talking to us for a while.he actually turned out to be one of the nicest people I have ever met.he even said we looked professional.then he let us on our way so we headed off pleased after a successful day

Good story and i love your style of photography Mr Mutt !!! The decay in there is amazing as is Pic 1. PS Was good to meet you at the DP doo last week !!

I can't believe how many kids there were in here! Walking out of an abandoned building with a group of children never looks good lol so I'm glad the security guard was nice one of the young girls clung to the arm of my jacket the whole time we were walking out. Great photos!

Haha, I heard about the gobby kids! Good thing you had Rubex with you to liaise with the little scamps, I'd be really grumpy with them!

What a flaky old place! Some really nice rich, saturated colours in your shots! Liking it

fluffy5518 said:

Good story and i love your style of photography Mr Mutt !!! The decay in there is amazing as is Pic 1. PS Was good to meet you at the DP doo last week !!

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Thank you fluffy..it was great to meet you too ☺

Rubex said:

I can't believe how many kids there were in here! Walking out of an abandoned building with a group of children never looks good lol so I'm glad the security guard was nice one of the young girls clung to the arm of my jacket the whole time we were walking out. Great photos!

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Thank you rubex..that one certainly took a shine to you ha ha

SlimJim said:

Haha, I heard about the gobby kids! Good thing you had Rubex with you to liaise with the little scamps, I'd be really grumpy with them!

What a flaky old place! Some really nice rich, saturated colours in your shots! Liking it

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Thanks slim..yeah luckily she was there.but I think her bark is worse than her bite ☺

As good as always Mikey, Well done to you both for seeing the young'uns safe, A place like this attracts kids and too many of em get hurt, my respect for you both was well placed. Thanks

Wow, some amazing pics there, the first one had me staring for ages. Nice report!

Cracking pictures - the decay in that place was amazing.

smiler said:

As good as always Mikey, Well done to you both for seeing the young'uns safe, A place like this attracts kids and too many of em get hurt, my respect for you both was well placed. Thanks

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Thank you smiler..you can't just let them wander places like that.it was more rubex who helped than me..but I would have done the same.

Mikeymutt said:

Thank you smiler..you can't just let them wander places like that.it was more rubex who helped than me..but I would have done the same.

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The other side of the coin of course is if a child gets hurt,up go the barriers + extra security and we can't get in, so it makes sense to try and protect em, they won't appreciate it mind, I didn't.

Excellent pictures. Good job that Rubex played the motherly figure. The kids look it as an adventure playground. Good post.

Nice set, i like the fire alarm on the pillar with the rust runs!

I run out of superlatives for your pix so I'll just go for a 'wow'.

Some great photo's there

Cool stuff, some lovely peeling paint and industry

love this, wanted to see it for ages, well done guys

These are great! Can't wait to see it myself.

You captured some amazing colours Mikey especially the first one.Superb write up and images.