here we are again and so quick after the previous post, what took you so long?
a familar shape on the Birmingham Sky line this gutted yet lovely building doesnt seem to know where it lives....... its been described as being in the Birmingham suburbs of Aston, Vauxhaul, Digbeth and Eastside.
commonly known as THE HERCULES its proper name was the Belmont Row Works on Cardigan Street it was the headquaters of the ECCLES RUBBER AND CYCLE COMPANY. built 1899, closed 1999, destroyed by fire in 2007 (18th Jan) collapsed in high winds two days later.
they made their own bicycles for along time then supplied BSA and HAWKES with tyres and frames etc until those other companies moved production overseas. visited in May 2011, recall local paper saying it had been bought by a development firm so i thought id better check it out before security became too tight... can not find it anywhere else on this website, which suprizes me, so i guess its a new find, thouigh saying that ive found some pics of it on here just now and youve described it as THE CO-OP building ?????? not sure where you get this info but i assure you its wrong.
100_2761 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
love the terracotta brick work and different entrances.
100_2763 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
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my arty shot of the lift shaft.
100_2766 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2767 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2768 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2783 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
1st floor totally missing and most of the site is cleared
100_2770 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2769 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2779 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
still trying to work this out, naked lady, spanner, fuse and old cloth tool kit..............
100_2780 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
alot of the fallen masonary has been gathered and stored in the furthest part of the building. it does seem that bits fall down at random though. take care.
100_2771 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
in the cellar
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on the sunny side of the building
100_2776 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
with the main roads into Birmingham one side, the goods yard at Curzon Street (back in 1899) the other and the Canal running at the edge of the site. and strange almost forgotten air shafts, vents, postal holes all over the place. plus signs that it was far bigger than what is left.
100_2775 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
this must of been an excellent place 50 years ago.
i must give thanks to TranKmas and his brilliant posts that prompted me to visit more sites in Birmingham and semi thanks to Fluffy5518 for being a big girls blouse and always putting 'i often wondered what that place was like'
a familar shape on the Birmingham Sky line this gutted yet lovely building doesnt seem to know where it lives....... its been described as being in the Birmingham suburbs of Aston, Vauxhaul, Digbeth and Eastside.
commonly known as THE HERCULES its proper name was the Belmont Row Works on Cardigan Street it was the headquaters of the ECCLES RUBBER AND CYCLE COMPANY. built 1899, closed 1999, destroyed by fire in 2007 (18th Jan) collapsed in high winds two days later.
they made their own bicycles for along time then supplied BSA and HAWKES with tyres and frames etc until those other companies moved production overseas. visited in May 2011, recall local paper saying it had been bought by a development firm so i thought id better check it out before security became too tight... can not find it anywhere else on this website, which suprizes me, so i guess its a new find, thouigh saying that ive found some pics of it on here just now and youve described it as THE CO-OP building ?????? not sure where you get this info but i assure you its wrong.
100_2761 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
love the terracotta brick work and different entrances.
100_2763 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2762 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2765 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
my arty shot of the lift shaft.
100_2766 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2767 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2768 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2783 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
1st floor totally missing and most of the site is cleared
100_2770 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2769 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
100_2779 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
still trying to work this out, naked lady, spanner, fuse and old cloth tool kit..............
100_2780 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
alot of the fallen masonary has been gathered and stored in the furthest part of the building. it does seem that bits fall down at random though. take care.
100_2771 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
in the cellar
100_2773 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
on the sunny side of the building
100_2776 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
with the main roads into Birmingham one side, the goods yard at Curzon Street (back in 1899) the other and the Canal running at the edge of the site. and strange almost forgotten air shafts, vents, postal holes all over the place. plus signs that it was far bigger than what is left.
100_2775 by annoyingly good, on Flickr
this must of been an excellent place 50 years ago.
i must give thanks to TranKmas and his brilliant posts that prompted me to visit more sites in Birmingham and semi thanks to Fluffy5518 for being a big girls blouse and always putting 'i often wondered what that place was like'
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