Hello everybody Since I've not done a report in ages, I thought I'd share this recent development.
History:
Millway Foods Ltd was incorporated in 1987 and produced Stilton from this site in Harby. Dairy Crest acquired Millway Foods Ltd in March 1999 and Millway Dairy Crest Ltd became the operating company for Dairy Crest’s consolidated Stilton and speciality cheese business. However, Dairy Crest moved all production from Harby to the Hartington Creamery in the Peak District, see SK1260 : Hartington Cheese Factory, and the Harby site was closed. The Dairy Crest speciality cheese making division, including the Hartington Creamery was bought by Long Clawson Dairy, see SK7127 : Long Clawson Dairy, Leicestershire, in 2008 so it could be said that Millway has been brought home. The future of the Hartington Creamery is unsure at the present date.
At the closure Dairy Crest took out an injunction forbidding any other company using the site for cheese production. It has lain empty ever since.
There was a severe fire recently, of which I am not sure whether it was arson or accidental. The site is badly trashed and ruined, and is a sad and sorry twisted pile of burnt metal...
Outside:
I suspect this may have been some kind of barn before the fire:
Rollers + self portrait:
Seriously dangerous roof:
Anyway, that's all for now. I'll aim to get some better sites down in a few weeks :thumb
History:
Millway Foods Ltd was incorporated in 1987 and produced Stilton from this site in Harby. Dairy Crest acquired Millway Foods Ltd in March 1999 and Millway Dairy Crest Ltd became the operating company for Dairy Crest’s consolidated Stilton and speciality cheese business. However, Dairy Crest moved all production from Harby to the Hartington Creamery in the Peak District, see SK1260 : Hartington Cheese Factory, and the Harby site was closed. The Dairy Crest speciality cheese making division, including the Hartington Creamery was bought by Long Clawson Dairy, see SK7127 : Long Clawson Dairy, Leicestershire, in 2008 so it could be said that Millway has been brought home. The future of the Hartington Creamery is unsure at the present date.
At the closure Dairy Crest took out an injunction forbidding any other company using the site for cheese production. It has lain empty ever since.
There was a severe fire recently, of which I am not sure whether it was arson or accidental. The site is badly trashed and ruined, and is a sad and sorry twisted pile of burnt metal...
Outside:
I suspect this may have been some kind of barn before the fire:
Rollers + self portrait:
Seriously dangerous roof:
Anyway, that's all for now. I'll aim to get some better sites down in a few weeks :thumb
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