Wolsey Factory, Leicester

Foxylady · Jan 19, 2008

Great shot of inside the chimney Mr S. Love the brickwork.

stellauk · Jan 20, 2008

well i think they have alreaady started as wwe were walking along there is asbestos removing equipment in the buildings along the walkway

so i would suggest if you want to go it would have to be soon. glad i got to see it

Arty_Cutie86 · Jan 28, 2008

Hey all,

I really like the photographs, I also have some of the Wolsey factory at www.flickr.com/photos/artycutie86.

Foxylady · Jan 28, 2008

Arty_Cutie86 said:
Hey all,
I really like the photographs, I also have some of the Wolsey factory at www.flickr.com/photos/artycutie86.

Those are excellent photos AC. Really enjoyed seeing those.
Welcome to the forum, btw.

Lightbuoy · Jan 29, 2008

Excellent photos chaps!

Is this Wosley as in the old car makers?

Lb

Lightbuoy · Jan 29, 2008

P.s. -I seem to remember that Wolsey were teamed up with Singer (badge engineering?) and also made sewing machines? Answers on a postcard -or on here please! :mrgreen:

Lb

Goldie87 · Jan 29, 2008

Lightbuoy said:
Excellent photos chaps!

Is this Wosley as in the old car makers?

Lb

They made hosiery and stuff, heres a little bit of info off my site:

Wolsey is one of the oldest textile companies in the world, having been established in 1755. The company, until the death of HM The Queen Mother, held two Royal Warrants for its services to various British Royal Households. The headquarters of the business was situated near to Leicester Abbey, which is the burial place of Cardinal Wolsey. To honor this connection the business established the trading name of 'Wolsey' and as such became one of the first brand names.

Lightbuoy · Jan 30, 2008

Good stuff -thanks for the history Golds

Lb

P.s. -excellent website!

Goldie87 · Jan 30, 2008

Lightbuoy said:
P.s. -excellent website!

Cheers mate, hadn't done anything with it for ages so spent a coupe of evenings working on it the other week!

Wishmaster · Feb 7, 2008

Goldie87 said:

That is some awesome art work, surely that must of taken hours.

Excellent explore, really liking this one :mrgreen:

MD · May 18, 2008

demo work started

the whole place is nearly gone now.

one good thing was we found this 1966 leicester mecury

celestialjen · May 18, 2008

I *have* to get to this place

Nice pics there!

jon_nic · May 19, 2008

is the chimney being demolished? maybe they will do a fred dibnah style demolition or it is more likely that they will get a crane and take it down brick by brick, how boring!

MD · May 19, 2008

you had better be quick demo seem to be going along fast.

i think the only thing that will be kept is the tower

celestialjen · May 25, 2008

Got there this morning. It was a peaceful explore, but I'd say that 80% of it is now demoed. Got to see a lot of the graffiti - some of it is amazing.

I'm just off to post my pictures!

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