Bedding Manufacturers / Airtours - Rossendale Lancs - June 2008

[CHEWY]

Wasn't sure which to put this in
but seeing as it's been a factory mostly, i thought i'd stick it in here.


Went alone to the former Hamilton McBrides Bedding Manufacturers / Temporary Airtours offices (for a short while) in Rossendale, Lancashire.


Most of Airtours left, and moved offices to Rochdale, although they do still have a block across the road from here in use.

i remember going here for a job interview just after leaving school when it made bedding.

i wanted to get in as it may be turned into an Elderley residential home soon.



Anyway here's the pics


The Main Entrance

The Front

The Back

View from far end of car park

Anti gypo blocks

Fire escape

in i go


Office (nice mossy carpet)

Large room (main production area when it was the bedding manufacturers)

Beam me up

Another large open space

Don't think this will be working again

Corridor

Stairs

Top of stairs

**MACRO ALERT** Telephone sockets

Upwards (i wanted to get on the roof, but lots of houses look down onto the building

Boarded up door

The dead bird pic - OUCH

All in all a nice little explore.
not much left here though after the fire/pikeys/chavs have been to work on the place.

 

[MonkeyGirl]

Looks like there's alot of work needed to convert it! Let's hope they do,I hate seeing places go to waste!

 

[CHEWY]

i'll bet thet'll just flatten it, then start afresh MG

 

[Jessamine]

Anti gypo blocks

LMAO gutted!

Wow! Lucky you! Nice find! Looks like an interesting place to explore =] Nice pictures! I like the one with the sun rays! I love exploring in thee sun! Makes everything look so much nicerr

Jess x​

 

[CHEWY]

Thanks Jess

There was a couple of rooms on ground floor i wanted to see, but guess who left the torch in fishing bag?

i'll get back to see them this week X

 

[Foxylady]

Beam me up

That's a brilliant photo.
Hard to see it being converted as it's so trashed...I'm guessing that you're probably right and they'll just demo it and start again. Shame, as it's an interesting looking building in its own way.
Cheers

 

[CHEWY]

Thanks Foxy

not sure what state the structure is now after the fire

be sad to see it go if they do doze it.


i hadn't noticed before.. but the corridor pic is a little Cane Hillish with Spack bike

 

[KingElvis]

Mate, I recognise that place, isn't it down the same road as the Textile Museums?

I had a wander round a few months ago but decied it was too modern and mongy for my tastes, well done for getting in as I wanted to see inside but was just too lazy

The place had seriously been on fire and the only course now is demolition, this could not be converted.

 

[CHEWY]

Hi KingElvis

Are you localish?

yes, this is right next to the Textile Museum.
believe it was also a research centre for a company called "Platt Saco Lowell" in its early days.

recently had a problem with Gypo's using the site for a couple of weeks.
then the fire.

always thought it would make a good sports club.

 

[KingElvis]

Not local mate but I do come across to Balckburn on a regular basis.

I always thought it was a shame that the pretty little village had this thing stuck in the middle. There is an excellent mill in the same general area...you should go have a look see

http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=263

(sorry to link to another forum but I don't think I put this one on here)

 

[CHEWY]

i know the one.

i know a guy who will know about the mill if you're interested in its past

 

[winchy]

**MACRO ALERT** Telephone sockets

QUOTE]

Call me a geek but they are not telephone sockets. They are RJ45 sockets which are used for computer networks!

 

[CHEWY]

Aah right.. Thanks for the correction Winchy

 

[KingElvis]

**MACRO ALERT** Telephone sockets

QUOTE]

Call me a geek but they are not telephone sockets. They are RJ45 sockets which are used for computer networks!

Most non-hybrid phone systems now use the same CAT 5e sockets, either plug directly in as an IP phone(like Intertel) or via a modtap like the older Avaya or Siemens systems.

You are right though, they are CAT5 data sockets.

 

[CHEWY]

i'll remember this in case i come across others

i might just do that mill very soon KE

 

[Lightbuoy]

Nice work Chews

Love those anti "Irish Travelling Community" blocks -kind of reminds me of the anti-tank blocks from WW2!

Lb:jimlad:

 

[CHEWY]

They are only on one side of the car park

i'm not sure if they was for something else now.
portakabins maybe?

still stops the travelling community