Old Weston Vinyl Factory - Oct 2011 ( PIC HEAVY)

[Lost_In_Normandy]

Hi all!

After my first "virginal" site proved to be to tougher nut to crack without doing time I opted for a plan B, which I literally stumpled on whilst driving home!

This site has been covered before in a lesser forum but hopefully I'm not duplicating someone's efforts here!

right on with the show!

The Old Weston Vinyl company had been trading on this spot since 1886, the present factory was constructed in 1963 and is based around 3 interconnecting shop floors under a asbestos roof covering around 80,000 square foot in total.
The company made it known to the local council in the mid 90's that the site would welcome offers and this was partially successful in 1998 with the sale of some of the site to a housing company. Weston Vinyl eventually wrapped up in 2003 and the site is awaiting a buyer for development.
It is now in pretty poor condition, although clear of the usual industrial machinery. The shop floors are interlaced with deep trenches and a few substantial foundations for heavy plant. It's now inhabited by the flying rat squadron and the local urban artists have had their way too.

Some cleaning required

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The pitfalls of urbex

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Standard H&S signage!

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Anyone for Asbestos?

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Thanks for looking!

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[fluffy5518]

Crakin' phots mate all look great in B&W !! Love the shot of the drip (... and i'm not talkin about the bloke on the chair ......)

 

[st33ly]

Nice set of pics

 

[Munchh]

Some really well thought out shots with B&W working nicely. Also loved the drip shot.

Nice site. Thanks for posting.

 

[Lost_In_Normandy]

Crakin' phots mate all look great in B&W !! Love the shot of the drip (... and i'm not talkin about the bloke on the chair ......)

Love it!! Thanks for the compliment...made me giggle!

 

[sennelager66]

Some really well thought out observational shots there. Nice selection and the b and w enhances and doesn't detract in the slightest. End of school report

 

[Pincheck]

Very nice mate ,been in a few vinyl mills with a machine still in place They are real interesting

 

[Lost_In_Normandy]

Very nice mate ,been in a few vinyl mills with a machine still in place They are real interesting

Would love to of seen them! Like I said the casements for them were substanstial and any old machinery gets the engineer in me going!

 

[Pincheck]

Would love to of seen them! Like I said the casements for them were substanstial and any old machinery gets the engineer in me going!

sadly the building it was in was flattened at the start of the year, would you believe it turned into a car park but there is a full working Vinyl plant right next door . There is a really old one, that is well Old school and listed but in a sad state across the way from the still operating one ,sadly it doesn't have much inside.