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The History
Permanites Cawdor site was built in the 1960's to produce mastic asphalt in the form of flooring blocks and roof linings. Using bitumen brought in from Ellesmere port and limestone from the local Middle Peak quarry. The site closed in 2009 to relocate to Grangemill. Now known as IKO.
A quote from a Facebook group:
"Originally this was Permanite. Mastic asphalt is a mixture of bitumen with limestone grit and powder mixed at around 200c for about 5 hours. Run out hot by hand in metal buckets which weighted about 10 kilos empty they held a 25 kilo mass of boiling asphalt which the man would pour into moulds. A man would run out ( literally) 8.5 tonnes, after knocking up , palletising the days before 8.5 tonnes and laying the metal moulds.
Brutal work my father did for many years sometimes completing 2 shifts in one day. Hot, dirty and hugely heavy work. It took a breed of hard men the like of which is no longer found.
The men who could, and would, do this job were very well rewarded with , perhaps, 3 times the wages of other men."
42405839_1083800408462014_2187852015550332928_n by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
1980s
The mastic blocks seen on pallets
41915675_638177123249542_3867444365865517056_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
29665002_523161011417821_4269783641681854997_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
1995
20689711_1775552292458972_482278937885270490_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
The labs were set on fire on the afternoon of 21st April 2018
31131780_2047711715506410_3265340764724396032_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
My explores
Iv'e been nipping into here since 2017. I remember there was a German warehouse rave in 2018
My mates landy and the burnt down labs
IMG_20190420_153705 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20180603_065152 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Burnt out offices. I think this happened shortly after the labs
IMG_20190420_153333 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190420_153229 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190420_153200 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190420_153150 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Labs from above
IMG_20190420_152940 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Offices from above
IMG_20190420_152930 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20180603_064200 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Rails on 1st floor towards the lift
IMG_20190420_152736 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190420_152407 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Top of the asphalt mixers or ovens?
IMG_20190420_152608 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20180817_231130 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
A hopper that feeds into a carriage which runs along rails to pour into the mixers
IMG_20190420_152608 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190315_232938 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
IMG_20190420_152358 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20190213_202758 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Mouldings room
20180603_063756 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20170405_220206 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20180603_063557 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
A very chill pigeon
20190215_214705 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
More pigeons
20180603_064140 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Starry nights graffiti
IMG_20190315_233016 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Coloquix
20190215_215300 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20190215_215027 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20180817_231036 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
A creepy one in the woods. Shallow grave, plastic tied to the trees and a bin bag full of rusty cans
20190213_205628 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
VW polo breadvan rusting away in the woods
20190213_204344 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20190213_204451 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
20190213_204526 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Sorry about the blurry cat
IMG_20190315_234858 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
Permanites Cawdor site was built in the 1960's to produce mastic asphalt in the form of flooring blocks and roof linings. Using bitumen brought in from Ellesmere port and limestone from the local Middle Peak quarry. The site closed in 2009 to relocate to Grangemill. Now known as IKO.
A quote from a Facebook group:
"Originally this was Permanite. Mastic asphalt is a mixture of bitumen with limestone grit and powder mixed at around 200c for about 5 hours. Run out hot by hand in metal buckets which weighted about 10 kilos empty they held a 25 kilo mass of boiling asphalt which the man would pour into moulds. A man would run out ( literally) 8.5 tonnes, after knocking up , palletising the days before 8.5 tonnes and laying the metal moulds.
Brutal work my father did for many years sometimes completing 2 shifts in one day. Hot, dirty and hugely heavy work. It took a breed of hard men the like of which is no longer found.
The men who could, and would, do this job were very well rewarded with , perhaps, 3 times the wages of other men."
42405839_1083800408462014_2187852015550332928_n by Fridge Midge, on Flickr1980s
The mastic blocks seen on pallets
41915675_638177123249542_3867444365865517056_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr29665002_523161011417821_4269783641681854997_o by Fridge Midge, on Flickr1995
20689711_1775552292458972_482278937885270490_o by Fridge Midge, on FlickrThe labs were set on fire on the afternoon of 21st April 2018
31131780_2047711715506410_3265340764724396032_o by Fridge Midge, on FlickrMy explores
Iv'e been nipping into here since 2017. I remember there was a German warehouse rave in 2018
My mates landy and the burnt down labs
IMG_20190420_153705 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20180603_065152 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrBurnt out offices. I think this happened shortly after the labs
IMG_20190420_153333 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190420_153229 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190420_153200 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190420_153150 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrLabs from above
IMG_20190420_152940 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrOffices from above
IMG_20190420_152930 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20180603_064200 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrRails on 1st floor towards the lift
IMG_20190420_152736 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190420_152407 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrTop of the asphalt mixers or ovens?
IMG_20190420_152608 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20180817_231130 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrA hopper that feeds into a carriage which runs along rails to pour into the mixers
IMG_20190420_152608 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190315_232938 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrIMG_20190420_152358 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20190213_202758 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrMouldings room
20180603_063756 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20170405_220206 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20180603_063557 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrA very chill pigeon
20190215_214705 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrMore pigeons
20180603_064140 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrStarry nights graffiti
IMG_20190315_233016 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrColoquix
20190215_215300 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20190215_215027 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20180817_231036 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrA creepy one in the woods. Shallow grave, plastic tied to the trees and a bin bag full of rusty cans
20190213_205628 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrVW polo breadvan rusting away in the woods
20190213_204344 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20190213_204451 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr20190213_204526 by Fridge Midge, on FlickrSorry about the blurry cat
IMG_20190315_234858 by Fridge Midge, on Flickr
