Tape & Webbing Manufacturers. Castle Gresley

[NobodyGirl]

I have been disparate to visit this place for so long. Had never seen it up on a website anywhere before and I wanted to see if it was an actual abandonment because from the road you couldn't tell. I sent off a text to Fezzyben to see if he was up for an explore or three and luckily he was So off we went!

This place is incredible, and I will be back very soon with a model for my portfolio shots!

(Here comes a slow trickle of photographs, just general location shots, nothing special, because i'm SO going back!)

Heaven for Boxes

The 2nd floor

The Third floor

sociable sofas

 

[MD]

looks interesting is it a big site?
did your mate get my pm about busm?

 

[crashmatt]

That's certainly worth a closer look

 

[NobodyGirl]

looks interesting is it a big site?
did your mate get my pm about busm?

It is rather large yeah, not very good at expressing size but its big enough for a good explore.

Depends what mate you mean and what your on about Nobody mentioned anything.

 

[fezzyben]

The company was called Bonas Bros Webbing and tape. the name made me chuckle. will put my pics up when I have added some coal to my steam powered internet connection

 

[fezzyben]

Here they are in no particular order

 

[thompski]

Nice photos both of you, looks like a pretty interesting place, might have a gander when i'm in the area. Is this that place you mentioned as a potential site a while back?

 

[NobodyGirl]

Nice photos both of you, looks like a pretty interesting place, might have a gander when i'm in the area. Is this that place you mentioned as a potential site a while back?

I did indeed!!! I HAD to take a look, so twisted Fezzy's arm

 

[Foxylady]

Good stuff, both of you. Looks like plenty to see...including an excellent contender for the ugly chair comp! Nice find.

 

[NobodyGirl]

Good stuff, both of you. Looks like plenty to see...including an excellent contender for the ugly chair comp! Nice find.

haha, it looked like they had tried to dress some of the chairs.. it was kinda disturbing hehehe.

Thanks Foxylady!

 

[odeon master]

bonas bros. castle gresley

hi there, i wondered when somebody would go and take a look at this place. i work in this area and drive past most days. i did'nt think much would be left of the place as gyppos trashed the place last year and stripped it of scrap. its also a magnet for vandals, as you can see by the state of the place. the building was intact and in one piece about a year ago, and has since undergone a rapid decline. i will have to take a closer look. anyone interested in a visit?
odeon master

 

[johno23]

Great pix and interesting kind of place.So much rubbish and stuff left behind to rummage in

 

[NobodyGirl]

Okay, so I went back again

Couldnt find a willing model, so I did it myself


It had been accessed since me and Fezzys explore yesterday, and there was a lot more things that were smashed, people had tried throwing machinery through windows, one machine was stuck in a window, but was too big to have gone through so it was just there, stuck. I put a few things right, like I put all of the draws back in the desk for making my set up. I made it look a little more pretty again.

 

[Foxylady]

Those are really fab pics, NB. There's so much light in them and I like the derelict feel of the place much more without seeing the trashed bits, if that makes sense.

 

[NobodyGirl]

Those are really fab pics, NB. There's so much light in them and I like the derelict feel of the place much more without seeing the trashed bits, if that makes sense.

Complete sense I just love the feeling of desolation and abandonment in general. So I like to try and bring it across in photographs. I don't like seeing places completely gutted Thanks Foxy

 

[MD]

they are great pics i like your 2nd one what lens are you using?

 

[BrickMan]

doesn't look much from the outside, but really like this^^^^ type of space, was thinking would be great for a model shoot, then scrolled down the page and there was you sat there!

really nice set! although the very quick damage sucks I've found it really weird how a place can go quiet for years, then after a few explorers have been in the chavs follow soon after, either thru word of mouth, or seeing people milling about

anyway, what have you done to the self pics? lense correction, or deliberate crazy'ness

 

[Silverfox]

Looks like a real good place to have a butchers at nice find. Oh i can't wait for my first explore

 

[james_in_burton]

Hi, amazing photographs NobodyGirl! This is exactly my kind of place - Odeon Master I see you're from Burton like me, drop me an email if you do head up that way and don't mind me tagging along? [email protected]

 

[Kaputnik]

you scrub up quite well. NG!
more used to seeing you scrabbling thru broken windows, or crossing dodgy floorboards with big holes in them!