Williamson's Fire Equipment, Conveyors, Tool Factors Oldham (September 2015)

[dannyryder]

I heard about this place through the Forum and thought I'd do a bit of a scout before I went, eventually I had a day off work and decided to head into Oldham. A bike ride, a train and a tram later I arrived.

Williamson's was trading from the same premises in Mumps Bridge Oldham since 1920. This private family business was still run by members of the Williamson family up until it closed in . The business had grown considerably since the outset and covered over two acres of warehouse space. Since 1969 Williamson's was a major supplier of Fire Fighting and Rescue Equipment; with much of the equipment available in both new and refurbished condition. Since 1975 they were also suppliers of all variant types of new and refurbished conveyor systems.

I'm not sure when the business stopped trading as some sources say 2011 but there was stuff inside that led me to think it was occupied until at least July 2013.

Because it was miserably wet I didn't manage to get a photo of the outside of the building but I did get a good few inside:

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

Williamson's (Explore) by Danny Ryder, on Flickr

I'll definitely be heading back on more dry day to get some more photos and try and get some shots of the other warehouse space.

I hope you enjoy the photos, my Flickr has all the photos I post on it so if you fancy it head over there:

http://flickr.com/dannyryder

Danny x

 

[Sam Haltin]

Nicely photographed. Good post.

 

[dannyryder]

Thank you

 

[flyboys90]

Nice one!Thanks for showing.

 

[smiler]

No bad that Danny, Thanks

 

[HughieD]

Some really excellent pictures there! Thanks for sharing.

 

[UrbanX]

Beautiful set of photos Danny, lovely write up too.
Thanks for sharing

 

[peanuts]

fantastic shots used to love going to their shop you could buy anything from an original modelT ford spares kit to huge sets of stilsons .the place was a veritable treasure house with all sorts of bsw imperial bsf etc sockets spanners wrenches etc all tucked away but available throughout the shop .

believe the consruction of the tram line through Oldham was instrumental in its demise as it was left isolated behind a mase of herras fencing

 

[TheNarrator]

Really liking the photos of this place!

 

[Adamcreep]

Looks interesting, it really conveys a sense of the inner workings of that industry

 

[Rubex]

Really great photos