Brough Nicholson and Hall's, Royal York Mill, Leek - December 2018

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Brough Nicholson & Hall were once one of the major employers in the milling town of Leek, the above image shows the vastness of their factories. The Royal York Mill is the tall, rectangular, flat roofed one shown towards the top of the image. A number of the other buildings survive to this day Read more

Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston - December 2018

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After seeing a recent report I simply had to visit this place especially with it being relatively local. I don't think you can really beat a big old, dirty horrible industrial site. Especially one which has plenty of opportunities for clambering about. Bonus points for a big portion of the place Read more

The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. - Midland Works - Washwood Heath - December 2018

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On the whole this year has been relatively unsuccessful exploring wise, I've spent the majority of my time nosying around local stuff, with not a great deal of luck so far, but who know's what 2019 will hold for Stoke! Anyway, I was chatting with Speed a few weeks back and he mentioned this place, Read more

Tittesworth Reservoir Overflow, Staffordshire - July 2018

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Visited with Humpa whilst out and about in the local area, checking out various new bits as well as some of the old classic places just to see how they were doing (generally quite badly!), also involved a stop off at the excellent BeerDock in Leek, be sure to check that out if you're ever in the Read more

A Bit of the Hockley Brook, Birmingham - January 2018

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After having a bit of a failure to start our day we headed down to Birmingham to have a look at a few bits and pieces. It appears that there was far more to see than we actually did see, but it was nice nonetheless, and now I just have an excuse to go back some time. Standard Wikipedia information Read more