NorthWest Exploration Forum  
FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read
Go Back   NorthWest Exploration Forum > Site Reports > Industrial & Commercial
Reload this Page Fletchers Paper Mill - Greenfield - June 2011
Industrial & Commercial Mills, Foundries, Factories, Warehouses, Docks etc.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Fletchers Paper Mill - Greenfield - June 2011
(#1)
Old
hidden's Avatar
hidden is Offline
SNC
 
Posts: 76
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Manchester
Default Fletchers Paper Mill - Greenfield - June 2011 - 05-09-2011, 00:37

Robert Fletcher's Paper Mill - Greenfield - June 2011

Visited with DrHowser


This was re-visit for me. I always said after it being such a pain in the ass to get in last time, I wouldn't go back. Mr Howser however persuaded me otherwise and whilst people were still returning home from being drunk, we were skulking around this mill, waiting for sunrise, like a pair of... badgers?

I love this place, I think it's great. It's in fantastic condition given its 10 years + of being closed. I saw the site on tv, on a program called 'Send in the dogs' on ITV. It displayed the site being used for police dog training; highlighting a couple of internals it reminded me I should actually probably go back.

I was more than pleased to see much stuff which I missed back in September...

History (From Jst's Site and cheers for the intel:thumb)

Robert Fletcher has produced paper since 1823 but in 1986, the company became part of the Melton Medes group. As non-UK sales represented up to 45% of the company’s annual 20,000 tonnes output, the strength of the pound hit hard.

Greenfield Mill was one of two mills operated by Robert Fletcher & Son Ltd, for the manufacture of lightweight high opacity paper bible and cigarette paper. It closed in July 2001, following the closure of the company’s Stoneclough site the previous year.

The type of paper they produced has become quite unpopular in the UK due to the amount of chemicals (especially chlorine) used in its production as Europe moves towards TCF (totally-chlorine free) or ECF (elemental-chlorine free) production...










































Cheers :thumb
Reply With Quote
(#2)
Old
andym's Avatar
andym is Offline
Administrator
 
Posts: 429
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chorley
Default 05-09-2011, 22:17

Still unchanged since i went in 2007! Good work sir!
Reply With Quote
(#3)
Old
scrappy's Avatar
scrappy is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 145
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: leyland
Default 06-09-2011, 12:20

well done! i need to still see this!
Reply With Quote
(#4)
Old
keeweeman is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 184
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Wirral
Default 07-09-2011, 16:13

as a cad monkey i love the drawing table shot :-)
Reply With Quote
(#5)
Old
hidden's Avatar
hidden is Offline
SNC
 
Posts: 76
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Manchester
Default 07-09-2011, 17:58

Quote:
Originally Posted by keeweeman View Post
as a cad monkey i love the drawing table shot :-)
You'd love it in there, many drawings of many forms, similar at Murphy's in Menston too.
Reply With Quote
(#6)
Old
NorthMancBeds's Avatar
NorthMancBeds is Offline
Utility Company Rep.
 
Posts: 339
Join Date: Jan 2009
Default 09-09-2011, 21:21

nice one. the early morning light makes for beautiful photos. this was one the first places I visited after finding out that urbex existed and I wasn't alone in the world of rooting about in wrong places. only came to realise how good it was as time went by and I'm not sure I've had a better explore since.


photos here too
Reply With Quote
(#7)
Old
misterjk's Avatar
misterjk is Offline
cool as cobs.
 
Posts: 144
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hyde
Default 10-09-2011, 12:59

A classic, some things I've not seen before either. Nice one!


Me Flickr | Ma webshite
"The worse outcome would be it turning into a 450D - my groaning "noooooooo" will echo over Manchester, causing cotton spinning oasis lovers to spit out their chip barm's." - Thompski 2009
Reply With Quote
(#8)
Old
hidden's Avatar
hidden is Offline
SNC
 
Posts: 76
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Manchester
Default 10-09-2011, 22:11

Cheers, it'd definitely in my top 10.
Reply With Quote
(#9)
Old
Nicnacnic is Offline
New Member
 
Posts: 10
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Stockport
Default 11-11-2012, 21:25

Tried to visit here today and failed! We were looking for a way to get in and a car pulled up and security got out so that was our time to call it a day, gutted as these pics look fab!
Reply With Quote
(#10)
Old
Gibbo's Avatar
Gibbo is Offline
Just say NO
 
Posts: 1,144
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Prenton, Wirral
Default 14-11-2012, 13:22

Try again, its probably better to approach from the back.


"WTF FOOKITY FOOK" - AndyJ 2010
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
vBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com
© 2008-2015. Photographs and text are copyright and the property of the poster unless otherwise stated, and should not be used without express written permission.
Any opinions stated by users of this forum are NOT those of the site owners, each poster takes FULL responsibility for their own posts.