Whitley Bridge Mill was originally built in 1870s by John and Thomas Croysdale. Powered by electricity and steam, the mill utilised roller milling, a technique that had revolutionised the flour industry. For more than 100 years the mill was owned by James Bowman & Sons Ltd. Bowmans ceased...
Its my 3rd visit here but before my Easter trip to Eastbourne I was informed that it was open, I was unable to get in the other times and was told it more or less wrecked anyway with not floors left. There's not much left and its a bit dodgy in places but well worth the visit.
I have added the...
I'm looking through some of my old photos hoping to get the spark back, which I've kind of lost lately.
Les Grands Moulins de Paris is a still-active Milling company in mainland Europe, but their mill in Lille, built in 1920, closed in 1989. This was our first glimpse of a European site, we'd...
one of my first explores and defintley a place i will never get bored of visiting ... :D
visited with wevsky and paulk
a litte history
The Ramsgate Flour Mill was built in 1865, and closed in 2005 when the site was sold by Rank Hovis to a private developer, as it was no longer commercially...
I was out having a walk around and seen a few reports of this place and thought why not, the gate was open so I walked in, I saw a landrover parked around the corner, then I went and walked straight into a security man, nice enough fella he let me wander around taking a few pics, tried all...