Pianoforte Supplies (auto parts division), Roade - May 2015
History
In 1910 a London floor polishing paste firm known as J. Masters&Co began the manufacture of of their paste on a site nearby the railway tracks along the small village train station.
J. Masters & Co closed after just...
Visited a while back with Mr Dan Explores after failing a site local to me. Some of you may remember my report and photos of the Piano Parts making side which closed in 1980.
The site sits in the English town of Roade, Northamptonshire...
So I never got round to doing this place before, as it looked so wrecked. I saw in Mookies, and other reports that it had some wonderfully untouched and seldomly explored parts; so I thought, why not go there.
I first went on my own, then returned with Southside Assassin and Mookster. Thanks...
I like playing tourguide occasionally, and equally love the Pianoforte site in Roade near Northampton so I was more than happy to tag along when Landie man and co suggested they wanted to go. I didn't take any new photos in the rusty rooms but did have a poke around the first part of the site I...
[CENTER]Just over three years ago I visited the Pianoforte factory situated just outside Northampton and for reasons only known to the mists of time didn't do the smaller, much better half. (The photos from my initially visit in April 2011 are
here)After that time I managed to convince myself...