Leri Mill, Wales, June 2016

[Vulex]

After seeing a post of this mill on this forum when I joined 6 months ago it, ive wanted to visit this place a lot. Its like a little time capsule that time has left behind. The tree trunk walk is a little dodgy but fun.

I think I might of abused the wide aperture of my 35mm lens here and im guilty of neglecting to shoot the machinery with as much thought and time. But I love bokeh, so sorry, not sorry.

History
The woolen manufacturing along side the River Leri within Talybont village was founded by Thomas Morgans in 1809. Before then the site was used for corn milling and from about 1730 to smelt lead. During the 1960's and 70's the mills in this area were very prosperous and could draw a thousand visitors a day during the summer. By 1984 trade has diminished and so the Mill closed for good.

 

[Lenston]

Its a nice mill, i like the other across the road

 

[Vulex]

@Lenston I didnt see it  I was told it had been redeveloped. 

 

[Lavino]

Crackin shots there Paul. Very nice  :-D

 

[Lenston]

@Lenston I didnt see it  I was told it had been redeveloped. 

Still there as far as im aware mate

 

[Vulex]

Still there as far as im aware mate

An excuse to go back to Wales

 

[Lenston]

Its worth it, just try avoid the locals when you go down the lane by the petrol station. 

 

[Vulex]

@Lenston I always try and avoid the locals lol. In and out and nobody has to know

 

[coolboyslim]

Really really nice . Like them colours nice set of pics there m8ty. Great stuff

 

[AndyK!]

Looks like a nice explore, some good pics there

 

[The_Raw]

Awesome looking place that, this is the other one



 

 

[Vulex]

Thanks guys  

and I'll check it out when I'm next in that area, which is bound to me soon @The_Raw

 

[hamtagger]

Great set of images there mate, really like seeing pictures from here  You worked that 35mm well  

:wub:

 

[Urbexbandoned]

One of my favourite explores, lovely to see it again. I love your detailed shots. One of the things I loved most about this place was that when I went it was early spring, the clours outside were browns and natural tones, the wooden wool machines inside were brown, the shelves were brown. Everything had a bit of dullness about it, yet those colours were really vibrant. I remember seeing some dating back to 1952. You have captured that really well. There is a real essence to this place. The log journey alone is worth a story haha! Anyway, now Ive written a book well done and really nice set of pics