Great Britain Leri / tweed mill tal y bont Wales April 2017

[Lavino]

Another stop on our Wales tour was this old mill. Myself @dangle_angle and @GK_WAX and non member Dylan. The mill is in bad condition but I was surprised how bright and good condition the spools had kept. Wasn't a lot to see. But it did have a nice river and waterfall running along side the mill. Here's some history and photos..
History

Leri Mills was one of Ceredigions first woolen mills. It was built from around 1809 consisting of several buildings; two tweed mills, a spinning and carding shed, a wool / washing shed, a dye shed and a craft shop.

Initially the tweed was sold locally to farmers and miners but for at least the last thirty years of operation the mill was open to the public, with demonstrations of all of the processes on view, and most importantly a shop that sold tweed, garthen (a tapestry used as a bed covering), rugs and postcards.

The rise of foreign travel in the late seventies led to a fairly rapid decline in business

Sadly the mill finally stopped trading in April 1981 and was initially put on the market for £150,000.
A buyer wasn't found and the mill remains in the family that ran it from at least 1950.

 

[Andy]

Nice one. I like the many colored yarn rolls.

 

[The_Raw]

That's cool mate, might try and tick this off this summer at some point. Good to see it remains untouched   

 

[Lenston]

That's cool mate, might try and tick this off this summer at some point. Good to see it remains untouched   

We gave this one a miss last time if you remember, we did the one the other side of the road with Andy

 

[The_Raw]

Yeah I think I prefer the look of this one tbh

We gave this one a miss last time if you remember, we did the one the other side of the road with Andy

 

[Lenston]

Yeah I think I prefer the look of this one tbh

Both quite similar i think, think i prefer the other one

 

[hamtagger]

Those spools are holding their colour nicely  

Nice waterfall exposures too lav  

 

 

[coolboyslim]

That's a lovely water wheel and love the pics of the water and spools . Good set m8ty

 

[urbexpm]

Nice pics, I was there on Sunday but foolishly approached from the other side of the river, did you cross one of the trees to get to it or did you approach from the same side? I went halfway across then turned back as I had my daughter with me, the 'responsible' father in me kicked in and I decided i'm not encouraging her to do this lol.

I took her to the other mill instead and will go back again to Leri another time.