Great Britain Typhoo Tea Factory, Birmingham - November 2018

[Landie_Man]

In classic Harry style; this forms part of another explore backlog!  I visited here in November 2018 with Mookster.  It formed part of a little Midland Roadtrip we did that day.  

We all know what to expect with this place; its pretty pillaged now, access was a doddle and it was full of other explorers; something which seems to be a much more frequent occurrence these days!  

We met some really nice people here and had a relaxed half hour or so before moving to the next site.

The Typhoo Tea Factory, founded by John Summer in 1903 and was known a local landmark in Birmingham. 

Tea production began here in the 30's; and survived bombing by the Luftwaffe in WW2. in 1968; Typhoo merged with Schweppes and with Cadbury the following year, forming Cadbury-Schweppes. 

The factory eventually closed in 1978 as a tea making facility; but remained open as a clothes warehouse until around 2008.

The grounds, which are currently being used as a 148-space pay and display car park (very handy for exploring!), have been granted planning permission as part of a £14 million project to  turn the site into a brand new university campus for the Birmingham City University.

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Thanks for Looking, more at:
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[hamtagger]

Crazy that it was full of other explorers given its poor state of repair/graff etc but thanks for the update @Landie_Man   

 

[The_Raw]

Dang that's not looking too healthy these days. Reminds me a bit of the Klinger factory

 

[The Elusive]

Yikes! thats definitely seen better days! Shame some of the rooms in there were lovely! 

 

[Dubbed Navigator]

Birmingham does have a positive side

 

[Landie_Man]

I guess so!  Never thought I'd hear those two in the same sentence!