Report - Hendon Paper works, Sunderland, August 2017

[stranton]

The paper works opened in 1872, with 400 staff
producing esporto paper (a high quality paper produced with the fibres of grass).
The company was bought in 1962 by a chemical & tar company & renamed Howard smith Hendon LTD,
which cease operating & closed the site in 1980 with 600 job loses.
The Edward Thompson group bought the site in 1981, 11 months since closure
now producing 100% recycled paper the firm opened a 2nd site at Sheepfolds which continues operating today.
Most of the site closed in 2006, with 94 job loses.
With much of the equipment been stripped & sent to India for reuse
part of the site remained in use for producing bingo tickets & storing equipment, the paper works officially closed in 2015.
The original brick buildings remain largely untouched, but in poor condition
some of the new warehouses have been stripped of their corrugated & remaining equipment.
The site is currently being demo'd, which commenced in August 2017.

gantry crane & control room

control room

boiler house

2nd gantry crane

notices

cont.

 

[stranton]

thanks

 

[Lavino]

Great report good to see you out and about. I like the one of the four little robot men on the wall

 

[jellyfish]

I like that one too . Reminds me of a screenshot from an Atari2600 game lol

 

[dave]

Great work must get down there before its too late thanks for posting this i had no idea it was being demoed.

 

[Speed]

Top stuff Stranton. Cant remember ever seeing this before?

 

[Ojay]

Place looks like a derp and your almost a decade too late, it's on your doorstep as well

That said I'm more impressed it's taken you nearly as long to work out how to use the image hosting we spent all that time and money sorting out

 

[stranton]

Cant remember ever seeing this before?

there was a thread circa August 2014 by a fellow member

 

[stranton]

Place looks like a derp and your almost a decade too late, it's on your doorstep as well

i'm seldom in Sunderland nowadays, check my threads.

 

[Camera Shy]

Pretty good that.

 

[catbalou]

there was a thread circa August 2014 by a fellow member

it was the "Edward Thompson Paper Mill"..... name was in place since 1981 when they took it over, hence my report a few year back of that name and not "Hendon paper works"... as its rarely known by that name.

 

[coolboyslim]

Nice m8ty. Interesting agreed like the little robot men lol.

 

[stranton]

it was the "Edward Thompson Paper Mill"..... name was in place since 1981 when they took it over, hence my report a few year back of that name and not "Hendon paper works"... as its rarely known by that name.

I've tried changing the name, but can't now.

 

[Sed]

Looks like the place hasnt been touched in the last 3 years. Security have obviously done a canny job in keeping people out of there because apart from another 3 years of natural decay it's very similar pics to when we went in.