Visited with prettyvacant71 the night before the Birmingham meet. I was first made aware of it's closure by @xexxa and completely forgot about it. I was really happy to hear from PV saying her, @jsp77 and @Terminal Decline had got inside. PV is the queen of revisits so we decided to go together when I was down south anyway. Well worth the 500+ mile drive! Despite being totally fucked after the journey down, this place was an absolute joy to shoot.
Some brief history:
The mills, completed in October 1934, heralded the beginning of a new commercial life for Southampton Docks. It was the first building constructed on 200 acres of reclaimed land, set aside by Southampton Railways for industrial development that was to establish Southampton as a major centre of industry and commerce.
The construction of the mill was very much due to the drive and business acumen of Joseph Rank – the founder of Rank Hovis McDougall. In the early 1930s he proposed building a mill at Southampton, which was met with short shrift by his co-directors who did not think it necessary. Unperturbed he defiantly said to his colleagues “Very Well, I’ll do it on my own” and, losing no time, he secured a site on the Southern Railway New Docks estate and set about building the most modern flour mill in the country.
Didn't take any externals, so a roof shot is better than nothing!
Thanks for looking!
Some brief history:
The mills, completed in October 1934, heralded the beginning of a new commercial life for Southampton Docks. It was the first building constructed on 200 acres of reclaimed land, set aside by Southampton Railways for industrial development that was to establish Southampton as a major centre of industry and commerce.
The construction of the mill was very much due to the drive and business acumen of Joseph Rank – the founder of Rank Hovis McDougall. In the early 1930s he proposed building a mill at Southampton, which was met with short shrift by his co-directors who did not think it necessary. Unperturbed he defiantly said to his colleagues “Very Well, I’ll do it on my own” and, losing no time, he secured a site on the Southern Railway New Docks estate and set about building the most modern flour mill in the country.
Didn't take any externals, so a roof shot is better than nothing!
Thanks for looking!
