Obviously an old favourite, been meaning to put this up for ages……..
History (taken from other reports)
The mill has been stationed here for over 200 years with Robert Fletcher & Son commencing the business of cigarette paper manufacturing in 1921. At its height, it employed 1000 people to run seven paper machines.
By 1986 the company was making a loss and was purchased by the Melton Medes Conglomerate who turned the company around and started to make a profit once again. However by 2001 the company was once again failing and the decision was made to close the other mill it owned, Stoneclough Mill. Some people were transferred to the Greenfield mill, but the company could not sustain the increasing losses and it was forced into receivership. The workers were told to go home one day when the receivers came in and it was said it may be resolved. They never went back and the place is frozen in time
The explore
The history in this place is incredible, you can really feel how it functioned. Have been scouting this one out for a while and had a few brushes with security including one where I was flying my drone over and we shared a nice chat about how they’d prefer me not to do that.
Generally found it pretty well sealed so when an opportunity arose I thought it best to take it and visited twice over a couple of weeks. On one of the visits it had been raining heavily and the water running through parts of the mill certainly gave it a different vibe.
Board room. The documents on the table were relating to a discussion about working practices and dated back to the 1920’s
Packing area
Staff canteen
The potchers where all the raw pulp was mixed with chemicals and water at the beginning of the process.
thanks for looking.
History (taken from other reports)
The mill has been stationed here for over 200 years with Robert Fletcher & Son commencing the business of cigarette paper manufacturing in 1921. At its height, it employed 1000 people to run seven paper machines.
By 1986 the company was making a loss and was purchased by the Melton Medes Conglomerate who turned the company around and started to make a profit once again. However by 2001 the company was once again failing and the decision was made to close the other mill it owned, Stoneclough Mill. Some people were transferred to the Greenfield mill, but the company could not sustain the increasing losses and it was forced into receivership. The workers were told to go home one day when the receivers came in and it was said it may be resolved. They never went back and the place is frozen in time
The explore
The history in this place is incredible, you can really feel how it functioned. Have been scouting this one out for a while and had a few brushes with security including one where I was flying my drone over and we shared a nice chat about how they’d prefer me not to do that.
Generally found it pretty well sealed so when an opportunity arose I thought it best to take it and visited twice over a couple of weeks. On one of the visits it had been raining heavily and the water running through parts of the mill certainly gave it a different vibe.
Board room. The documents on the table were relating to a discussion about working practices and dated back to the 1920’s
Packing area
Staff canteen
The potchers where all the raw pulp was mixed with chemicals and water at the beginning of the process.
thanks for looking.
