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Entries from May 2007

William Whitley and Sons, Sheffield

May 29th, 2007 · No Comments

William Whiteley and Sons make high quality scissors and shears, mostly used for specialised industrial purposes, the designs continually modified for changing industrial requirements. The company has been making scissors in Sheffield since 1760, in the same family hands in an unbroken line for all this time.
The company has previous Royal connections. It made scissors [...]

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Topside Locations · Uncategorized · Yorkshire and Humberside

Derby Police Station, Derby

May 25th, 2007 · No Comments

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On a whim I went to explore this old police station in Derby. Well I had always wanted to do a police station, and I got a bit of a kick out of it.

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Midlands · Topside Locations

SR Gent an old clothes factory in Barnsley

May 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Powered by DM PhotoAlbums™Full ScreenFollowing up on this lead. I went an checked this out today. Meant to be a recce but I had more time and a good access point so I ended up exploring it alone.

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Topside Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

Rotherham Civil Defence Bunker

May 11th, 2007 · No Comments

This 1950s Civil Defence Bunker Has now been levelled.
I thought it would be in the best interests of recording the place to get my photos uploaded. It was a monument to the cold war and really had a lot of information.
Internal shots:

It was a local authority bunker, constructed as a civil defence control in the [...]

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Sub-Urban Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

Record Marples, Sheffield

May 10th, 2007 · No Comments

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Myself and Hellfire went to Record Marples. It was Hellfire’s first explore and he seemed to get a good kick out of it!! I’d not been here during the day and I think its worthwhile exploring a place twice, once by night and once by day as you get completely different [...]

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