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 [...]
Entries from May 2007
William Whitley and Sons, Sheffield
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments
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.
Tags: Angel's Blog · Midlands · Topside Locations
SR Gent an old clothes factory in Barnsley
May 13th, 2007 · No Comments
Powered by DM PhotoAlbumsFull 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.
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 [...]
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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