Mayfield Yarns, Ashbourne

One from earlier this month recently released for public consumption 

History

The site was originally a cotton mill dating back to 1795.

A fire in 1806 necessitated rebuilding the mill, which was then constructed with a cast iron framework and brick vaulted ceilings.

The mill was leased by the Simpsons in 1866 and later purchased by Mr. C.H. Cowlishaw in 1932. By 1934, William Tatton & Co. had acquired it and shifted production to silk.

In 1980, Mayfield Yarns took over the mill and began producing synthetic yarns, which continued until recently.

The site is currently being demolished.

Esoteric Eric 

Festival House, Leeds

History

Constructed in the 1930s in the Art Deco style, originally a Co-Op laundry. Later home to Festival Foods

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Holme Spring Mill, Hasslingden

One from Apr.25 recently released for public consumption

History

Holme Spring Mill was originally founded as a small weaving shed by Henry Walton c.1856 and worked in conjunction with the neighbouring now demolished Grane Road Mill . The mill was extended in 1860 and again in 1912, with a large weaving shed was built over the swinnel brook in the 1950s. The last occupants were JH Birtwistle who had been part of John Lewis since the late 1980s. The company producing home furnishings, curtains, cushions, beanbags as well as various fabrics, chenille, etc.

Blackmores D Ltd has submitted a planning application to build a total of 104 homes on the former Grane & Holme Spring site.

Source:

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/holme-spring-mill-haslingden-lancashire-april-2025.139920/

Esoteric Eric

West Burton Power Station (Pre-Closure Live Infiltration), Nottinghamshire

One from the archive recently released for public consumption, also definitely done before you

History

The West Burton power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. West Burton A was a coal-fired power station, one of the Hinton Heavies which was commissioned in 1966 and operated until 2023. West Burton B on the other hand, is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2013. West Burton A is owned by EDF Energy, while West Burton B is owned and operated by Totalenergies.

The station has been accredited as an Investor in People since 1995, and certified to ISO 14001 for its environmental management system since 1996; the power station won a RoSPA President's Award in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The site is the farthest north of what was a series of power stations in the Trent valley, being 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) downstream of the now-closed Cottam power stations. As of September 2022, it was one of only three coal-fired power stations left in the UK and was required to close before 2024, with generation on two units initially planned to cease on 30 September 2022.

Due to the volatile energy market associated with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom Government agreed with plant owners EDF Energy that the remaining two generating units would be available for use for 6 months beyond the 30 September 2022 closure date, in order to provide supplies over the winter period. The plant ended generation on 31 March 2023.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Burton_power_stations

Esoteric Eric