Ezykiel
01-05-2012, 09:54 AM
In the early 1920s Mr Owen Aisher, a builder at Harrietsham, Kent, was manufacturing doors and windows for his own use and for sale to other builders and trading as The Marley Joinery Works. In 1923, because of a shortage of clay roofing tiles, Mr Aisher purchased a Winget press which made concrete roofing tiles out of sand and cement. The company began marketing these tiles in 1924 and changed its name to The Marley Tile Works.
In the 1950s Marley opened 3 new factories at Delamere near Chester, Beenham in Berkshire and Ebchester near Newcastle. By the early 1980s there were ten Marley concrete roofing tile factories: Glasgow, Ebchester, Burton, Delamere, Dewsbury, Beenham, Leighton Buzzard, Sawston, Poole and Riverhead. This is not really history of the location itself, but of its previous owner, as I had difficulty finding history on the building itself. However, I did find out about the future of the location, which you can read at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9279995.Iraq_hero_backs_plan_to_heal_war_veterans/.
A later visit with Jippers as we slept in after deciding to go early. I remembered external photos, go me!
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/7044426757_0881c37fff_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044426757/)
Outside, and the place is an absolute tip. This is going to take some cleaning up before they can do anything.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5320/7044421595_8504983352_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044421595/)
Heading into today's location. There was nowt up that ladder.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/7044421917_bc6c66c6ab_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044421917/)
I think my favourite things to take pictures of are switches, buttons and peeling paint.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7223/6898326260_5e245e2cc9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898326260/)
Couldn't find the tea machine anywhere, I was so tired :(
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/6898326820_7320a1c33d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898326820/)
My favourite photo from the day.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/7044423883_1b1e04621b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044423883/)
Colour scheme win.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6898329338_da77b0b544_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898329338/)
Found this completely by mistake, Jippers was walking out of one door, I went through another and nearly fell over this.
There's a few more on my Flickr (www.flickr.com/ezyurb). Thanks for looking.
In the 1950s Marley opened 3 new factories at Delamere near Chester, Beenham in Berkshire and Ebchester near Newcastle. By the early 1980s there were ten Marley concrete roofing tile factories: Glasgow, Ebchester, Burton, Delamere, Dewsbury, Beenham, Leighton Buzzard, Sawston, Poole and Riverhead. This is not really history of the location itself, but of its previous owner, as I had difficulty finding history on the building itself. However, I did find out about the future of the location, which you can read at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9279995.Iraq_hero_backs_plan_to_heal_war_veterans/.
A later visit with Jippers as we slept in after deciding to go early. I remembered external photos, go me!
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/7044426757_0881c37fff_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044426757/)
Outside, and the place is an absolute tip. This is going to take some cleaning up before they can do anything.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5320/7044421595_8504983352_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044421595/)
Heading into today's location. There was nowt up that ladder.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/7044421917_bc6c66c6ab_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044421917/)
I think my favourite things to take pictures of are switches, buttons and peeling paint.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7223/6898326260_5e245e2cc9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898326260/)
Couldn't find the tea machine anywhere, I was so tired :(
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/6898326820_7320a1c33d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898326820/)
My favourite photo from the day.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/7044423883_1b1e04621b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/7044423883/)
Colour scheme win.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6898329338_da77b0b544_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezyurb/6898329338/)
Found this completely by mistake, Jippers was walking out of one door, I went through another and nearly fell over this.
There's a few more on my Flickr (www.flickr.com/ezyurb). Thanks for looking.