boxfrenzy
19-11-2008, 08:27 PM
I really liked this place. We'd had a few no accesses by mid afternoon, and the next stop on a tight schedule was here. As a walk in, firedamaged and trashed you don't expect much, and to be honest, there isn't much here. But it's a very enjoyable, chilled way to spend an hour or so.
Most recently, this place was a refuse collection centre, and landfill. Aka Blackley Fire Clay Works, Wilkinson's Brickworks, Blackley.
The chimney at the works was built in 1894 and was a local landmark.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture020.jpg
Window (of course)
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture022.jpg
Downstairs was ruined, covered in tiny plastic/polystyrene balls. It looked like an explosion in a beanbag factory.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture024.jpg
Upstairs was cool, and after some of the worst ladder climbing in Britain, I got up. My favourite room.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture031.jpg
With some fine grafitti
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture032.jpg
I guess this was the remains of a conveyor.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture033.jpg
This brickworks closed in 1985. It is now open to the elenents.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture036.jpg
The lift shaft is there, but my picture of the machinery was rubbish.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture039.jpg
Will the last explorer out please turn off the lights.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture042.jpg
The Great Silver Snake of Elland Brickworks can be seen in the background
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture040.jpg
A familiar site, having been done before, but a nice one nevertheless.:thumb
Most recently, this place was a refuse collection centre, and landfill. Aka Blackley Fire Clay Works, Wilkinson's Brickworks, Blackley.
The chimney at the works was built in 1894 and was a local landmark.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture020.jpg
Window (of course)
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture022.jpg
Downstairs was ruined, covered in tiny plastic/polystyrene balls. It looked like an explosion in a beanbag factory.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture024.jpg
Upstairs was cool, and after some of the worst ladder climbing in Britain, I got up. My favourite room.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture031.jpg
With some fine grafitti
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture032.jpg
I guess this was the remains of a conveyor.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture033.jpg
This brickworks closed in 1985. It is now open to the elenents.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture036.jpg
The lift shaft is there, but my picture of the machinery was rubbish.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture039.jpg
Will the last explorer out please turn off the lights.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture042.jpg
The Great Silver Snake of Elland Brickworks can be seen in the background
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/thedownings10/Wilkinsons%20Brickworks/Picture040.jpg
A familiar site, having been done before, but a nice one nevertheless.:thumb