Hi all something a little different from me but i still hope you enjoy.
This was a moouch with @gronk to see this place thats just closed down.
It was also a greyhound track and was a decent mooch so i thought i would upload it and let you see it.
History from wiki
Loomer Road Stadium is a...
Built in 1808.
Tucked away in the corner of a public garden and in need of repair
Apart from a grumpy old boy telling me im not supposed to be here it was a nice little place
thanks for looking
History
“Basically, we’ve decided to close down before someone else forced us to – while we are solvent rather than insolvent. It’s really upsetting. One of the main reasons is for the employees who work here. We have had two or three generations of people working here and one of the...
]Went for a local mooch around stoke on trent, Plenty of failed industries, bad news for the city not for us! This place was surrounded by diggers and workmen, i have a feeling the site they were working on used to be an old hospital/asylum, now a disposable toilet store, Info in this place is...
What a giggle! Through a quick chat with BangoEX; myself and another explorer went to what I thought was Falcon Pottery works, It wasnt until I got back having photographed it and had a really confusing conversation we figured out I'd gone somewhere different. Ive managed to figure out what it...
CRE industries, i know nothing about this place nor can i remember where it is other then in a tiny village in the middle of absolute nowhere! Visited with Maniac and Craig.
Sorry about image quality, i think i was still on the sony at this point! WAY back in the day!! :)
From what i...
More stuff from my archive of demolished/converted stuff :)
A very pretty Victorian primary school that was located in the north of the city (hence the name). At some point after closure renovation work was started but then stopped, as far as I am aware this renovation is now totally complete...
Another of Little Mikes discoveries under Stoke
I visited this a couple of years ago and was told about the light switch and decided that I'd head back at some point.
Well today I had a job in Stoke and decided that I'd head down to flick the switch and see what happens
I remembered the...
"Weatherby moved to the Falcon works from a smaller works in Tunstall in 1892. The factory was in the Weatherby family until closure in 2000. The works made everything from fancy goods to domestic ware, but their main lines were in Hotel and crested ware.
One of the last remaining family-owned...