tannery

Sadly long gone this was a good mooch for a local site :sad2: Croggons tannery ran from 1712 to 2002. Tanning took a long time. After washing, hides were placed in lime solution for two to three weeks to remove hair. Hides were then laid flat in vats with oak bark (or ground Turkish acorns...

Hey all, heres me and Jesus's latest.. This is one of Nottinghams few remaining tanneries and the only other underground tannery. (The main one is featured in nottinghams city of caves attraction). Originally tunneled out of Sandstone it consists of a few rooms underneath a lace market house...

Right, I'm going to merge two reports here, I have visited this place twice now, firstly with Maniac, Swamp Donkey and Fluff on the 28th, and also just with Maniac on the 1st On with pics Meee Ex-Pigeon Group shot from the 28th :D

This was a surprisingly good explore. We set out origenally just for a recce, but ended up in a full explore. St Mildreds Tannery stands along side the River Stour in Canterbury City Centre. There are just a few remaning buildings now, the rest have been demolished and are now rapidly becoming...