The HistoryAlfred Gray Parker founded a rifle manufacturing company in 1890, and his nephew, Alfred Hale became a partner in the company in 1910. The Parker-Hale Arms Company; a United Kingdom air rifle, firearms and firearms accessory manufacturer, was later founded in 1940.With a fall in production contracts and no permanent premises, the company invested in a small factory unit, and was transferred to the Birmingham Proof House.
The ExploreI didn't take any pics from the outside so here's one from google maps.
We had originally planned on going into the white building as we didn't think we could realistically get inside the gun shop, I came up with a possible route which didn't entirely work, however it did lead us to an abandoned petrol station which was a nice find. As we were walking along the back streets we came across an entry to the train track (luckily the gate didn't have a padlock on it), so we walked along there towards the building and eventually found a way in.We didn't explore the entire thing because we figured that if we did have an unlucky encounter with any druggies that would be the end of us, being in such a rough area and having no quick or safe escape route.
The ExploreI didn't take any pics from the outside so here's one from google maps.
These crates were everywhere; they were full of these little wax-coated boxes and we were unsure of what they were at first, so we cut one open and found loads of little metal cylinders inside. Not entirely sure what their purpose was.
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