Clare Tools, Manchester - May 15

[Funlester]

This was a Sunday early morning visit with a non member and was a really nice place to go round.

Sadly now part of the main bit has collapsed back in July - Castlefield building collapse on Hulme Hall Road – recap of live updates

History -

The Excelsior Printing and Bookbinding Works was originally opened on the Monday 4th July 1870 and the owner at the time was Mr John Heywood.

At the time when it was opened this place could take on upto 750 employees and was one of the largest of it kind. Clare Tooling Systems occupied the building around the late 80's early 90's.

 

[jones-y-gog]

Thanks for sharing this. A nice mix of photos and shows the decline of this sort of industry

 

[Maniac]

Gold star to anyone who can tell me what this is. (I already know just wondering if anyone else does)

Clue, it's NOT a computer.

 

[Funlester]

Gold star to anyone who can tell me what this is. (I already know just wondering if anyone else does) Clue, it's NOT a computer.

I thought it was some type of printing/type writer machine with the ribbon on the top of it?

 

[Hydro]

Gold star to anyone who can tell me what this is. (I already know just wondering if anyone else does) Clue, it's NOT a computer.

FISH? For looking at sheets of componants or parts?

 

[Maniac]

Close, but no cigar.

It's a Telex machine, kinda a fore runner to e-mail from the 70's / early 80's.