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Great Britain Watchmakers House, July 2019

sj9966

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Well what can I say about this place, in the ten or so years I have been doing this hobby, this has got to be one of the best places I have visited.

Having said that I really haven’t done much exploring in the last couple of years but an out of the blue text from my old exploring mate Rusty saying “are you free for a few hours today” brought this place to my attention. I couldn’t make it that day but after seeing inside by way of photo messaging I was on it the next day with him as he came back for a second visit.

Basically a three story terraced house with some of the the ground floor rooms used as a watchmakers. It looked as though it had been unused for years, a total time capsule. The place was small but amazing, there was a Propane gas rig set up in the house, electrical wiring strewn all over the place with complete disregard to all regulations. Vintage machinery, tooling, clocks, watches, tobacco tins & accounts books dating back over 100 years, all pretty much untouched. after some research it was found that the owner died in 1987, his wife lived on until 2004 when thereafter their daughter continued to live in the house for a number of years until her death. I am unsure as to when this was but it must have been some time ago judging by the state of the place inside.

It was jam packed full of vintage items, more than any other place I have ever visited. It was incredible!

We got there a week after it was first posted online and already some items seen in the first few pictures had already vanished. The front room had pretty much been turned upside down.

The place has now been emptied and sealed up, it was originally thought a museum had been involved in this but that is not the case, so it must have been cleared out by the new owners. Hopefully they didn’t just throw the stuff away! The place could have been a museum itself.

Anyway enough waffle, here are some pictures….

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Thanks for looking
 

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Wow that's pretty special, the phrase time capsule is used a lot but in this case it really is!
 

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I'm not too into old houses but that's a bit special. Your photos are absolutely mint?What camera do you shoot with?
 

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Fantastic, u did a better job than me in there, was gutted I couldnt get back in to finish the pics but also glad its been sealed!
 

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I'm not too into old houses but that's a bit special. Your photos are absolutely mint?What camera do you shoot with?
Thanks mate, I'm not into old houses either but this was a bit special with the workshop at the back. Shots were taken on a Canon 6d some with a Tamron 24-70 and some with a Canon 17-40.
 

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Love this, my kind of place. Love the old watches, tins and especially the knife box with its lovely label. Dread to think new owners would simply skip it all as junk.
 
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