Thanks to KooK for tolerating my morning tardiness on which turned out to be an excellent day's exploring. This was one of the finest and most varied explores I've had the privilege to experience and the only one to feature a partly devoured dead sheep.
No troubles from security, as they were holed up in their little house. Obviously not really on top of their game as there were two "gushers" from burst pipework, which were soaking through the structures from the inside... thought they'd have let the owners know and have those capped off by now.
Lickle bitta History
Here are a few of the shots I got.Quote:
Robert Fletcher has produced paper since 1823 but in 1986, the company became part of the Melton Medes group. As non-UK sales represented up to 45% of the company's annual 20,000 tonnes output, the strength of the pound hit hard.
Greenfield Mill was one of two mills operated by Robert Fletcher & Son Ltd, for the manufacture of lightweight high opacity paper bible and cigarette paper. It closed in July 2001, following the closure of the company’s Stoneclough site the previous year.
The type of paper they produced has become quite unpopular in the UK due to the amount of chemicals (especially chlorine) used in its production as Europe moves towards TCF (totally-chlorine free) or ECF (elemental-chlorine free) production.
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Thanks for having a looksie. :thumb
