Maple mill, Oldham Jan 2010

[judderman62]

You may have seen in the news at the time in April 2009 there was a huge fire at this place that burned for ages and took shed loads of fireman to deal with.

As regards info and history you can have a search on google and you'll find loadsa info.

Here's a little info I foud from one hit on Google:

Maple Mill in Cardwell Street, Oldham - over 100 years old and largest of the remaining cotton mills in the North of England - last operated in its traditional industry when owned by Courtaulds Spinning in the 1990s. It was a highly efficient manufacturer of open-end yarns, operating to the best international productivity standards. However, subsidised competition, in a climate of falling demand and world-wide over capacity, drove yarn prices down to a point where the mill was no longer viable, despite the owners reportedly spending £5 million modernising the production infrastructure at Maple Mill.

[SilentHill]

That was a massive mill in It's time mate.
Some cracking detail in your shots
Nice stuff.

[judderman62]

thanks buddy. Was driving down the main road that this is off, saw it in the distance and thought .... aye, aye that might be worth a look. So home for a change of clothes n footwear and off I went - wasn't going to waste a lovely day like this afternoon.

sad to see so much industry gone down the tubes and the mills disappearing on one way or another

[SilentHill]

Judders my man!! Have you suffered a momentary lapse of reason in posting this twice?

[judderman62]

ehmmmmm ...... gosh is that the time I'd better get to bed.

night all

[joybee]

ehmmmmm ...... gosh is that the time I'd better get to bed.

night all

So early!!!!

[boxfrenzy]

Shame so much get damaged. We like mills on here

[ERNIE99_UK]

Thats some serious damage, you can see where the heat has twisted the beams. I notice that its only still standing because of the mobile mast.

[evilnoodle]

Nice one, Judders. Some lovely mangled metal there

[bungle666]

Thats some serious damage, you can see where the heat has twisted the beams. I notice that its only still standing because of the mobile mast.

yea, but the mobile mast is "dead" they cut it off when the fire was raging!!

i went down there the day after the fire, as its only down the road for me, and got these:-

this was took from the upstairs bedroom window of my house, about three miles away as the crow flies. the fire had been burning around 6 hours at this point.


the day after....
















i didnt go down on the night as i was attending AC/DC in manchester and was too pissed to drive down to watch the fun!! LOL

and FYI the mill is ACTUALLY maple B. maple A still stands intact next door.

B..