branston

So earlier this year the Branston Pickled Machine Gun Factory was all the rage and Landie Man wasn't taking no for an answer so off we went. Nice building but mainly empty. We did get very luck with the February light tho. Beautiful. Speed did a very good write up on the history which can be...

Branston Pickle was made at this factory complex we see here in Burton Upon Trent, England 1920 and 1925 under Crosse & Blackwell and Rayon was produced here between 1927 and 1930. The history gets more interesting though; originally conceived and built as the rather grand, National Machine...

Branston Pickle was made at this factory complex we see here in Burton Upon Trent, England 1920 and 1925 under Crosse & Blackwell and Rayon was produced here between 1927 and 1930. The history gets more interesting though; originally conceived and built as the rather grand, National Machine Gun...

I'm not sure how all of this works but i just wanted to share some pictures and maybe relay some information. Yesterday i visited this location in Branston which was previously used as a machine gun factory, unfortunately i found no way of access through doors, as i am not sure on the laws on...

Branston machine gun factory History from here. https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/branston-machine-gun-factory-01-17.t111548#post-1193760 some info (Taken from burton-on-trent website): During World War One, as a part of the National Factories Scheme, HM Government commissioned the Enfield Small...

Decent sunday explore, met some other fellow explorers in there who were just aiming to see the clock, but i'm not one for digging through loads of bird dung for that business! Explored with a none 28dl member. some info (Taken from burton-on-trent website): During World War One, as a part of...

The best laid plans... My day started at 2:15 am and I probably got up last. Some of the others hadn’t even been to bed. We (me, @albino-jay , @monk and another non-member) went in search of epic and ended up, after a turn of just bad luck, staring down a dog’s muzzle for a couple of hours...

The National Machine Gun Factory aka The Branston Depot - Burton-on-Trent. Visited a couple of weeks back with a non-member. The office block in its heyday ~ It's fair to say that calling it 'the National Machine Gun Factory' is perhaps being a bit generous, as by the time construction was...

What a cracker. Cheers for @clebby putting me on to this one. Sorry you couldn't be with us this time but consider it payback for Triplex and Hi-Finish! lol Explored with @dweeb, @Six and yes an out of retirement and knee in just about working order @turkey! This history of this site is really...