fletchers

Unfortunately passed by Fletchers on the way to other sites, now under the bucket :( All of the small buildings at Fletchers are now cleared too outside of boiler house and turbine hall, which are being kept I believe for the housing estate

First time trying out Portra 400, shot on a Praktica MTL-50 Explore This is less of a report, more of a set of shots that I’m quite proud of, and a mini update of sorts. My last visit was November last year, so it has been a while since I’ve looked around. The explore itself was quite nice...

Taken my time getting this written up, but thought I'd post my take on this old classic as it's now been partially demolished. As soon as I heard they were finally tearing it down, I dragged my arse up north as I've never gotten around to doing it. We were pretty thorough, but with the sheer...

Figured I’d do a report as filling an old thread with new photos isn’t exactly worthwhile It was nice to get back here again after so long but it’s sad to see the state of the whole place, especially recognising little bits in the rubble here and there. Going through the whole place is fairly...

1. The History Robert Fletcher’s paper mill was located in Greenfield, Lancashire, to the south of Chew Brook and west of Dovestone resevoir. Fletcher, a prominent paper merchant who began trading in the early 19th century. A mill has been located here since 1823x`, but the modern mill opened in...

Introduction The previous challenges of climbing and high security made it seem unlikely for me to ever see Fletcher’s. Fortunately, towards the end of last year, there was a period where security appeared to ease up a bit. Me and @JakeV50 decided to take advantage of this and finally give it a...

Anyone fancy sharing their best shots of fletchers from over the years? Feel free to dump them on here, would love to see some! As of the 7th April, most of the bottom mill is gone. The beater hall, roller rooms and finishing department have all been demolished, as well as one of the office...

I Know this place has been done to death, but here's my take (well what I manged to see) on the place. THE HISTORY Robert Fletcher and its mill is located in the valleys of east Oldham, the origins of which can be traced all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. It was first owned by the...

Way back in 2001 I worked in a factory (Not far from Fletchers) and we had an influx of workers join our company. I got chatting to one of the guys, a chap named Trevor who had come as a maintanance hand, I asked him why he had left his old job and he told me he had worked at a local paper mill...

I had lost half of my exploring pictures and others from this year a few months ago. And not really been out doing much exploring throughout autumn as I tend to like the woodlands at this time of year. But we did make a recent trip to absolute classic of a place. I first tried this in January...

Two reports in one (college) night??? Anyone who’s seen this forum has at least seen fletchers, and a lot of us have seen the recent demolition beginning, I definitely recommend a visit ASAP as it’s been cut up, torn apart and, to be frank, ruined and I’d be surprised if it’s long before it’s...

This is a follow up post after my first visit which i posted yesterday HERE. I was gutted i didn't quite reach the areas i wanted to see yesterday, so did a bit of research and realized i was so close! took advantage of the clocks going back and head out at 6 this morning. Very simple to get in...

I'm sure this site needs no real introduction, A real classic that's been done countless times. A mill that produced cigarette paper and closed down overnight in the early 00's. Everything is still in place and hasn't been vandalized at all, Thanks to it being locked down well, aswell as on site...

Explore One of the all time greats in my opinion surely needs no intro. After hearing and seeing evidence that this place had started to be demolished I had to make one final trip to see for myself, and also to try and do the parts I hadn't done on my previous visits. It has indeed finally...

Obviously an old favourite, been meaning to put this up for ages…….. History (taken from other reports) The mill has been stationed here for over 200 years with Robert Fletcher & Son commencing the business of cigarette paper manufacturing in 1921. At its height, it employed 1000 people to run...