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Tonedale Mills and Dyehouse - History - It's worth mentioning that Tonedale Mill and "Tone Works" are two physically separate sites situated in the North-west and South-west of Tonedale with the mills occupying the southern site. Both sites have roughly the same history dating back to the...

Local one for me, and one which has proven a tough nut to crack in comparison to Tonedale Mill. I was tempted to go to one of the council's open days last summer purely to get a peek, but every weekend they had one on I was elsewhere in the country 😂 Explored twice to try and get decent shots...

Introduction This is one of those large-scale ‘classic’ UK sites that I have always wanted to tick off the list and have always had in the back of my head, a bit like how Fletcher’s and RAE Bedford were for me. The main draw for me was the engine room with the large engines in situ, but was...

History This magnificent neo-classical structure, designed by the talented architect Edmund Aikin, was constructed around 1815-16 as a subscription assembly room for the esteemed Wellington Club. It served as a gathering place for the elite, hosting elegant assemblies, dance balls, and...

My first post for a few years, but I finally got round to seeing this gem. THE HISTORY Tonedale Mills, together with the neighbouring Tone Works, is a large textile mill in Wellington, Somerset, and the largest in South West England. Owned for over 200 years by members of the Fox family (see...

I realised that out of all my visits to Tone Mills Dyehouse, I only ever put up a thread of my first way back in 2012. I've been back numerous times since and each time although it got progressively more damaged, I still loved to photograph it. On a couple of occasions I even broke out my...

A bit of an older report, but it’s prob my favourite place I have visited still. I love the old machinery that dotted the dye house., and the scale of the main mill, the boiler house being the highlight. I remember seeing Mooksters pics at the time and got in contact with him, it was when we...

Everyone knows Tonedale and Tone Mills Dye Works, the sprawling mass of former mill buildings separated by around a mile, which at one point formed the largest complex of mill buildings in southwest England and has been disused largely since the late 1990s. It's been an explorer's dream...

July 2017 The Visit Explored this hidden gem with @stranton and @coolboyslim, another one from my list of forgot to post threads (possibly because of its short lived time on the tourbus). During our Merseyside expedition, we decided to pay a visit to this place and ended up spending a...

Wellington Rooms Been a bit busy of late & have not done much posting so heres one I dont need to think about too much. If you dont already know it heres the history The Neo-classical building was designed by the architect Edmund Aikin and built between 1815–16 as a subscription...

As others have noted, everyone and their dogs (and their grandmas, and their grandmas' dogs, and their dogs' grandmas) have been here over the years, but for good reason - it has some lovely bits and it makes for nice photos. It's a long way from home, but finding myself already a long way from...

This cinema was opened by the Clifton chain on the 18th of January 1937, and was a copy of the Walsall Rosum another cinema owned by the chain. Seating was provided at both stalls and circle levels, and the proscenium was 42 feet wide. In 1975 new projectors from Westrex were installed, and...

The Tone Works site was one part of a wider complex owned and operated by Fox Brothers & Co. Ltd., one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of woollen and worsted garments in the South West. The original corn mill, which once stood on the banks of the River Tone, was acquired by Quaker...

First report here, not particularly keen on Bandwagon-ing however having lived a stones throw from this all my life, I just had to take a look. The Explore - Perhaps the easiest access I have ever come across, a step off of the street takes you into the atrium of this magnificent building. At...

So it’s the latest on the g00n trail, but I have no shame in seeing what I want to see, regardless if it’s gooned out or not. Plus its one many of us have eyed up several times, we just haven’t been brass necked enough to smash it wide open. People are going nuts over it, I can’t imagine it...