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Report - British sugar - York. Final visit? 11/10/08

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Dempsey

The Human Turbine.
28DL Full Member
Well, i had to bite the bullet! It was either me crying when York sugar is a mass of rubble and steel, or getting back into UE good and proper! I took the latter.

An early start, as i wanted to use the route in, under twilight. As soon as i was over the fence, a silhouette appeared from where i had just came, thankfully it was one man and his dog, totally oblivious to me sitting in a gunky ditch, great start! I thought.


I could see how much of the plant had being demo'd since last time, I was too eager to get in and not miss this chance, crossing one of the perimeter roads in the open, i realize the security guard is getting into his car, so its flat onto the ground behind a chunk of steel, thankfully he didn't clock me, no more than 4 feet from his car, no sooner am i across the road, the guy is back. I fathomed that the two security guards (at either end of the site) have an exchange of sort, or just a natter. Eventually I'm up into the first floor ... i didn't want any close shaves like the first time!

The big tube thing was some sort of 'musher' for the raw beet. unfortunately i couldnt get that far up as it was right outside one of the security cabins.
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The offices are totally stripped and bare of windows.

Chugging through some bits and pieces i hear a roar of an engine. 'F**k they have got one of the demo machines on the go', i leg it back out. But half way across the open ground i have a re-think and dive back into the sugar monster, they were only warming it up anyway, surely they don't have demo crews on Saturday's, i thought.


Its strange seeing the plant in daylight, especially places like 'the spaceship' which is now stripped of computers ad strewn with litter. This was getting better though... Opening a door i was stood in a big part of the plant i hadn't seen before, the power plant of the factory, all of the furnaces and generators. Its a great place to climb about in, and it got my mind thinking about taking photographs.

Old workers confectionery
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Pipes n stuff
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To the left of this picture was a rather large Alternator, currently being dismantled; a massive task.
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Tools and junk are all over place, it reminded me of Yorkshire chems in Leeds, a lot.
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I hear voices and the reminiscent sound of my own heart beat is there in my ears, the guys disappear, and its back to normal. Again I'm up on a gantry, and the voices appear beneath my feet, 2 guys talking about how they are going to dismantle a piece of machinery, i could see if they had Grey hairs through the mesh! After much talking and rummaging about, i took my chance when they had their backs turned, and carried on my explore, somewhere else.

The Furnace area was alive with dust and having a chesty cough with no water, i snotted all over someones fleece which was hanging on a door, TBH no one was going to use it, it was soaked. That was a relief, it had being stuck up there for the past two hours, not being able to get rid of it because of the noise it would make!

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Up at the top of the plant, a screech of tracks and i begin to think the worst! They were beginning to get on with the demo, from one of the conversations i heard, this was at least a 6 day week for the demo teams working until 7 at night!

I depart down backtracking (very slowly as i wanted a few pictures here and there) dodging the voices and out of the plant i go, a somewhat satisfied 4 hours later.

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The pictures are a bit 'dodgy' and sparce, as it was like learning to ride a bike again, on a minefield, but after half an hour i started seeing photos, if you get me.

Ta,

Demps.
 
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