History
Stolen from Loneshadow as he was on the explore
N. Corah and Sons was a manufacturer of hosiery and textiles founded somewhere in the region of 1825, located in Leicester in the United Kingdom. At one time it was the largest knitwear producer in Europe, and its products had a major influence on the development and prosperity of the Marks and Spencer chain of retail stores.
The company was founded by Nathaniel Corah at the Globe Inn, Silver Street, in Leicester – a building which still survives, and which at that time was closely associated with the city's stockinger. Corah's business model was to buy completed stockings in Leicester, and to sell them elsewhere at a profit.
The firm was the first company to develop a relationship with Mark’s and Spencer, a well-known British retailer. The latter's St Michaels brand, which it used from 1928 until 2000, was inspired by Corah's use of "St Margaret" as a label for its clothing
Corah maintained a design room until at least the 1960s, which enabled it to present customers such as Marks & Spencer with designs for finished products such as dresses. It even sent clothes to Marks & Spencer already arranged by size so that they could go straight into the store. In the 1970s, the company's trade with Marks & Spencer was worth £20 million per annum – and Corah celebrated the "golden anniversary" of the relationship in 1976.
However, the downfall of the textiles trade had started in the 1960’s with higher demand in fashion and more expensive materials in a tighter, more low cost market.
By the 1980’s and 1990’s Corah was fastly declining. The factory doors were finally closed for the last time during the late 1990’s.
The Explore
Corah was the first of today's Visits exploring with The Lone Shadow and Southside Assasin. Entry wasn't as easy as hoped however posed no real problems other than the timing.
The Site is extremely large taking us over 4 hours to navigate. Parts of it still active so it's very much a "Crystal Maze" type of explore just without Richard o Brian. Theirs the zone that's full of old stock, Textilles, Paint and Completely Trashed Zone, The Stripped Bare and lots of Empty Rooms Zone, The Clambering about on Roofs and Ladders Zone and not to forget the Burnt Out and completely f***ed zone so watch your step Zone. In all it ticks many boxes of the different types of explore
What strikes me the most about the site is exactly how much stuff has been left behind. Some areas almost look like a landfill site and some areas look like the workers just downed tools and went home and the amount of clothing, dies, equipment and other gems such as phones and pcs left behind on site is staggering. Plenty of Nostalgia on this site made it a very enjoyable explore.
Exit thankfully was comically much quicker thanks to the on site "Janitor" complete with Tool Kit who was "doing the odd bit of work here and there" (yeah right). When disturbed by SA he went as white as a sheet and jumped 20ft in the air
He Thankfully let us out of a locked side door saying "I keep it locked as the Police keep coming in and busting me"
1. From the Roof
2. Trashed
3. Wouldn't be a visit without this
4. From the Roof
5. Sorry wasn't expecting guests
6. Extreme Ironing
7. Cozy!
8. Painted Windows
9. Some of the more "Plesent" Graffiti
10. Modern Art
11. Coloured Thread
12. Hung ready
13. Boxes of old VCRs
14. Corridors
15. Hole in the Wall
16. Workbench
17. Ventalation
18. Might find an old C64 here
19. Toasty
20. Rising Damp
22. Im sure there are some of those tapes around here
23. An old Car
24. Security Office
25. Blast from the Past
26. Revolving Doors
27. Vending Machine
28. The old Karate Dojo
Thanks for Viewing
Stolen from Loneshadow as he was on the explore
N. Corah and Sons was a manufacturer of hosiery and textiles founded somewhere in the region of 1825, located in Leicester in the United Kingdom. At one time it was the largest knitwear producer in Europe, and its products had a major influence on the development and prosperity of the Marks and Spencer chain of retail stores.
The company was founded by Nathaniel Corah at the Globe Inn, Silver Street, in Leicester – a building which still survives, and which at that time was closely associated with the city's stockinger. Corah's business model was to buy completed stockings in Leicester, and to sell them elsewhere at a profit.
The firm was the first company to develop a relationship with Mark’s and Spencer, a well-known British retailer. The latter's St Michaels brand, which it used from 1928 until 2000, was inspired by Corah's use of "St Margaret" as a label for its clothing
Corah maintained a design room until at least the 1960s, which enabled it to present customers such as Marks & Spencer with designs for finished products such as dresses. It even sent clothes to Marks & Spencer already arranged by size so that they could go straight into the store. In the 1970s, the company's trade with Marks & Spencer was worth £20 million per annum – and Corah celebrated the "golden anniversary" of the relationship in 1976.
However, the downfall of the textiles trade had started in the 1960’s with higher demand in fashion and more expensive materials in a tighter, more low cost market.
By the 1980’s and 1990’s Corah was fastly declining. The factory doors were finally closed for the last time during the late 1990’s.
The Explore
Corah was the first of today's Visits exploring with The Lone Shadow and Southside Assasin. Entry wasn't as easy as hoped however posed no real problems other than the timing.
The Site is extremely large taking us over 4 hours to navigate. Parts of it still active so it's very much a "Crystal Maze" type of explore just without Richard o Brian. Theirs the zone that's full of old stock, Textilles, Paint and Completely Trashed Zone, The Stripped Bare and lots of Empty Rooms Zone, The Clambering about on Roofs and Ladders Zone and not to forget the Burnt Out and completely f***ed zone so watch your step Zone. In all it ticks many boxes of the different types of explore
What strikes me the most about the site is exactly how much stuff has been left behind. Some areas almost look like a landfill site and some areas look like the workers just downed tools and went home and the amount of clothing, dies, equipment and other gems such as phones and pcs left behind on site is staggering. Plenty of Nostalgia on this site made it a very enjoyable explore.
Exit thankfully was comically much quicker thanks to the on site "Janitor" complete with Tool Kit who was "doing the odd bit of work here and there" (yeah right). When disturbed by SA he went as white as a sheet and jumped 20ft in the air
He Thankfully let us out of a locked side door saying "I keep it locked as the Police keep coming in and busting me" 1. From the Roof
2. Trashed
3. Wouldn't be a visit without this
4. From the Roof
5. Sorry wasn't expecting guests
6. Extreme Ironing
7. Cozy!
8. Painted Windows
9. Some of the more "Plesent" Graffiti
10. Modern Art
11. Coloured Thread
12. Hung ready
13. Boxes of old VCRs
14. Corridors
15. Hole in the Wall
16. Workbench
17. Ventalation
18. Might find an old C64 here
19. Toasty
20. Rising Damp
22. Im sure there are some of those tapes around here
23. An old Car
24. Security Office
25. Blast from the Past
26. Revolving Doors
27. Vending Machine
28. The old Karate Dojo
Thanks for Viewing
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