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Report - Farben Works, Leicester 16/07/07

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Goldie87

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Finally got to explore here after wanting to do it for ages. Was in town and got a text from matty1912 saying he had secured access to the place, so i made my way there as fast as i could. Unfortunately a large part of the site was destroyed in a huge fire in 2005, including the large 1860's mill on the main road. The remaining parts are small in comparison to how big the place once was. It took us an hour to look round only half of whats still left though.

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Back of the Farben Works building

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Frisby Jarvis building

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Old trolley. Martins Dyers were the last company to use the main part of the site, now mostly demolished

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There were a few of these around

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Nice old tin sign, never heard of the company though

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There was lots of unused stationary from different eras, some of it still in original packaging

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Some of the stairs were thick with paperwork

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This had been torn down, revealing a much nicer wooden sign where
it had been

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Presumably the bosses offices were here, wood paneling everywhere,
even in the toilets

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Back on one of the factory floors

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Self portrait

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These toilets were so wrong, the partitions were made of glass!! :eek:

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Sanitary towel incinerator

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View of Frisby Jarvis building from the roof

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View of Leicester
 

Goldie87

28DL Full Member
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Re: REPORT: Farben Works, Leicester 16/07/07

These are matty1912's pics, he asked me to post them up as he's still got to get the hang of using an image hosting site.

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A factory floor

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View over part of the site

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Lots of stairs in this place!

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Fire Extinguisher (made in 1972)

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Partitioning in ladies toilets

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Front of sanitary towel dispenser, it takes pre-decimal pennies

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Urinal

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Main office entrance

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Nice old sign

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Fabrics

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Corridor at back of demolished section

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Valve

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Stairs to roof

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Most of the tower at the front is in a bad way!
 
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