Report - Graff Electronic Machines Ltd., Collingham August 2020

[mookster]

@HMGY___ recently explored this place which brought it to my attention, and as lady luck would have it I was collecting some items for my work no more than a few minutes down the road so thought I'd pop in as I'd seen enough in that report to think it may be worth a look. On first inspection it's totally ruined, and it kind of is, partly down to local idiots and partly down to the building's construction which is mostly wooden pre-fab style with only a small area of actual brick. However I somewhat unexpectedly really enjoyed poking around in here given I didn't have too high expectations, despite the state it's in there was actually quite a lot to see as well as some nicely decayed areas as well.

The company specialised in audio-visual equipment and supplies, they manufactured cassette tape duplication equipment as well as blank cassette tapes and other associated equipment. They appear to have been wound up (ba-dum-tish) around 2012 and the old site has laid derelict ever since.

The only part I didn't check out was the upstairs area of the one part of the building although I can't think why, probably just forgot!

Thanks for looking ​

 

[DustySensorPhotography]

Nice report Shame everything seems strewn everywhere, but loving the old school monitors still there

 

[jtza]

Nicely done mookster

 

[Calamity Jane]

Still worth a shifty id say. Some bits around that are interesting. Good mooch & photos there Mooks.

 

[HughieD]

This seems to appeared out of nowhere. Deffo on my list. Decent set of pix there mook...

 

[Scoobysrt]

A lot of nice bits to look at, nice one mooks.

 

[MarkusCP87]

Some nice retro tech in there, good reports as always mate

 

[HMGY___]

Trashed but lots left to look at making it a great explore. Nice set of pics

 

[Adrian1963]

As I have pointed out on another thread about this place, it was my old school prior to being used for industrial purposes. A place of which I have happy and fond memories. In those days both the buildings and the grounds were immaculate. I'm deeply saddened to see the place reduced to a ruin and littered with rubbish which should have been cleared when the company that used it closed down, but wasn't.