Report - Naylor Jennings Dye Works, Yeadon March 2014

[mookster]

Another one from my archives I never got around to posting, from one of my many roadtrips with @Landie_Man . I believe this place is long gone now sadly.

Some brief history stolen from @ZerO81

The original mill was built in 1868 on land which was purchased from Rawdon Baptist Church.

A clothier who lived in Little London, Thomas Pratt, was the owner of the site. Cloth was produced here until a terrible fire in 1906 which totally gutted most of the building. Scribbling and spinning machinery was totalled; but the weaving shed was not too badly damaged, the cost of the damage was £20,000. The fire left 300 workers unemployed.

The mill was rebuilt and became a Dye House. The management buy out only got the dye works operational till its final closure in 2010.

A blast from exploring past, empty for the most part and not the most amazing of places but it was decent enough for a wander around.

Thanks for looking
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[Calamity Jane]

Some nice bits there of interest. Partially like your 5th from end shot, nice sunlight and shadows.

 

[HughieD]

Another good archive report mate. Reminds me, in parts, of Diggle....