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Report - Twyford house – Stoke – Feb 2018

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The History

The Twyford family has been associated with the manufacture of pottery in North Staffordshire since the 17th Century.

In 1849 Thomas Twyford established his factory in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, manufacturing sanitary pottery and metal fittings.

During the 20th Century the Twyford brand became a household name in British public life. And, through organic and well-managed expansion, it became a major force in sanitary ware production in three more of the world's continents. The company blossomed in South Africa, India and Australia, bringing bathrooms, the principles of hygiene, and much needed employment to their peoples.

Today, Twyfords is a shadow of its former self. It is now part of the Geberit Group, headquartered in Switzerland.

Twyford House Located in Stoke-on-Trent was built in the 1950’s and was home to the Twyford company for many years. Since they left it has been home to a variety of companies and has more recently been split into units. However in 2012 these businesses’s where wiped out when a fire engulfed the site.



The Explore

Out and about with @slayaaaa actually doing a non-exploring thing we noticed what looked like a nice 1950’s building with exploring potential. So we ended up having a look. Around the back was a big pile of smashed up porcelain, sadly nothing worth digging out.

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Initially having to do a bit of climb to get in we found the place to have some nice fixtures left. Light fittings, old lift machinery, nice tiles etc.

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But what we actually found inside the building was quite disturbing

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Those green rolls you can see on the pics were full of waste. The kind of waste that I can imagine would come out of the back of a dustcart.

It’s not like there was only a few of them, we worked out easily over a 1000.

Pretty much every floor was crammed with them and we had to climb through some to get about.

When we later looked at the building from the outside you could see camo netting had been hung inside the windows to hide the rolls of waste.

Now it looks like they have been there a long time as the one outside were split and where they had gotten wet they were laying in puddles of rotten smelly waste. Which in turn was leaking into the local river.

In fact it smelt that bad, that I was sick. We decided then it was time to leave and find some alcohol gel and baby wipes in the car lol
 
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mookster

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I was enjoying this post until the origin of the bales came out...might give this one a miss although I've always wondered what it was going through Stoke!

Sounds similar to what happened in the GKN plant in Lichfield, illegal waste storage by the truckload.
 

GRONK

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Dam, I've had a crack at that one before but never made it. :(

Nice pics, cheers for sharing.
 

Idle Hands

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On first glance I thought that was packed and ready to burn... disturbing either way though. Looked like a nice big site otherwise!
 

dweeb

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There was a good deco staircase in there once upon a time! Good work, you've managed more than I have of the place after 15 years of trying it!
 

Speed

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It's plastic isn't it? You will find a lot of derps stuffed with it. It used to be exported to China but the price dropped a few years back and all the companies went bust and left it all where it was, I think a lot had been hoarding it hoping the price would rise again.... There's a few places in Brum just the same. Whats left of EIP metals, incanite foundry etc. Still stinks tho!
 

mockney reject

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It's plastic isn't it? You will find a lot of derps stuffed with it. It used to be exported to China but the price dropped a few years back and all the companies went bust and left it all where it was, I think a lot had been hoarding it hoping the price would rise again.... There's a few places in Brum just the same. Whats left of EIP metals, incanite foundry etc. Still stinks tho!

Deffo not plastic mate, It was pure waste @ slayaaaa has got some better pics of what it was
 

J4M35_UK

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Nicely done, been meaning to have a look at this for ages. Not so keen now though!
 

albino-jay

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had a nosey at this a few years ago and assumed with the camo netting it was a paintball place. Glad i didnt get in now. sounds pretty rank.
 

raisinwing

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Nicely done, looks like there's some interesting bits hidden amongst the filth.
Need to go and have a proper look at this place. Last time I looked stealthily parked police car got me!
 

Lolz101

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Nice, I tried here a while ago an was seen off by a sketchy looking guy welding a large spanner
 
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