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Explore #139: The Grand Hotel, Birmingham – August 2015

After spending the night at a nearby hotel and enjoying some excellent Chinese food and much needed cold beers, it was another super early start the next morning. Our target: a huge Grade II* listed hotel with a truly stunning ballroom… History (from wiki) The Grand Hotel is a Grade II* listed Victorian hotel in the city centre of Birmingham, England. The hotel occupies the greater part of a block bounded by Colmore Row, Church Street, Barwick Street and Livery…

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Explore #138: West Bromwich Spring Company ‘Helical Works’, West Bromwich – August 2015

Next on our mini UK road trip James, Jade and I met up with our good friend Mark for a slice of semi-abandoned UK manufacturing heritage… History The ‘Helical Works’ of West Bromwich Spring Co. Ltd was at the forefront of precision manufacturing from 1896. The business’ website once offered precision springs made to order: Any Design. Any Quantity. Any Time. The more recent history of the site is less clear. Rumour has it that the owner suddenly abandoned the…

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Explore #137: TG Green’s Pottery, Derbyshire – July 2015

First stop on a mini UK road trip was this nicely decaying semi-abandoned pottery factory… History (amended and abridged from here) The factory as it is today began life in 1864 following a chance meeting in Scarborough between Thomas Goodwin Green (who was on his honeymoon!) and Henry Wileman who owned a small pottery in Church Gresley, near Swadlincote. Wileman was intending on selling the pottery which had been built in 1790 and Green, who had made a lot of…

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