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Tiger
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6th Oct 16 at 11:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37553461

So this happened at the company I work for.

The factory is huge so not too surprising that there are rooms they haven't opened for 50 years

I think we're hoping to get the pump restored and donating the actual fire station and contents to the Black Country Museum.

Pretty cool find I think.

Even better is one of the actual firemen that worked there in that very room saw the article and is now going to pay it a visit, he's 84 years old now.
Ian W
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6th Oct 16 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I read this yesterday, crazy that a place just lay untouched for so long.
Tiger
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6th Oct 16 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There's so much more down there I think, the foundations under the building are like time capsules, loads of stuff down there from way before my company moved in. It was a car factory at one point as well as munitions factory during world war 1.

[Edited on 06-10-2016 by Tiger]
3CorsaMeal
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6th Oct 16 at 12:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably all still on strike
A.J
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6th Oct 16 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wow that is crazy
Steve
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6th Oct 16 at 12:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any dead blacks down there
Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Any dead blacks down there


Not quite sure what you mean Steve.
noshua
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6th Oct 16 at 17:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
U work in Dudley then tiger?

[Edited on 06-10-2016 by noshua]
kz
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6th Oct 16 at 18:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Great urbex
Tiger
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7th Oct 16 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by noshua
U work in Dudley then tiger?

[Edited on 06-10-2016 by noshua]


We have 3 factory's, our main HQ is Hinckley where I work most often, but I visit Dudley quite frequently too as our biggest operations generally happen there, then we have a signage company in a rugby but they're moving to Hinckley soon.
noshua
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OK got ya, visit Jos cafe if you ever pass by it. Excellent breakfast...oh n dudley is a shit hole
Tiger
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7th Oct 16 at 20:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Some decent sized houses round the factory though to be fair, just heading up the hill toward Hall street.
Bart
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9th Oct 16 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's pretty cool, even more so when you have some of the original names written on the walls and hats, makes it much more personal.

I bet the paperwork would be quite an interesting read too

 
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