EPW028908 ENGLAND (1929). Whittakers Cotton Mill and terraced housing off Russel Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, 1929

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Title [EPW028908] Whittakers Cotton Mill and terraced housing off Russel Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, 1929
Reference EPW028908
Date August-1929
Link
Place name ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 395032, 399790
Longitude / Latitude -2.0748930078361, 53.494540723948
National Grid Reference SJ950998

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The mill was demolished in (I think) the late 1950's. It remained an industrial site as a bottling & distribution centre for the Mackeson Beer company until around 1970 when it closed. The site was then cleared & modern single-storey indurstrial property built. Ashton Foods, a meat-packing company (which became Grampian Country Foods), was the biggest single business on this site.

TheBlueCube
Tuesday 16th of June 2015 12:35:48 PM
Stamford Commercial Mill (also known as Carrs Mill)

stardelta
Saturday 14th of June 2014 06:01:43 PM
Corner building (a bakery with a famous, shiny "Turog" bread sign hanging off its facade) got demolished by the '80s. Most of the rest of the commercial properties and shops are extant and operational in 2013

Ritchie B.
Friday 29th of November 2013 12:07:17 AM
Row of posh and spacious new houses built here in the '30s for the local constabulary's 'top brass'

Ritchie B.
Friday 29th of November 2013 12:00:04 AM
One of self-proclaimed "Prophet" John Wroe's so-called "Gate-houses" which "guarded" Ashton-under-Lyne (which he insisted was the 'New Jerusalem') - now a listed building. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-490629-odd-whim-

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:58:30 PM
"New Inn" - revamped in 2012 and still going strong

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:50:44 PM
Entire commercial area was re-built to become a giant meat-processing/packing plant. Last known as Grampian Country Foods until its parent corporation "Vion" shut the facility down for good on 7th August 2009

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:46:26 PM
The former Grampian Foods factory was demolished in June 2014.

stardelta
Tuesday 1st of July 2014 03:50:11 PM
Thanks 'stardelta' - As of late 2016 a new development of small-but-pricey homes is still being built in this area.

Ritchie B.
Friday 30th of December 2016 10:25:49 PM
Still fishing-ponds for the local angling club in the '70s. New estate constructed on this site in the v.early years of the New Millenium.

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:43:04 PM
Witham Street (cul-de-sac) under construction

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:40:54 PM
Still a commercial property in 2013 (Sunny's Off-License & General Store)

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:40:04 PM
This building was formerly a local co-operative shop.

TheBlueCube
Tuesday 16th of June 2015 12:37:38 PM
Fountain Street - "new" entrance to the "Top Hospital"

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:38:18 PM
Still a commercial property in 2013 (Gee's Bakery)

Ritchie B.
Thursday 28th of November 2013 11:37:13 PM
This Bakery made my Birthday cakes every year from 1963 to 1976 and very nice they were too.

Julie
Thursday 4th of June 2015 11:08:39 PM