The Britannia Mill/Abandoned Factory Mossley
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Built in 1851 The Britannia Mill at its height was the biggest of it’s type in the world. Canny John Mayall lent money for the new railway so that he could have his own siding that went straight into the mill. The tunnel it went through was used as an air raid shelter during WWII and later still for parties.
He worked and saved and by 1831 had enough to rent a mill with 700 spindles. By 1866 John employed 1500 people working nearly 400,000 spindles and was known as the King of Cotton. By the 1920s Mossley’s mills were in decline with unemployment reaching 56%. Long queues formed outside the labour exchange. By 1926 Mossley was a desperately poor town.
The Britannia mill closed down between the years 1933 - 1938. From the years it closed a lot has already been demolished. This 170 year old mill is now to be demolished and replaced with shops and flats.
Never before filmed, And now will be forever remembered! Join us in this video as we take a final look around before it's gone.
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Cool video..opposite my home.
Just seen your video the bricked wall leads under thd road outside on to the railway there is an arch bricked up on the sidings
Still not a bad one this… considering they’ve still got the 2 avery weighing scales! You guys should check out the plevins place
Yea the scales are still there. Plevins place?
@@AbsoluteHiking it’s an old wood chip mill… been kept quiet on purpose I reckon
I live very close to this place. I've often wondered what it was like inside? I knew someone who worked there. He got sacked. He said it was awful to work there. The boss was a see you N. T!!!!¡ Hmmm?
Wow his boss didn't sound like he was a very nice person 😳