Peter, Interesting stuff. I'll have a longer look later. I've wandered by the bunkers in central Illinois where my granny made shells for WWII. It was the only time she took a paying job - with 2 sons in the army... Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Peter Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > I cam across these by accident yesterday. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/sets/72157607766753951/with/2915281383/ > > Apart from having a few good shots in them, they bring back some intensely > personal memories. About 25 years ago, I was the site services manager at the > plant. The first 6 shots are my old air compressor house and I was > responsible for the sign in shot 5. > > Half way down the second page are photos of my power station and the > generators that I lovingly maintained and operated, all now derelict, yet > somehow beautiful. > > It's a tale of how some of the old economy in the UK (and elsewhere) has > decayed and gone away over the years. For this factory the demise of coal > mining in the UK in the wary 80s resulted in the loss of demand for almost > all of the market for the explosives produced here. > > > Peter > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
