Exploring an Abandoned House Mill Built in the 1840s Full of Stuff and Antiques Amazing Time Capsule
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2020
- Everything has been left behind in this amazing victorian time capsule. How long has it been empty? Why did it close down and why is everything just left as if everybody just vanished?
Take a look and see what you think. . . . . . . . .
It's times like this that I wish I'd got millions, I'd be turning this into a museum. This is our heritage and it makes me so sad to see how forgotten it is. ❤️❤️ So sad. 😞😢
Hi lynn, yes i agree with you, the place is an amazing time capsule of what our industry used to be like in the olden days. . . . . . . . . It needs to be saved. Thanks for watching
Usually in cases like this, and considering the age of this the owner probably died, and the heirs either did not continue on with the work, and never sold it off.
That place needs to be turned into a museum m8
Yes i agree, its all just sat there with no one getting to look at it. Im sure tourists would pay money to walk around such a cool place and see its history:) Thanks for watching
The W Whiteley & Sons I looked that up they made wool scouring and washing machines, wool and cotton drying machines and the like!
The desk with all that history needs to be saved and on display! I can’t believe how well the drawers worked sitting in all weather and still works, would love that. Great find
Thanks for that info, really interesting. Yes the desk was a great find and a nice piece of history, hopefully one day everything in that place will be saved:) Thanks for watching
I'd love to be there and take my time reading the underside of that desk. I'd never want to leave.
Yes that desk was amazing wasnt it, i love the old style writing too it looks so fancy:) Thanks for watching
would have taken more shots to read it zooming in later... Agreed. What a find!
Yes, that would be something I would like to preserve and protect, but to remove it wouldn't be right because that would rob that spirit of discovery for the next person like us who would enjoy it as well. This Amazing place Needs to be protected and kept from further deterioration without disrupting the natural ambience that makes it So Special.
I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw this, I saw another explore here but I can't remember who it was but I remember they were really nervous and didn't go inside, I was devastated to be missing out and here you are inside so a big thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Lucy, it was a pleasure showing you around, loads of cool stuff to see but my favourite must have been the really old writing on that desk:) Thanks for watching
There would have been a gate up river to control the amount of water coming through the race which in turn would control the speed of the equipment.
The nice thing about this find is that there is no graffiti, no one has done any apparent vandalism. My hope is that someone out there who knows what this stuff actually is can go through the proper channels and salvage all or at least most of it and clean it up and display it in a museum where it belongs, and maybe, even restore the building. I know, that's asking a lot but look at how well the building was made, it is still standing after all these years, we sure don't build anything that will last that long today. Once again, great find and thanks.
Hi Louis, yes i agree with you, i really do hope this place can be turned into a tourist attraction or if not maybe lots of the things inside can be saved before its too late and they get trashed or stolen. Thanks for watching
Until then, we do have the video as a memorial to it 👀🙂
Oh WOW this may be my favourite.....so industrial but so much beauty in it all the same, and all those spools of cotton, those room dividers 😍...the baby crib....all so amazing. These videos mean a lot...I’ve had cancer on and off over these last 4 years and with surgery and chemo and complications that come up I’m pretty house bound but with these I can escape..
Thank you
Hi Peta, yes those room dividers really are eye catching and beautiful, the old crib i wonder how a child would be able to sleep in a place as noisy as this one:) Sorry to hear about your cancer, im so glad you can enjoy watching videos like this one and come with me around this amazing old mill. I hope one day you might be able to get out of your house and see places like this with your own eyes:) Thanks for watching
Nice one Darren. Cool place
Thanks Phil, i was just able to film this place before we went on lockdown:)
@@stare6711 well done. Surprised at what was inside. From the outside it looks like any old derelict building. Yet inside, all that stuff rusting and untouched. Amazing
There were no daycare back then, children often went to work with their parents not safe but what they had to do! This place truly needs to be salvaged so people can see what it took to produce clothing and rugs, I would love the baby cradle it’s amazing think of how many babies slept there, and the bed frames also used! Be safe!
Hi Marcy, just imagine how noisey and hot it would have been in that roof space for a baby to try and sleep there. Like you said though, sometimes parents didnt have a choice:) Thanks for watching
Now that's some awesome history. Same it's not protected. Great find. Cheers from New Brunswick Canada
Hey Harry, yeah i think the place should be protected, its way outside of any city so it probably wont get trashed which is good. Thanks for watching
I was mesmerized from minute one, amazing, beautiful, astounding explore. Thank you so much ❤️🇺🇸
Hey Reba, i too was pretty mesmerized when i saw how untouched the inside was. This place is right out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why it is still in such good condition:) Thanks for watching
SOOOOO awesome, Thank you so much for that walkthrough! I am blown away seeing the old machines in there and all the wool and spools of string, thread, and all the furniture. So many things in there are worth a lot of money. I would really like to see the old mill restored and working again even if it was turned into a museum. What a place! Loved it. If I could I would give you 100 thumbs up, Many Thanks again from Canada. I can't wait for your next video.
Hi Sharon, thanks for your kind comment, i too loved this place, just stepping back in time like that is such a weird feeling. This place is right out in the countryside far away from any cities which is why it survives so intact. Id love to think that one day it might be saved and turned into a tourist attraction. . . . . . Thanks for watching
The old sewing machine looks like one they would repair the leather belts with. Wow
Hi Louise, thanks for your info, that does make sense as the sewing machine looked bigger and stronger than a normal house one:) Thanks for watching
My great great grandmother worked in the woolen mills in Germany before emigrating to the U.S. in the mid 1800s, so seeing this video meant a lot to me. Thank you!
Hi Barbara, I also loved this place, it was so fascinating to see how things got made back in the olden days and the hard work they must have gone through to get things done. It must have been so noisy inside and yet there was a babies cot on that top floor. . . . . How did it sleep with all that noise:) Thanks for watching
There are times when i really wish there is a time machine to transport me to all these amazing places in their heydays.
Yes imagine transporting there on a busy monday morning with all the machines moving back and forth, the noise would be crazy loud. Would be great to see wouldnt it:) Thanks for watching
Amazing find! Lost history! Thanks!
Hi Dawn, yes lost history is a good way to describe this place, i cant believe its still just all sat there untouched since the day the mill stopped working. Im glad you enjoyed the tour:) Thanks for watching
That cradle though! Doesn't squeak at all. Incredible!
That desk lid would be in my living room. Just extraordinary stuff.
I would definitely take home the screen!
Hi Adele, yes that screen was beautiful wasnt it, im sure it could have been fixed up too, even the colours were still really good with no fading. Thanks for watching
Adele Baker loved the screen
There were probably young mothers working there who found it necessary to bring younger children with them to their work. Different world. Thank you so much. I love your genuine interest and curiosity.
Hi Cathy, your probably right about having to bring the young children into the mill, the old cot on the upper floor suggests that even babies were brought into the mill, how they would fall asleep in that noisy place though is beyond me:) Thanks for watching
That is truly a time treasure. Probably has not been touched much since it quit operation. Antique lovers would glean the place. Such a fantastic piece of history. I hope it stays that way. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Agnes, a treasure is a great way to describe this place. Luckily its right out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why it is still in such untouched condition. Hopefully it will stay that way too:) Thanks for watching
Hi Stare, wow you did us proud on this video. What a shame that such an old historic mill like that has fallen into ruin, especially with those antique machines & screen dividers. Can you just imagine in the 1800's when that mill was active, the noise & the people working there, maybe really young children as young as 6 working the looms. Your right Stare, that place should be a museum & kept in condition so people can come & see real history. Look forward to your next video. Keep safe Stare. Andrew
Hi Andrew, im glad you enjoyed the tour. This place is way out in the countryside miles from any cities which is why its still as untouched as it is, can you imagine a scrapman finding this place:( Imagine how hot it must have got on those upper floors in the summer heat . . . . . . .hard work i bet. Thanks for watching
Wow! What an amazing thing to explore, so much history. I’d be willing to bet that building has a slate roof. That part of the reason it is in such good condition inside. Interesting that it appears to have initially been water powered and then electrified later on. Those types of electrical fixtures and controls are quite early and would have been very “modern” when they were installed. I suspect the thing you referred to as an easel was for stretching small rugs and the divider panels could have been examples a customer wanted to be copied. It looks like there was equipment for making bulk pattern rugs as well as small batch custom items. I was glad you closed the desk back up, part if the reason it is still legible is because it was closed. I would contact a historical society about this place, I suspect there are interesting and possibly even valuable things there that no longer exist anywhere. Thank you for a most excellent explore and video! 👍
Thanks for your interesting info on the place, its amazing to think all those machines ran from the power of water. Yes the desk is a great piece of history that i hope one day will be saved and loved by someone. Im sure this place could be turned into a tourist attraction, visitors would love to see places stuck in time like this one for sure:) Thanks for watching
Thanks to this mill, the nearby village was the first to have light in his county. The owners tried to donate the place to the National Trust for conservation but they did not accept the donation. What a shame this is abandoned, because is beautiful.
Thanks for your great bit of info, shame the national trust didnt want to take this place on, maybe because its so far away from any of the big cities and this would lead to a lack of visitors? Thanks for watching
@@stare6711 I suppose that when a donation is made to the State it is necessary to contribute money for its adaptation, that is, it is not enough to donate the building. Otherwise, the State cannot take charge of everything they could receive. So there are so many sadly abandoned places...
You are 100% correct saying that machinery should be in a museum. Most certainly they are from the golden age of the Industrial Revolution that should be preserved.
Im glad you think so too, i loved seeing all that old machinery, looked so cool too with all those cogs. Hopefully someone will one day turn it into a tourist attraction:) Thanks for watching
What a find!!!! Thank you for risking your life and limb to bring us the oldest find that I've seen. I'd like to have a basket! Great job bringing us history so long ago.
Hi Linda, yes it really was a nice piece of history just left untouched for decades. I also really liked those old baskets too:) Thanks for watching
i think the mill wheel is what they call an overshot wheel so water would fall into the cups and drive the machinery, obviously the original water cause has now dried up, such a shame the machinery is left behind, built at a time when it was to last a lifetime not afew years like most modern stuff, but still a very cool 'historical' explore
Thanks for the overshot wheel comment, i didnt know what it was called, pretty cool piece of machinery though. Yes old machinery was really made to last and looking at this place it really proves that. Thanks for watching
Awesome explore....i too love to see the old things as they were in the day.....stay safe
Hi Pamela, glad you enjoyed the tour, it really was a suprise to see how untouched it actually was in there. Looked like no one had touched or moved anything in about a century:) Thanks for watching
WoW!! It looks like a knitwear or textiles family run factory. I think it’s absolutely fantastic. 👍
Hi Catherine, glad you enjoyed the tour, yes it was a fantastic place just completely stuck in time, great to see places like this so untouched with everything just left how it was:) Thanks for watching
Stunning! Bravo from Georgia USA.
Hi Jennifer, it was a pleasure to give you a tour of the place:) Thanks for watching
What a step back in time .I was fascinated . I want one of those baskets !!
Hi Pamela, yes your right it was a total step back in time, everything just left like the day the workers finished for the day. Great to find a place this untouched:) I also loved those huge wicker baskets. Thanks for watching
So interesting
Some really nice old stuff there
Keep up the good work mate
Good to watch a proper explorer 👌
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the place. Its so nice to explore anywhere that is untouched and just trapped in time like this place is. It was a pleasure to see:)
Wow, that place hasn't changed at all in 2 years when I was last there. I believe that someone must have lived in that top part where the crib was at one time. Nice one Darren, great explore.
Hi Wayne, yes the place still has that amazing untouched feeling to it which is hard to find in abandoned places these days. I think you could be right about that upper part, maybe a squatter used it for a while and left his wine bottles there:) Thanks for watching
Best, best , best abandoned places video E.V.E.R.! LOVE THIS!!!!
Hi Denise, im glad you enjoyed the visit, i also loved this one, just finding a place as stuck in time as that one is hard enough but to find it still full of everything was just a real treat:) Thanks for watching
Watching this video again and I’m in complete awe of this fascinating 1800’s time capsule!
I agree, this was definitely one of my favourite explores, luckily it’s right out in the countryside miles away from the cities which is why it’s still in such pristine condition. I do find it funny though that someone used to take their baby in and try and get it to sleep through all that noise from the machines:) Must have been a lot of hard work working there in those days.
Enjoyed it a lot! Was Amazing find. Baby crib was a treasure 😍.Keep them coming 👍🏽
Hi Brenda, cool place wasnt it. Can you imagine a baby trying to fall asleep in a place as noisy as that with all the machinery moving and clanging around. . . . . Thanks for watching
Loving filming...nice and slow...love it..thanks
Thank you, for the tour.
I would have had to rescue that desk.
Take the equipment out for a museum and turn that beautiful place into a home.
Can hear the noise of the equipment now. It had to have been almost deafening.
Along came the Industrial Revolution and small businesses like that disappeared.
Along with the quality of their products.
You should report that place to an historical society.
Enjoyed this very much. Sad that it may be lost to time.
Hey Daniel, yes i also loved that old desk, even the old style of the writing in it looked amazing, i think if i owned it i would have the lid open all the time:) Thanks for watching
Loved it! Thank you and Chewbacca for your efforts! Bf and I watched this during dinner and was just loving it!
Be safe you two!
Cheers from Oklahoma....
It was a pleasure to show you both around, it was just like stepping back in time and trying to figure out why this place closed down and left everything. Thanks for watching
So amazing and beautiful,thank you for sharing.
Hi Christine, yes this place really was amazing, cant believe its all just left there like that, never touched since the place closed down:) Thanks for watching
All the metal rusty but the wood furniture perfect no decay
This is the most amazing find......the best I've ever seen....love it
Hi Isabel, yes its an amazing place isnt it, theres not many places like this left around anymore especially as untouched as this one. I think your right about children working there though, i think it happened quite a lot in the olden days. Glad you enjoyed the tour and thanks for watching
Spectacular...thank you for risking your life and limb to bring this to the world.
With 20 plus years in the textile industry (cotton mills), those wicker skips took me back to my mill days where we used those skips every day, I could still hear them creaking as we worked from them. My time was electric powered but some machines still were belt driven, and could snap without much warning. I loved seeing all the gears belts and machines, though they looked to be weaving looms, not something I know much about. I enjoyed your video and the memories they provoked for me, like everyone says this should be preserved for future generations. By the way I much prefer things like this than big posh mansions where some people had more money than taste or sense.
Hi Lynne, I bet this place was really interesting for you to watch and you must have recognised lots of the things inside. I also loved walking around this place as it was left just how it was when they finished work there many decades ago:) Thanks for watching
What a great video. Amazing to think you may have been the first person upstairs for80 plus years. The looms may have been brought from Manchester and surrounding areas as they were the heart of the Manufacturing sector for over 150 years. Have a look at a restored Mill, Quarrybank mill, Cheshire.
Hi Geoff, thanks for the info on the looms:) its a great place isnt it, the only reason its still so intact is because its miles away from any cities. I will have a look at quarrybank mill now. Thanks
What a wow factor seeing all that cool stuff, thank you
Hi Wendy, yes the place was a pleasure to film for you, im still amazed its still as untouched as that after all this time. Lets hope it stays that way:) Thanks for watching
Great video of a truly amazing place! One thing frustrated me however. You kept asking what's this and what's that, but didn't look through the books all about. Maybe some of your questions would have been answered! Art from Pennsylvania USA
Hi Art, im glad you enjoyed the tour, yes maybe i should have looked through some of the books as they might have given some clues as to what the machinery was used for. Advice taken for the next explore:) Thanks for watching
Stare I hope you do go back and rifle through the books. I’ll subscribe to your channel to make sure I don’t miss it! Keep up the good work! Art
SUPER VID!
Who wouldn’t LOVE to own that desk?!
Hi Jean, yes that desk was fantastic, really nice to see the old style writing on it too as it looks so elegant. I really wasn’t expecting the place to be as untouched as it was, it was just left as it was when the workers last walked out of the place many many years ago:). Thanks for watching
Stare simply wonderful!
@@stare6711 Man, would I love to have that desk!
Every video I watch I think is the best ever..then I go to the next and.. blown away 😂
I keep expecting you to uncover an air ship at any moment. Gorgeous machinery. Love this
Hey Melody, I’m glad your enjoying the videos. This place was completely stuck in time almost like it was left on their last day of work many decades ago and never touched since. Imagine a baby trying to sleep in that old cot on the top floor with all that noisy machinery going on. . . . . . . 😳
beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Im glad you enjoyed the tour. Thanks for watching
Amazing.. wish I'd known it was there, when I lived in Wales! surpised a museum hasn't got it's hands on the fabulous things, great explore thanks!
Yes its a pretty cool place isnt it, im also suprised that some of the contents havent been bought by a museum, fingers crossed one day it will be saved and turned into a tourist attraction:)
It seems as though most of the generations growing up aren't as interested in our history as the baby boomer generation and before? We see so many marvelous abandoned properties that are just decaying. Properties that relatives obviously should know about, however just show no interedt in attempting to save anything of perdonal value out of them. They are just left to return to Mother Earth through decay and nature. So sad!!! And tragic.
Wow such an amazing place thanks for posting 👍
Hi Maria, thanks, i also loved this place, who would have thought from the outside it would look as good as that inside:) Thanks for watching
That old cradle is amazing! Sad to see it going to waste. It could easily be restored with a bit of sandblasting & new enamel paint.
Hi Laura, yes that cradle was cool to see, can’t believe it’s been up there for sooooo long and doesn’t even creak when it was rocked, things were made properly back in those days:) Thanks for watching
What a truly amazing place this is. Very sad that it cannot be turned into a museum. Thanks for capturing it all on video though. Thoroughly enjoyed the visit!
Hi Sheila, glad you enjoyed the old mill, amazing place just completely stuck in time, it was a pleasure to film it for you:) Thanks for watching
Amazing place and just as you were saying museum and tourist attraction, I was thinking the same thing!
Hi Roberta, glad you enjoyed the place, incredible how its so untouched after all this time. Gotta be worth saving a place like this . . . . . . . .Thanks for watching
Wow! That is so cool! And thank you for sharing . An awesome trip back in time. I love watching your videos, you are one of my favorites!
This place was like stepping back in time, it was just left as it was when the workers finished on their last day. The place is right out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why its still left in its original condition. If it were any closer i think the scrap dealers would have been in and cleared the place out. Thanks for watching
That Desk will all the Dates on it should be salvaged SAVED AND PRESERVED...instead of left to Rot!! Sincerely Sandra from Olive Branch Mississippi ❤❤👍👍
Hey Sandra, yes that desk was great to see with all that old fancy writing on it. I really do hope it gets saved one day so it can be loved by someone:) Thanks for watching
My favorite explore ever!!! You are so lucky to have found this gem. I loved it.
Thank you for explaining the adventure and happy to come back to you u💕💓💕💓
Hi Ramadan, im glad you enjoyed the tour of the old mill, it really was a pleasure to see:) Thanks for watching
Such beautiful baskets and wooden boxes and chests!
Hi Mary, yes i also loved those old baskets, there were so many of them and they must have been used and used over the years yet none of them were broken. Just goes to show how well things were made back in those days:) Thanks for watching
What an amazing place. Really enjoyed watching this video.😊
The books in Welsh, wow, all that wool, just amazing! Thanks for the tour. I am a great fan of old mills.
Hi Miriam, I’m glad you enjoyed the tour, it’s such an amazing place just left how it was when the workers finished on their last day many decades ago. Luckily this place is miles away from any cities and right out in the countryside which is why it’s still left in this beautiful untouched condition:) Thanks for watching
Thanks for the upload, stay safe. What a gem of a place ❤️🙏
Very interesting love all old metal and machinery, really fun explore!
Glad you enjoyed the tour, im amazed how stuck in time it was, weird feeling just walking in there and being transported back 100 years:) Thanks for watching
Absolutely fascinating especially seeing the old writings in the desk! Thank you for taking me along! 😊
Hi Chrissy, i also loved the old writing in that desk, just to style of it was amazing, Hard to ready sometimes but it looks so nice:) Thanks for watching
Stare 👍😊
It's good to see you, I was hoping you are alright! This is a wonderful find, I love seeing places that I will never be able to go to, but can, because of you! Seeing the children's things makes me wonder if they used child labor in this mill. I hope not, but I guess it was pretty common place up into the early 20th century. Thank you so much for your videos, I enjoy exploring with you and watching your delight as you come upon all these lovely places! Stay safe and take good care!
Merry 123....you said it perfectly. Thank you. Mr Stare you have a new sub. I'll be looking for you. From Va USA.🙏💕👍
Hi Kathryn, im glad you enjoyed the tour, it really was a pretty cool place to explore:) Thanks for watching
It was a pleasure filming this place for you, im glad you enjoyed the tour. I think you could be right about the child labour, as crazy as it sounds these days there were clues around to support your theory. I still cant believe there was a baby cot in that place, can you imagine how noisy it must have been there, how would a baby get any sleep:) Thanks for watching
It's a shame its all there rusted and all that's a lot of money just sitting there ..thanks for sharing awesome stone work on the mill
Hi Gayla, yes i also noticed the stone work on the mill, built with mostly flat stones by the look of it, must have taken ages to build like that although it does look great when done nice like that:) Thanks for watching
Really enjoyed watching this Thankyou
Hi Lindsay, im glad you enjoyed the tour, i also loved exploring this place, there was so many interesting old things inside to look at:) Thanks for watching
I was wowed to pieces! Mike & Frank, ( American pickers ) would go Bonkers there..!
Hey Lloyd, ha ha yes Mike & Frank would probably try and buy the old machinery too, maybe even the building:) Thanks for watching
WOW, what an awesome beautiful place..
Hey Al, awesome is a great way to describe this place, great to see it just stuck in time like this with all the old things still just left there:) Thanks for watching
Thank you. Very good quality, and interesting building.
Hi Jill, yes it really was an interesting place, I just loved the fact that it was so stuck in time, everything just left how it was when they finished working there many decades ago:) Thanks for watching
Absolutely amazing place! Someone had to get those giant baskets up those stairs. Incredible place.
Ha ha i hadnt thought of the poor persons who had to carry those huge baskets up and down the stairs:) The whole place looked hard work to run in those days, no easy office jobs around in those times:) Thanks for watching
Wow - that was an amazing look into the past!
Wow! Love to see this kind of stuff...just blows my mind to think such complex machinery existed more than 100 years ago..thanks for the tour 👍
Hi Alistair, its amazing to think that just a running river managed to power all the machinery in that place, much cheaper than running machines these days:) Thanks for watching
Awesome find so much to see...bet theres some paranormal activity there
Hi Pam, yes it wouldnt suprise me, i bet there were quite a few deaths caused by using all that old machinery. Thanks for watching
Onion skins are used for dying wool.
You should contact the local council or a museum (local history museum, Science Museum, Museum of English Rural Life, etc.). It would be great to see this site protected and the artefacts saved!
Hi Antonia, yes I agree, this building and it’s contents are so well preserved it really does deserve to saved so others can enjoy it:) Thanks for watching
That was one fantastic explore.What a place.Thank you so much for a very enjoyable vid.
Hi Keith, im glad you enjoyed the tour, i also loved the place, just amazing that its so untouched and just left as it was when the place closed many many years ago:) Thanks for watching
@@stare6711 What I found amazing was all the machinery still in the mill.
upstairs it looks like they actually carded and spun the wool here as well. VERY cool!
Hi Debbie, thanks for your info, very interesting to hear. It was such a cool place to explore with everything just left behind like that, it’s probably been stuck in time like that since the workers all left and never returned, probably decades ago:) Thanks for watching
So sad to see these places, abandoned and left to rot. This to me is a time capsule of someone's life dreams. It also harkens back to the beginning of the Industrial Age. All of this machinery would indeed make a wonderful Museum. I bet it all would even work if restored.
Hi Tammy, yes your probably right about the machinery all still working, amazing to think it all ran from the power of running water:) Thanks for watching
@@stare6711 Your welcome.
I happen to love old thing's, but seeing this. old wool or cotten mill was mind blowing, why I wonder have they left it there for so long, like you said people love that stuff, the baskets and the baby carrige even those bottles are worth money, there's at least a small fortune if not alot more if that stuff was to be cleaned up and sold, and wow to put in a special auction, it makes you think that who ever owns it must be wealthy people and it never crosses their minds, wow that's a awesome find, thanks for letting us explore it with you.
Hey Connie, it was a pleasure to show you around the place. I really loved that old desk with the writing on it, lovely old style writing too, great to see those old names and dates on there:) Thanks for watching
You said it yourself, just as I was thinking the same thing, that should be a museum. I would suggest you take your video to the local historical society, or the equivalent entity or government agency. See if they can't get some support, funding, maybe even Grant's to restore the old mill structurally & mechanically. Actually make it into a museum? If not maybe at least all those historical machines, could be relocated to another museum? Hopefully, someone there will see the historic value we do, thanks to you? Overall the building looks pretty sound, no apparent collapsed roof or major water damage. Walls, floors & ceilings look mostly okay. Gonna be a few bad areas as old as it is. But I'd expect way more rott. Should be a good candidate for restoration. You really found a gem of history intact. In the U.S. someone would have trashed it, spray painted their stupid tags (no one but them care about) & ruined it, as they have so many adbandoned here. I really hope you can get in touch with the right minded people, to save that mill for future generations to see? Good luck. I am interested if you do, what comes of it, maybe in a follow up video... Awesome video.
Im glad you can also see the potential in this place as a tourist attraction or museum, im sure people would love to walk around such a time capsule as this. Luckily this place is right out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why its still in its original untouched condition. If it were any closer to a major city the scrap dealers would have been in and cleared the place out. I will definately contact someone about this place as its got such good history inside of those walls:) Thanks for watching
That place is incredible! I love Victorian stuff. It was certainly made with pride and to last.
Enjoyed this explore immensely.. enjoy the history of the Industrial Age... hard to believe that this was just left. It must be be preserved...
Hi Bev, I’m glad you enjoyed this amazing place, it was such a pleasure to walk around and see it just left this way. It’s way out in the countryside miles away from any big cities which is why its so untouched and just left as it was many decades ago:) I agree with you - it must be preserved before it’s too late and the roof collapses. Thanks for watching
What an amazing find. Thanks for risking your life in order to bring us such a great video. That baby cradle was so kool. Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed it.
Hi Tricia, it was so nice to see such an amazing time capsule like this, places like this dont survive anymore and this one was just left untouched like the day the workers left it. I do hope that it might be turned into a tourist attraction at some point before its all damaged and lost forever. Thanks for watching
Great explore thx
Hi Sue, i loved this place too, its completely stuck in time and untouched since the day the workers left. Thanks for watching
I looked up one of the boo you showed, “Household Narrative”, and, not only did I find it (seems it was a yearly publication), but I also found one that can be read online. Thanks for showing us all the cool things in the mill.😀
Ha no way, cant believe it can be read online like that:) glad you enjoyed the tour of the place. Thanks for watching
Oh wow ..now that’s a huge part of our history in that building ,lost and forgotten..So sad as being so well made no drought a good painting of the machinery ,repair the building !add a coffee or tea shop so many would visit this place..the odd bits and pieces looks like the boss stored things there he no longer needed.The babies crib is Victorian and so pretty ..The big wooden crates is how things were shipped abroad or from abroad before plastic and cardboard boxes..They were excellent I had a fine bone China set and my belongings in sent back from NZ that way..nothing got broken..nowadays just coming from U.K. gets broken..It looks like they not only made the finished products but they also made their own yarns too,which makes sense as it cuts down on the middle man ..It would be interesting to know what they actually manufactured ..I loved this on as history has always been of interest to me as well as looking at old or derelict buildings,hence I subscribed to you a while back..stay safe 😀
Hi Christine thanks for your great info, i also loved that old cast iron babies crib, can you imagine a baby trying to sleep in that place with all that noise going on:)
Most interesting video, I’ve ever seen!!! Loved it!!!
Hi Kathie, im glad you enjoyed the tour, it was a great place wasnt it, completly stuck in time and untouched for decades. Its right out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why its still in this condition. If it were any closer i think the scrap dealers would have cleared the place out. Heres hoping it stays this way for another 100 years:) Thanks for watching
simply one word for this location ... WOW greetsz from holland... max
Hi Max, i thought you might like this place, it really was wow when i first saw what was inside. This place is out in the countryside miles away from any cities which is why its still so untouched:) Thanks for watching
Absolutely amazing! I’ve been urban exploring since the early 1970’s and have never found anything this grand. Take care from Bruce in Marion, Indiana USA.
Hey Bruce, exploring since the 70s, wow you must have seen sooooo many amazing places. Hopefully someone will save this one and turn it into a tourist attraction as its so untouched:) Thanks for watching
Of course it wasn’t called Urban Exploration back then just Trespassing. Fun times.
So many things I would like to have. The sewing machine, oil cans, baskets, the flat files in the first of two top floors. Oh my what a treasure.
Hi Stephen, Great choice of items you mentioned, i too would also love to own them. The place was amazing wasnt it, i still cant quite believe its all still sat there just as it was when they all walked outa that place many many years ago:) Thanks for watching
What a fab explore. Especially that old desk with writing inside lid. And those beautiful old colourful screens. What a find. Just as I were thinking how noisy you remarked how noisy it must have been. Think it must also have been a dangerous place to move around in. Thanks so much for the upload. Like your narration. What's your accent as in county. Your definitely one of my face explorers. Now back to the video. Susan NZ.
Hi Susan, yes i too loved the writing in that old desk, just the style of it with all the swirls is really nice to look at. Im from Wales in the UK, so you now know the accent:) Thanks for watching and your kind comments
Really really cool!
Thanks, im glad you enjoyed the tour:)
A golden gem of a place m8
Hi Darren this is in my mind is the most amazing historical video i have ever seen.... a short time ago i saw a similar video of a Victorian cotton -wool mill also left never touched for decades
can't remember channel name but i do remember its presenter
a guy with a distinctive red beard.... and im told with a Welsh accent............ Darren i am American and your country history is where the industrial revolution started.....
i maybe wrong but i feel this was a woollen carpet factory..
late 1800s early 1900s people were begining to get a more affulant lifestyle... home work shops were coming to a close
But these items here need to documented and saved for prosterity
thanks for this video most enjoyable
Ed.... Sierra Vista Arizona USA
Hi Ed, thanks for your kind comment, i think your right about the carpets, the huge machine downstairs still had a carpet being made on it, looked unfinished but you could still see what it was. Amzing place with great history which was a pleasure to film for you:) Thanks for watching
Total Treasure. Too gorgeous!
It’s a great place isn’t it, a complete time capsule just left as the day the workers last walked out of the building. lovely to see it in this condition with no graffiti or people trashing the place, let’s hope it stays this way:) Thanks for watching
@@stare6711 Those scrap screen panels in there! In the 1970's, I rebuilt a Victorian scrap screen that was lying around in my fathers antiquarian bookshop. It took ages to do, as original chromolithograph scraps and prints are hard to find. It didn't sell, so I gave it to my mother. Always love those panels. Why does no-one care?
Is there not a house nearby? It seems odd that there would be all of that amazing machinery just out in the middle of the woods. Did you do any research the place before you went there? It seems to me there’s a treasure trove of old machine parts that people could use or for antique collections? Anything to show who owns it? My curiosity is killing me!
The sewing machine is exactly like the one my great grandmother used! I remember it a little bit-I was always in awe watching her when I was very young. I’d forgotten all about it until you brought the memory roaring back to me!!! Thank you so much for the wonderful memory! ❤️
“These stairs don’t look safe at all”........”I think I’ll try them anyway” and up you go! 😃😂You are a true lover of the “ago” my friend....you just can’t stand to see something in the further corner without braving bad floors to examine it!!!
Love it!!
Hi Sheri, that’s great that you remember your grandmothers sewing machine similar to the one in that place, like you said it must have brought back some nice old memories for you. There is a very small village around the mill that must have benefited from all the wonderful textiles it produced back in the day when it was in action. I just love the fact that it’s all still there and no one has stolen anything, if it were close to a city it would have been trashed by now. Thanks for watching:)