Exploring an Abandoned Clothing Factory: Everything Left Behind

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, we are exploring an abandoned fabric mill in the North of England that was shuttered in 2010s with everything left behind. The building is in a time capsule state, with machinery, paperwork and furniture still inside, and was used recently for a drug grow!
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@Getmes6 Жыл бұрын

Does anybody else enjoy the guy behind the cameras voice? Its so calming and smooth like ASMR. Hushed out of respect for wherever he is hah.

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Very kind of you

@cindygibbs1964 Жыл бұрын

Yes..and his "accounting or narration" is just enough info without taking away from the imagery. My favorite!!

@mxnikoturnip Жыл бұрын

As a EU national living in the UK, I find these kinds of videos very interesting. Gives a special insight to the history of work and daily life.

@WillyDIreland Жыл бұрын

Imagine a person who used work here watching this. Their former job/career location now and abandoned relic. I work in a busy factory and I always wondered what it would look like if the lights were turned out and everything was switched off.

@DEAD-DROP Жыл бұрын

Always love the POV infiltration! You guys really captured a gem, old mills are my favourite. Great work as always!

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one!

@Folboi Жыл бұрын

Location suggestion: there is an old Tesco’s/go outdoors in Chatham that went derelict a few months ago. The whole site is due to be demolished in 2025 and it’s an amazing area. There is also a massive multi story car park that got shut down. I went there a few months ago and it was amazing!

@mrstaypuft1138 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Pass this site regularly and think it would be ideal. And Mountbatten House although that it already bwing prepared for conversion to flats. Back when it was Tesco, there was an upstairs cafeteria overlooking the shop floor. Wonder if it survived the conversion to Go Outsoors?

@deepwoodguy2 Жыл бұрын

We had many woolen mills in the New England States, USA.....My GrGrgrandfather, grandfather and father worked in them...as a kid i remember seeing those weaving machines working, they were very loud...sadly,most mills are no longer operating...just standing around like the one you are exploring... thanks for the tour.....👍👍

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Once loud, now absolutely silent. No problem :)

@user-us4xu6kj1s 9 ай бұрын

Thanks lads for sharing this. I live 2 minutes away from this location and it is great to see inside the building. The factory did close down overnight due to cost. There has been many attempts to sell the property but the cost to repair and upkeep would be unjustified. There has been a few cannabis raids there too

@POPE_FRANC1S 8 ай бұрын

Where is it?

@nadinearnold8235 Жыл бұрын

Loved this explore! The lay out reminds me of a factory I used to work in in the 90s, now apartments lol. The shuttles on the window were a nice touch and the looms were amazing. Well done guys!!

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

It won't be long until this one becomes apartments, we reckon. Glad you liked the video

@hdns6678 Ай бұрын

I like listening to the history of the as it's being explored it makes the exploration more interesting.

@cora263 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic thanks for making this film. I did a degree in textiles in the early 90's. To see those amazing dobby looms in the basement with the peg designs attached showing the design being woven in code. I have class notes of how to do that! And the laboratory would have been used to sample dye swatches and then dye up the yarns. Fabulous ❤

@Fran_SG Жыл бұрын

Very cool place. Thanks!!!

@OLIFAB Жыл бұрын

Fantastic explore as always!

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@fhwolthuis Жыл бұрын

Beautiful explore, what an amazing building! 👌🏼😀

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

A stunner!

@markkilley2683 Жыл бұрын

Great explore guys.

@Reikiloz1 Жыл бұрын

I thought I recognised where the building was and found an article in a local newspaper about you visit . Building and businesses both victims of covid. Another great exploration.

@KarlHamilton Жыл бұрын

Eh? That business was closed decades before covid.

@martinbooth6040 Жыл бұрын

This closed donkeys years before Covid, just look at the vending machine and computer monitors. Probably 20 years ago.

@SiDude69 Жыл бұрын

Always great to see these sort of videos. It’s so interesting

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@1UPWonders Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful exploration guys, keep up the wonderful work as you weave through and cotton on to that pun xD

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks ;)

@medhat4B Жыл бұрын

Fascinating explore, lads. You continue to amaze me - and likely most people who watch your videos. My father worked in 2 cotton/textile factories in Perthshire back in the 1950s and 1960s, which were different than these cloth-producing factories but similar. I remember stopping to visit him at the factory in Perth and would have loved to go exploring as I did when I was 9 and 10 (and even younger), but could only stand outside and listen to the magical hum of the looms and other machines while someone found my dad. The first place (built in 1785) became a whisky distillery and I believe the second was demolished years ago. These sort of places tell a story about the people who lived and worked in these towns. Keep up the good work.

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Will do! Thank you. Glad we could provoke those memories for you, and you can feel a special connection to places alike

@UptonMagnets 11 ай бұрын

I remember cutting out the used stamps when I was the tea boy! Looked like there was some interesting ones there. Shame they will go to waste although I understand you don't take things. Great video as always.

@davehanson7764 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I have visited this place before though nothing had been disturbed as much with the offices intact and no evidence of any growing, I agree with yourselves tbe weaving factory closed virtually over night there were hundreds of expensive bails of cotton left Many still wrapped up and worth a small fortune too , I won't give tbe location away .

@michailokeefeMooMoo Жыл бұрын

Great video guys nice place too

@geordieurbex2200 Жыл бұрын

Great explore,frozen in time, wish I'd went awhile ago when I knew about it. Prob get the tourbus nd sealed now

@gregjohnson2824 Жыл бұрын

I can see the headlines…”Clothing Factory Folds”… in all seriousness great video. Love watching you guys explore. Thank you

@stevoid 11 ай бұрын

Amazing footage.. This place looks incredible. Im heading up there this weekend for a nosey.. hopefully its still accessible! 🤞

@stevoid 11 ай бұрын

It's boarded back up and they have removed the ledge. No way in :((

@Seal0626 11 ай бұрын

I'm stunned by the amount of fabric still there!

@piersgreenwood5023 Жыл бұрын

I liked to see this, if you ever see good yarn in any of your travels do tell because we still operate a textile mill, my father probably dyed some of the yarn usedin the cloth in that old factory. We actually use a winding frame like the one you see in some of your video.

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Must be bizarre to see it in this state. We often see old yarn in these sorts of premises

@wimalasenawijethunga1668 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@peterscotney1 Жыл бұрын

What a cracking find !... well done lads !

@cindygibbs1964 Жыл бұрын

I loved visiting this explore with you... seems like I was right there! I wished you could've spent a little more time showing the beautiful caged elevator... but a great explore!!

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought the same watching back! Too much to train our eyes on in there :)

@stephaniemcquillan1930 Жыл бұрын

Interesting place!

@FrostyGaming8394 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alistar how are you doing buddy? Great video as always well edited and great background music to fit the scenes in the video its crazy that the place left everything inside when it shut in the 2010s this stuff could be used by someone as its all in good condition and is worth a lot of money to this day and might be perfect for a museum its terrible that one of the some of the rooms was used as cannabis plants growing rooms the wiring you saw dangling down was the group who was growing the cannabis plants hacked and moded into the electricity to make it as cheap as possible to run 24/7 as all of the equipment requires tons of volts to run and would cost thousands of pounds in electric bills to run anyways hope your having a good day so far and keep up the good work as always 👍

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Very good sir! Glad you enjoyed the edit. It is a surreal place, isn't it? A bit freaky in parts with the ex-cannabis plant

@FrostyGaming8394 Жыл бұрын

@@Urbandoned It sure is a surreal place sure is freaky too that there was a ex cannabis farm filled with the ex cannabis plants still in there hope you having a good day so far Alistair👍

@martinbooth6040 Жыл бұрын

I think the hole punch machine was used to put holes in leather belts.

@essexxie 11 ай бұрын

very interesting

@michaelbithell6 Жыл бұрын

Hi there love watching your explores some great places. Me and a friend have just started doing the same but how do we find out where these places are.

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

No limit on research!

@frasermathers2287 Жыл бұрын

Thanks lads, another great historical record create by you for all to see. The basement with the weaving looms was outstanding and I am sure I could almost hear the machines still working in the background! Sadly we are becoming a nation of non manufacturers and at some point in the future we are going to pay the price for it when China who are playing the smart and long game-plan take over the world my stealth rather than force like Putin!

@richardhalliday6469 Жыл бұрын

The stone construction looks very similar to typical Bradford architecture, as does the surrounding area. Bottom of Thornton Road perhaps?

@dantheman3162 Жыл бұрын

If you Google Urbandonded Bradford, another explorer's article will appear and give you details.

@welshalan Жыл бұрын

All that trouble to blur the signs later and it's visible within the first 5 seconds. Great find though, would love to explore myself. The old PCs and Looms.

@mmatejka01 Жыл бұрын

What was in those black bags at the beginning of the video ?

@tamarahenderson5241 Жыл бұрын

Love

@paulguise698 Жыл бұрын

Hiya Alistair, to tell you the truth my backside chaps and my stomach rolls when you go into a building, you know you shouldn't be going into, incase you get caught, your channel is really good, I enjoy every vlog, I've been watching since the Debenhams vlog in Manchester, keep up the good work, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the concern - and glad to hear you enjoy each video equally

@johorrocks8927 Жыл бұрын

You did that explore justice...my Brother and Stepfather worked in textile factories, my Stepfather died in 1995 aged 48 from i think associated chest and other illnesses, my brother has lots of problems with his chest/respritory, in my opinion this attributed to working in these fabric textile conditions, several employees have also passed away too,

@KarlHamilton Жыл бұрын

Would love to know the story behind this place.

@toomanyopinions8353 Жыл бұрын

Others seem to disagree but i think the grow adds to the charm of it !

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

It definitely added a lovely scent

@toomanyopinions8353 Жыл бұрын

@Urbandoned the smell is controversial, but I think what the grow adds on a more universal level is just another layer to the history of the building. How soon after it closed did the grow happen? Why did they shut down the grow? How long was the grow active? How big of an operation was it? Who ran it? Could the grow have even been there near the end of the place being closed down?

@lucifermorningstar4606 Жыл бұрын

That is literally down the road from me...

@nataliesmith303 Жыл бұрын

I suppose these places shut as overseas factories cost less 🥺

@Griffindeleon004 10 ай бұрын

Even till this day people need clothes for basic needs or fashion and those textiles machines are worth a fortune.

@johnclarke2997 Жыл бұрын

Been passed this building. Wonder if owner died ?. Not a bankruptcy as the liquidator would have quickly sold the building to a developer to clear the debts. I'd guess the estate was never passed on to relatives and therefore might become government property via probate ?. Eventually will become apartments.

@paulguise698 Жыл бұрын

Hiya John, at least there doing something with these old Victorian buildings instead of leaving them to decay

@DivideBYZero69 Жыл бұрын

The WYSE Terminal in the board room...

@martinbooth6040 Жыл бұрын

The reality of what happens when kids and adults want a dress for £15 that they only wear once. Wonder how many families this factory fed. Remember Clix machines, lovely coffee, wonder what happened to them

@Andy-From-England Жыл бұрын

Nice place shame about the scum of society take advantage of making dirty money... hell on earth just been to a needle central

@beautifulsmall 8 ай бұрын

Maybe a secretary who kept stamps for her husband, and when he died she just kept collecting them. For him.

@oldfartuk Жыл бұрын

clearly they was also growing weed

@fhwolthuis Жыл бұрын

No, they were growing cotton! 😉

@oldfartuk Жыл бұрын

@@fhwolthuis of course, how silly of me

@Land-of-reason Жыл бұрын

Why not look up and document the history of the buisness?

@duncandisorderly6562 Жыл бұрын

Attacked! 😂 Pathetic

@Urbandoned Жыл бұрын

@WillyDIreland Жыл бұрын

Are you commenting on the wrong video?

@gandalf87264 Жыл бұрын

Please stop using the Lord and Jesus' name in-vain? I am sure that you can express your awe and dismay or perhaps pleasure or displeasure during your explorations using far more descriptive words without bring God or Jesus into it.

@medhat4B Жыл бұрын

I've warned them before and actually they have done a lot better in the past few years.

@handyman1957 Жыл бұрын

I agree completely, it's cringe worthy when they do it.

@majorberk4647 Жыл бұрын

If you dont like it stop watching - simple

@gandalf87264 Жыл бұрын

@@majorberk4647 Thanks. I will do just that. You have just lost them a subscriber. I said, don't use the Lord's name invain. I didn't say, Don't fucking swear you poes!

@rj7855 Жыл бұрын

Jesus... Still believing in that bronze age fairytale?

@sharong8511 Жыл бұрын

The leaded glass window @9:46 contains two crossed shuttles in the circular feature. Shuttles are used in weaving cloth. I only know this from watching an abandoned mill in Scotland.

@medhat4B Жыл бұрын

Where was the video of an abandoned mill in Scotland? I would like to watch.

@sharong8511 Жыл бұрын

@@medhat4B The channel is called Exploring With Alec. I’m trying to find the exact video for you. I will continue searching for it and will let you know the title.

@sharong8511 Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure this is it: Abandoned Sewing Mill - SCOTLAND uploaded on Feb 14, 2021.

@medhat4B Жыл бұрын

@@sharong8511 thanks, I will check it out

@jamesallen4306 Жыл бұрын

Hey amazing video . Iv been myself. Have developers started yet or is it still possible to get one last look in ? You made this vid a while ago you said. Cheers

@sharong8511 Жыл бұрын

Hey there. Just subbed recently. Yeah, grow shows used to be a common thing here too. Now it’s legal and there’s cannabis shops all over the place.