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Originally Posted by rockrabbit
i work for g odonnells stone masons which is on turkey red industrial estate right next to the old mill just a bit lower down than the lodges dont think the mill will stand much longer the side wall is moving further away at the top
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I haven't been down that way for years and didn't even know that there was an industrial estate there now. I seem to remember the last time I went to have a look around that area that there was a big lock and chain on the old mill. I wonder who owns it? What a damn shame to see all these great old businesses around the area in ruins. I can still remember the early morning 'mill whistle' waking up the whole village. I think the first one went off at 5am to wake everyone up and the second one at maybe 6am to let you know you were late if you were not in work. My father was a foreman at Broad Oak and the last time I went round there it was just a clutter of small businesses occupying the premises of what was probably one of the biggest calico printworks in the world. No wonder the area is depressed. Where is the innovation now? That is what is needed, people with new ideas for new industries and government, both local and central, to create a climate which will encourage such things.
