🧀Say cheese! Dear internet, it is clear some of you have a cheese obsession. I had quite a few comments from people saying at first glance these shelved items kind of look like cheese wheels!
This is the abandoned Falcon Works pottery factory, near my home. These are pottery molds stacked up and stored, hundreds of them spanning decades of craftsmanship and manufacturing.
Or, a cheese factory with a cheese kiln and ovens. You decide ;)
An interesting, but sobering, history of the British Union of Fascists in Stoke-on-Trent.
https://www.theredhairedstokie.co.uk/the-rise-of-fascism-in-stoke-on-trent/
The language feels disturbingly familiar: a forgotten people, a broken system, and promises that only a strong leader can put things right. But this is not just a story about today. It is a warning from Stoke-on-Trent’s own past, when division, blame and extremism found a foothold in the Potteries.
The ruin remains of the Falcon Works Pottery factory in Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent.
Originally built in the 1890s, the site housed five kiln ovens arranged around a central courtyard. It began with earthenware, later producing fine porcelain and hotel wares. At its peak, 200 people worked here.
The site closed around 2000. Recently, it was demolished (the legality of which is undergoing investigation!)
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/falcon-works-pottery-england/
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More photos from the G Yorke & Sons Broom Street Works in Stoke-On-Trent (England)
This factory closed down over 40 years ago. Once it produced top-quality brooms and brushes, out of this workshop on Broom Street (yes, that did also make me chuckle!)
Sadly it was demolished a few years ago.
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/g-yorke-sons-broom-works-england/
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🏥 The old mortuary at North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire. Demolished 2021.
The morgue is in a separate building, attached to the pathology and hematology labs. Three large mortuary slabs and two dissection tables are overlooked by a shielded viewing area. There are several old-style body storage fridges, as well as larger, more modern “walk-in” varieties.
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🏥 North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-On-Trent. Without a doubt, my favourite abandoned hospital! So many old operating theatres date from between the 1920s and 1970s; many still had power when I explored a few years ago. Sadly, all these areas are now demolished.
More photos of all 6 operating theatres, and all the other areas I explored - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/medical/hospital-morgue-s/
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"Ukraine has previously lobbied the UK government to give teenage refugees the chance to study a GCSE in Ukrainian, amid reports they are instead being pressed to study Russian because many can already speak some of the language."
The remains of Falcon Works, located in Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent, England). Demolition work started on this Grade II Listed building earlier this year, but the council halted work while investigations were done into concerns about if the historic kiln had been damaged.
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Enjoy my platelets #StokeOnTrent!
That took me 63mins, a pint of squash, a cup of tea, one KitKat and an orange Club.
Whilst donating I also caught up on my backlog of #rss feeds.
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