{"id":388,"date":"2010-04-05T21:31:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T21:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:57:37","slug":"william-paton-ltd-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/industrial\/william-paton-ltd-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"William Paton Ltd. Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been back to Paton’s Mill since October 2008<\/a>, and the past 18 months have not been kind to the place. First, on-site security left, then the metal thieves and neds moved in to trash the place, then (far too late) the council eventually secured the building – it’s now breeze-blocked to second-floor level and there are internal walls as well. It makes entry a lot more entertaining \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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In a storeroom off the sales office, there was a flip-chart presentation that must be 40 years old – it was soaked through and every page disintegrated as I turned it…<\/p>\n

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More marketing materials:<\/p>\n

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Some more entertaining climbing, and up onto the flat roof:<\/p>\n

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Into the main part of the mill:<\/p>\n

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Lace samples from 1932:<\/p>\n

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One mission was to do the tower – never been up this before, and considering the state of the wooden ladders it’s not going to be do-able for much longer…<\/p>\n

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Just down from the roof is a cast-iron water tank.<\/p>\n

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And the floor below this has a surprise – a wooden pattern store. These patterns must be very old…<\/p>\n

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