{"id":596,"date":"2011-05-06T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T22:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:39:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:39:52","slug":"guardbridge-paper-mill-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/paper-mills\/guardbridge-paper-mill-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardbridge Paper Mill III"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve visited this lovely paper mill several times since just after it closed in 2009, and the decline has been both sad and interesting to see – the change from a fully working modern paper mill to a stripped-out shell has been amazingly quick.<\/p>\n

One part that hasn’t changed at all is the B-listed power house:<\/p>\n

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I even did one of my panaorama exploramajigs:<\/p>\n

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Click here to explore – it should open in Quicktime…<\/a><\/p>\n

Next into an electrical control room, which had stacks and stacks of plans.<\/p>\n

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Carrying on through the mill, the decay is everywhere – like all paper mills, though, it’s still got loads of fantastic fire doors (I’ve got a thing for big red steel fire doors).<\/p>\n

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The halls which used to hold the massive paper machines are now stripped and the machines have gone East.<\/p>\n

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The same area, in an old photograph left in a staff room:<\/p>\n

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I’m easily amused:<\/p>\n

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