Friday Fences: A sneaky look at the end of the Christy Outlet Shop

A sneaky look (I stuck my camera through the gate and pointed it at right angles) at the last remnants of the Christy Outlet Shop at Carrfield Mill before it was finally demolished a day or two later.

For more photos of the demolition and a brief history of the site see Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Friday Fences.

Dunkirk Lane

With the wet weather predominating, I thought I'd delve into my archives and find an unpublished photo from September.

On the left is Frederick House,the Social Care & Health offices of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.

On the right is Newton Hall.

Ahead is the steeple of St Stephen's Church (1891-2011).

Behind us the lane leads past the home of Starchaser Rockets down to the Peak Forest Canal.

For Our World Tuesday.

Blue Monday: Hyde Industrial Supplies

My contribution to Blue Monday this week features Hyde Industrial Supplies on Clark Way.

The old mill chimney in the background has survived as housing for mobile phone masts. I recently posted a view of it from the other side on Hyde DP Xtra

On the left is the "Pit Stop" mobile sandwich bar.

[edit] Jenny Roberts has kindly informed me that the chimney used to belong to Winterbotham's tripe dressing factory that formerly occupied this site.

ABC Wednesday: N is for Newton Street

Newton Street was the main road out of Hyde towards Ashton before Dukinfield Road was built. Alongside is Carrfield Mill which was the home of "Christy Towels". It used to stand under the shadow of the adjacent Ashton Brothers Mill until that was demolished in 2007.

See how it looked in 2002 on Old Hyde.

Founded in 1851, Christy is the world's oldest towel manufacturer and is the UK's leading towel brand. Christy invented the first loom to mechanically weave what remains today the basis of the modern towel and is the exclusive supplier of the towels to the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Championship.

The 1 billion USD Welspun Group acquired an 85% interest in Christy for a business valuation of GBP 15.6 m, in July 2006.

In 2008 they closed the dyehouse and making-up departments at Hyde and transferred the machinery to a specially designed site at Welspun's Anjar facility in India.

Their UK HQ and sales office remained at Carrfield Mill until 2012 when they took over 12,000 sq ft of offices and showroom facilities at Orbit Developments' Park Square complex in Cheadle.

The old mill is now in the process of being demolished.

More photos of the area behind Carrfield Mill can be found on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday: I is for Industry

The view is from the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal looking across to the site of the former Toray Mill.

See what was here in 2008 on Hyde Daily Photo Volume 1.

On the left some bricks of the original mill still stand.

On the right is a modern metal-clad shed which is home to a "light industrial unit".

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday: Z is for Zone

I found this huge padlock guarding the entrance to Rhodes Street North off Manchester Road.

Find further Zs on ABC Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday: P is for Provident Mill

Provident Mill on Alexander Street overlooks the Peak Forest Canal. Part of the mill is home to a large furniture warehouse, whilst other small business occupy small units therein.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Weekend Reflections in the Peak Forest Canal

Looking over the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road. The tall warehouse reflected in the water is Wharfingers House a grade II listed building.

On the left is the new housing development, Moorside Place, on the site of Automasters Engineering Works.

There is ice on the surface of the canal, particularly at the bend up ahead.

We've been here before witnessing the changes:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010
• October 2010
• March 2011

For more around the world visit Weekend Reflections.

Leatherworks on Lumn Road

On the corner of Lumn Road and Townend Street is leather & grindery merchant, D Sharpe & Son, suppliers of aprons, belts, straps &c. It is almost opposite the site of the former James North factory which produced leather products for worldwide distribution.

See their sign on Hyde DP Xtra.

Entrance to Adamson Industrial Estate

Cross over Croft Street Bridge and you arrive at the entrance to the Adamson Industrial Estate.

Originally this was the Joseph Adamson Works dating back to 1885 when they were engineers and boiler-makers. Joseph's uncle Daniel Adamson was the founder of the Manchester Ship Canal.

By 1981 the site by the Peak Forest Canal was described as derelict and unlikely to find a future user but in fact, though the old chimney has gone, the warehouses remain and it is home to a number of small and larger businesses.

Equitable shadows and reflections

Formerly a warehouse for the Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society on Railway Street. The middle floors are occupied but the top floor offices and basement storage area are currently to let.

The tree in front not only throws its shadow across the brickwork but is also reflected in the windows of the building.

For a wider view of Railway Street please visit Hyde DP Xtra.

For more reflections please visit Weekend Reflections

For more shadows please visit Shadow Shot Sunday

Sunday Bridges: A Green View of Croft Street Bridge

Crossing over the railway line from Rose Hill (Marple) to Piccadilly (Manchester) is the bridge on Croft Street.

This view of the bridge is taken from the back of Bowling Green Street.

Croft Street leads from Hyde town centre to the Adamson Industrial Estate based around a group of 19th century warehouses next to the Peak Forest canal. One of the warehouses can be seen behind the bridge.

The view of the railway line from the bridge can be seen on my 2nd December post on Hyde Daily Photo.

A street-side view of the bridge can be found on Hyde DP Xtra.

The original photograph from which this image was created can seen on Geograph.

More Sunday bridges can be found at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Skywatch Friday: From Croft Street Bridge

An autumn afternoon view from Croft Street bridge over the Rose Hill (Marple) to Piccadilly (Manchester) railway line. On the left hand side is one of the Adamson Warehouses. On the right hand side is the rear of Hyde Fire Station. Hyde Central Station is out of sight just around the corner.

See more skies on Skywatch Friday.

ABC Wednesday: I is for Indico Rubber

In one of the industrial units on the former Redfern Rubber Works on Meadow Street, Indico Rubber Company (established 1973) continue to manufacture rubber products.

For I posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Skywatch Friday: Factory refurbishment

This factory on the corner of Dowson Road and Thornley Street has been closed for a few years. Now a team of contractors have moved in to replace the roof. What it will reopen as or when remains a mystery.



For more skys visit Skywatch Friday.

Mary Street

There's not a lot left in Mary Street these days espacially since the demolition of the Caxton Works that stretched the length of Edward Street from Mary Street to Dukinfield Road.

See how it looked in July 2009.

Weekend Reflections: Godley Brook by ABC Wax

More reflections in Godley Brook but today about a mile further West from the ones I showed you last week.

Here the stream is channeled between the ABC Wax textile factory and Hoviley Brow.

Compare it with the same scene in September 2009. What changes can you see?

For more reflections visit Weekend Reflections.

Behind Brook Street & Steeles Avenue

The gates at the bottom of Brook Street were open when I was walking down there a week or so ago, affording a view of the land at the back of Steeles Avenue.

It was probably a hive of industry like much of Hyde a century ago but now it seems to be a bit of a backwater.

The grassy bank on the left with a mobile phone relay mast above is hiding the M67 motorway.

Skywatch Friday: The chimney that survived

When Ashton Bros Mill was demolished the chimney survived due to it being a covenient location for the attachment of mobile phone relay masts.

See further upwardly mobile views on Skywatch Friday.

I've since discovered that the chimney actually used to belong to Winterbotham's tripe dressing factory on Bank Street.

One Off Signs

The old and new signs for One Off Engineering.

See their Simpson Road premises on Hyde DP Xtra.