Bradshaw Works, Bolton

Very early Urban Exploration! Bradshaw Works was a large bleachworks that shut in 1963. For the next 30 or so years the buildings were occupied by a number of businesses including Coleman Milne Limousines and Markland Scowcroft Steel Stockholders. Eventually as the larger businesses moved out, smaller ones filled their place, but the place was in a state of perpetual decay, as most of the buildings 100-150 years old. I grew up about 5 minutes from the works, and often spent time wandering around wondering about what they were like in their heyday. I took these pictures in 1989/1990 just as demolition was starting, just wish I'd taken more. The site is now housing and is known as Bradshaw Hall.
Information from Turton Local History Society Publication 'Bradshaw Works', by James Francis.