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Barnes Convalescent Home was constructed between 1871 & 1875 and is a Grade II listed Former hospital which closed in September 1999. The hospital was sold in 2001 to a construction company, the plans for the building are to convert it into 42 flats. Initially a hospital it was then used as a Convalescent home during the second world war and later in its life it was mainly used for stroke and geriatric patients.

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Wikipedia.org

Explorers: j3bu, Misterjk

Originally a woollen mill in 1780, a flood washed away several buildings in 1799. In 1850’s after a major rebuild, several hundred workers were employed in wool carding and spinning, many of the workers were housed in the row of cottages. By the end of the 19th century, it converted from wool spinning and became a bleachworks. In March 1914, cotton wool caught fire and destroyed several buildings. The Great War was a turning point for another industry. Cigarette paper became a staple for Robert Fletchers & Son. Who had been in existence since the 1820’s.

When the war ended, Fletchers searched throughout Britain for a suitable site (plenty clean water, close to ports, presumably close to their other mill), and in the end landed at Greenfield. The existing mill buildings were gutted, new parts added and two paper-making machines were installed. Robert Fletcher & Son (Greenfield) came into operation in 1921, and operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from then until it shut.

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Oldham Advertiser

Explorers: j3bu, anclove

Only a baby crane. It’s building a car park. I’m afraid there’s not very much around it that’s particularly interesting so the photos are quite boring. After spending a fair bit of time up there enjoying the view and accidentally making the crane make very loud noises as the sheet metal we stood on popped and then reverberated through the other sheets, it began to snow so we decided to head down. After getting to the bottom it we didn’t have time for many photos before the snow became heavy and a risk to our cameras.