2009

SJ9595 : Godley Brook

taken 15 years ago, near to Hyde, Tameside, England

This is 1 of 20 images, with title Godley Brook in this square
Godley Brook
Godley Brook
West of the entrance to the ABCWax factory.
ABC WAX

Ashton Brothers built Newton Bank Printworks in Hyde in the early 1800s. In 1899 F.W.Ashton became part of the Calico Printers association (CPA). In 1908 the first wax prints (production Batiks using handblock) were produced. In 1959, CPA purchased the Swiss trading company A.Brunnschweiler, and in 1970 that became the company name replacing F.W.Ashton.

A.Brunnschweiler & Co was soon abbreviated to ABC which later became the brand name of its wax prints in West Africa. ABC was purchased by the Cha group in 1992. In 2005, production of the standard ABC product was transferred to another group factory in Ghana called Akosombo Textiles Ltd (ATL)

All production ceased at Newton bank printworks in December 2007 and all the necessary machinery was transferred to ATL in Ghana. The site was then decommissioned and cleaned up prior to demolition in 2014.

A full record of the demolition with photos and videos can be found on LinkExternal link a blog created by site manager David Bradley.


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Category: Brook
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Godley Brook [42] · Entrance [24] Title Clusters: · Godley Brook [20] ·
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SJ9595, 287 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 28 February, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 28 February, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 950 951 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:27.2012N 2:4.5424W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 951 951
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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