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Risley Apprentice Training School Site Photo's |
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Risley Apprentice Training School Site Photo's |
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The Risley site was supposed to be 'TOP SECRET' and as such camera's were banned. The only photographs that I can actually remember being taken 'on site' were those by the official site photographer, invariably group photo's or ones taken for glossy brochure's, publicity etc. Photo's of the buildings and workshops are therefore even rarer, to address this issue I managed to take a number of photo's before a lot of the buildings were demolished and also some during the actual demolition.
Here's the first photographs taken during the winter of 2001/2.
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The 'Advanced Mechanical Workshop' |
Gaskell's Shop and the Ramp |
The boiler house |
Ah the training school itself |
The road past the back of the school to the bike sheds |
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Mike Pinions Shop |
The beginning of the end for the 'Advanced Mechanical Workshop' |
The Bulldozers Move in
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27-06-02 8am Going
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27-06-02 Nearly Gone
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27-06-02 1pm Gone
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04-07-02 12.30pm Going
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04-07-02 1pm Gone |
| Advanced Mechanical Workshop (5B14). | Gaskell's Workshop (5C25) R.I.P. | |||
The Training School utilised buildings that were formerly part of the Risley Royal Ordnance Factory. This massive undertaking of over 1000 brick buildings constructed in a mere 18 months from mid 1939 played a significant part in the outcome of the second world war. The scale of this venture is mostly forgotten, most traces having been bulldozed or covered by vegetation over the last 20 years. The former Risley ROF site must surely rank as one of the Seven Wonders of Twentieth Century Britain. To appreciate the full scale of the former site visit the link below.
