Old Gillette Works In Brentford England

[likehotbutter]

Thanks for photos!

 

[Jack Russell]

Makes me long for another era..

Jack Russell

 

[Johan]

They knew how to build buildnings with style in England in the 30´s.
Beatiful pictures and nice to learn a bit of history!

 

[Ohmysan]

Awesome architecture , will have to pop up there and take a look, great pics

 

[mr-razor]

I know that Gillette have been gone from this site for years, The Building is Listed so it will never be demolished, i have driven past many times but never had a close look, so i went there today just to see what is going on with the building.

Ispoke to the guy in the Security Hut, explained that i collected Vintage Gillette Gear and was interested in the History of the Building, he then called the Site Manager down, he said there was no way to look inside because of health and safety, he said there was nothing to see inside that had any reference to Gillette now anyway.


The Building has been Completely Stripped out and you could see workmen are now working inside as it's being turned into a Hotel.


I asked him what became of all the old Gillette stuff inside the Building, he said that This was all disposed of 5-6 years ago.


Here are a few pics from what i took today Today, (only low res for Photo Hosting) but i have high res ones on file.

The man speaks true. There is nothing. Here are some pictures inside the building:

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=34782

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=62388

 

[onefallinghope]

Achim, thanks for those links; the urban exploration stuff is fascinating to me.

 

[nosedog]

Yep, very cool pictures in those links. Thanks.