HISTORIC CHIMNEY DEMOLISHED

Picture by Steve Ingers

On Sunday morning at 9am June 28th local residents gathered to watch the demolition of the chimney at the old Wade Springs Factory on Bennett Street.

Until 2009 the site was home to a number of mills buildings which  included the Britannia and Portland Mills, which were built in the early 1900s. A huge fire started at the mattress manufacturer Elson and Robbins and soon spread gutting many of the buildings on the site which were later demolished. The only thing left was the chimney which has been used as a mast for telecommunications equipment. The work was carried out by Total Reclaims Demolition. Developers have submitted plans to build 109 homes on the site. The council gave the thumbs up for the demolition work in April.