Plevin & Sons (Weldems) - Mossley
by Craig Hannah
The now derelict Weldems / Plevin and Sons, founded in 1963 in Mossley, used disused railway siddings for the site This included welding workshop, using power from the nearby mills and setting up a large work hall on the southern side of the shed, and an outdoor storage yard on the northern side. The main work hall spanned two ten-ton gantry cranes, as well as a large swing hoist in the side of the workshop.
The site was ready for use in 1967 and was used to create oil tanks for tanker trucks and petrol stations, and was later used to create mining supports and headstocks for collieries, many of these were used in Australia. Reading through stories from this place, their apprenticeships were amazing and it was a great work environment. The company even gave everyone Christmas hampers for the holidays!
The company was bought out in 1994 and the sidings was then purchased by R Plevin’s LTD to be used as one of their depots. They produced everything from biomass production to sawdust and shavings for pets. The site was less and less used, finally shutting in 2023, where they relocated to the Yorkshire depot and left this site disused.
December 2023 travellers moved onto the for a bit, to be finally moved on by the council and police, possibly why the offices etc have been fairly stripped.
