Newton-Lister
Past Times/British Leyland Lillyhall
Past Times Warehouse, Lillyhall, Workington, Formerly British Leyland Bus Factory.
My second stint of working for past times, and for the enthusiasts, i thought i would take a few snaps. My last stint was 2004 to 2006 as Health & Safety Officer, back in the days when Past Times, or as the company was known then, Retail Variations took up the vast majority (75%) of the complex, with Stobarts (the owners) only having a relatively small amount of the space.
My redundancy in 2006 followed the collapse of Retail Variations PLC, and i was one of the casualties of the massive downsize, which included the halving of the warehouse space in Unit A (the main building) by stobarts moving a parti wall, and the disuse of Unit X (the smaller warehouse to the left, as you drive onto the site). in all, the Past times warehouse floorspace shrank by 70% in a year.
in some pics, a set of cieling mounted fluorescent lights can be seen, these are the only visible remnants of the 2 story mezzanine floor, formerly used for warehousing for The Hawkshead clothing company, who also left the building in 2006. Notable from the mezzanine is a "mind your head" sign, which i erected on a pipe in 2004, while the flooring was in situ, and never removed. this now tells 40 foot people to mind their heads!!
Enjoy this small collection!
Past Times/British Leyland Lillyhall
Past Times Warehouse, Lillyhall, Workington, Formerly British Leyland Bus Factory.
My second stint of working for past times, and for the enthusiasts, i thought i would take a few snaps. My last stint was 2004 to 2006 as Health & Safety Officer, back in the days when Past Times, or as the company was known then, Retail Variations took up the vast majority (75%) of the complex, with Stobarts (the owners) only having a relatively small amount of the space.
My redundancy in 2006 followed the collapse of Retail Variations PLC, and i was one of the casualties of the massive downsize, which included the halving of the warehouse space in Unit A (the main building) by stobarts moving a parti wall, and the disuse of Unit X (the smaller warehouse to the left, as you drive onto the site). in all, the Past times warehouse floorspace shrank by 70% in a year.
in some pics, a set of cieling mounted fluorescent lights can be seen, these are the only visible remnants of the 2 story mezzanine floor, formerly used for warehousing for The Hawkshead clothing company, who also left the building in 2006. Notable from the mezzanine is a "mind your head" sign, which i erected on a pipe in 2004, while the flooring was in situ, and never removed. this now tells 40 foot people to mind their heads!!
Enjoy this small collection!