What factory would you like to look around ?
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I've looked around McVities (tasted hobnobs out of the oven), but the one that was mind blowing was Coca-Cola up in Wakefield.
Aluminum cans are built in the factory next door and shot through by compressed air. The factory walkways were raised gangways in a few inches of water and disinfectant. Workers wore boots. When I say workers, teams of 8 were managing the factory at any time. 20,000 cans per hour were made
Aluminum cans are built in the factory next door and shot through by compressed air. The factory walkways were raised gangways in a few inches of water and disinfectant. Workers wore boots. When I say workers, teams of 8 were managing the factory at any time. 20,000 cans per hour were made
Years ago, I had a g/f who worked for Bombardier. We visited Montreal, and she arranged for us to be shown around the factory there.
I had zero interest in it, and was actually pretty annoyed - we were in Montreal to go to a gig for my favourite band, and this meant we could not queue as early as I wanted.
But it was fascinating - I really enjoyed it.
I had zero interest in it, and was actually pretty annoyed - we were in Montreal to go to a gig for my favourite band, and this meant we could not queue as early as I wanted.
But it was fascinating - I really enjoyed it.
Ayahuasca said:
I have often thought I would like to look around the Airfix factory where they make model kits, etc.
Ones I have looked around:
Any number of breweries
Morgan
Where they make Black and Red notebooks ...
What factories are worth looking around?
As part of the launch of Motorpunk magazine, the crowdfunders were given a tour of the Morgan factory. My son and I went. It was, as Ayahuasca found, fascinating. I think there are still photos on the Motorpunk website.Ones I have looked around:
Any number of breweries
Morgan
Where they make Black and Red notebooks ...
What factories are worth looking around?
Not quite a factory, but I have had cause to visit the Diamond Light Source Synchrotron at Harwell and the Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at Daresbury for work. The former state of the art and the latter, by then a bit Heath Robinson, but amazing.
I used to work at the Nissan Factory in Sunderland (Washington).
Everyone who did the tour went home with a Hard On.
Ultra Managed Tour.
Wow was the most used word.
Loads of MD's from numerous car factories came to look.
I was a close friend of the main tour guy
Sam Harris.
The fishing 'Cod Father' of the North East
TV, Newspaper and Radio local Fishing Hero!
All the people I had contact with in that plant hated the place.
Even though some decent money was earned.
Golden Handcuffs was the keyword.
Ran on fear of losing your job.
Ask any person who worked there on less than 50k.
Everyone who did the tour went home with a Hard On.
Ultra Managed Tour.
Wow was the most used word.
Loads of MD's from numerous car factories came to look.
I was a close friend of the main tour guy
Sam Harris.
The fishing 'Cod Father' of the North East
TV, Newspaper and Radio local Fishing Hero!
All the people I had contact with in that plant hated the place.
Even though some decent money was earned.
Golden Handcuffs was the keyword.
Ran on fear of losing your job.
Ask any person who worked there on less than 50k.
My uncle used to work in the Airfix factory in the early 70s, despite asking him several times he wouldn't take me to have a shuftie.
Not exactly a factory but still a massive and very impressive place was Swindon Locomotive Works, I went there on organised trips dozens of times between 1973 and its closure in the mid '80s. They built their last loco in 1965 and ceased overhauls on locos in '73 but were kept going with all sorts of stuff until the axe fell. My other half's dad used to deliver photographic materials to the drawing office in the '60s and was allowed to roam around on his monthly visits, seeing some of the Warship and Western class diesel-hydraulic locos being built and vast numbers of GWR locos being scrapped.
Other half wants to do the Morgan factory tour some day....
Not exactly a factory but still a massive and very impressive place was Swindon Locomotive Works, I went there on organised trips dozens of times between 1973 and its closure in the mid '80s. They built their last loco in 1965 and ceased overhauls on locos in '73 but were kept going with all sorts of stuff until the axe fell. My other half's dad used to deliver photographic materials to the drawing office in the '60s and was allowed to roam around on his monthly visits, seeing some of the Warship and Western class diesel-hydraulic locos being built and vast numbers of GWR locos being scrapped.
Other half wants to do the Morgan factory tour some day....
davek_964 said:
Years ago, I had a g/f who worked for Bombardier. We visited Montreal, and she arranged for us to be shown around the factory there.
I had zero interest in it, and was actually pretty annoyed - we were in Montreal to go to a gig for my favourite band, and this meant we could not queue as early as I wanted.
But it was fascinating - I really enjoyed it.
I visit a lot of factories in my line of work, but one of my favourites by a long way was visiting the Bombardier Montreal facility in Mirabel. Not for the factory itself (which was pretty mundane), but because I got a quick mooch around Mirabel airport, which was still entirely entact and entirely abandoned. It was one of the most surreal places I've ever seen - very cool! It's been repurposed now (I think), but at the time it was just as it was when they ceased operations. I had zero interest in it, and was actually pretty annoyed - we were in Montreal to go to a gig for my favourite band, and this meant we could not queue as early as I wanted.
But it was fascinating - I really enjoyed it.
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