George Barnsley & Sons - October 2013

George Barnsley & Sons, Cornish Works, Sheffield - October 2013

Introduction:

George Barnsleys, at the time was the small scale industial site to do and had been for a number of years back in 2013. Today in 2016, it's still a big name and visted by many, but she seems to have dropped off the radar a little in recent times. Maybe everybody's been now? I don't know many who are commited to this hobby that haven't!

This one for me was a big hit back then anyway, George Barnleys was the one that I'd been excited about for quite some time. Seeing a place that was practically untouchted by anyone and still sort of lingering in the 1950's/60's seemed like a photoraphers wet dream!

I guess I've come a long way as an explorer and photographer since then, but even now having explored large scale power stations, pits and steelworks, there's no denying that George Barnsley's was/is quite special.

History:

George Barnsley set up shop here at the Cornish Works in 1850, manufactoring and forging equiptment mainly for leather workers and cobblers. in 1958 George Barnsley made his son a partner hence become George Barnselys & Sons. In 2003 the Cornish Works closed and has laid abandoned ever since...

Pictures:

Looking back on the pictures I took at George Barnsleys back in 2013, it seems clearer than ever just how far I've come as a photographer. It's now 2016 and really, some of these pictures seem all too easy to knit pick and pull apart. Plus poor choices of glass (Lens)... Still we all start somewhere I guess!

That said, it's still a record of the building and I guess that's what I've made this site for, still, I feel a re-visit may be on the cards to really do the place justice.

It was around this time (mid 2013) that I began to take an interest in 35mm film photography. That said, the camera pictured below, my trusty Olympus OM-1, seemed to be acting more as a prop than as a tool photography on this trip!

Wheels and pulleys powered the Cornish Works, a classic example of how factories and mills where powered before the dawn of electricity preserved for us...

Grind Stones

A few homely touches remain too! Still with the tea bag in the cup!

We returned by night at a later date, still 2013. It's amazing how how the atmosphere of a place can change as night falls. This was my first ever explore by night, these days it's often a regulary done thing.