Category: Abandoned
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Walking Musbury Heights | Grane | Rossendale
#musbury #rossendale #quarry ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 Working life on Musbury Heights pre-dates the 1850’s and quarrying continued until sometime around the 1930’s. The stone was used to create the sets (cobbles), curbs and flag stones for properties in and around Haslingden, Helmshore…
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Ocean Chemical Works – CYANIDE! | Ramsbottom | Summerseat
#ramsbottom #derelict #abandoned ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 In this video, we visit the now derelict and abandoned – Ocean Chemical Works in Ramsbottom and just situated alongside Nuttall Park. This former building used to produce cyanide and was at one time the only…
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Exploring Eden Wood Mill | Stubbins | Old Mill
#edenfield #derelict #mills ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 In this video, we explore the now derelict Eden Wood Mill that is situated close to the small village of Stubbins. Built around 1801, it was used as a dyeing facility for Turnbull and Stockdale Limited,…
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The Abandoned Graveyard – Dunholme Methodist Chapel | Luddenden
#graves #halifax #luddenden In this video, we visit the now abandoned graveyard over in Luddenden. Built around 1836 and demolished in the 1960’s or early 1970’s, it now lies in a derilict state with a few headstones still standing but very much taken over by nature. A big shout out to matparks08 who has also…
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A Return to Cob Castle | Haslingden | True Crime | Local History
#Haslingden #Victorians #LocalHistory #TrueCrime ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you never miss a new upload! https://www.youtube.com/@DaysofHorror?sub_confirmation=1 Yes! I’ve returned back to Cob Castle to do an updated video on one I posted back in March 2021. In this new video, I talk a little more about the terrible crime committed by…
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