A Flour Mill Over 200 Years Old Closes In Liverpool, Wilson King,Mill Street *Contains Swearing*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2022
- there has been a flour mill on this site I'm told for 300 years....i thought it was just over 200
most of the original site was demolished in the 60s and the wilson tower was built
some of the old buildings still remain and i have been very lucky to take a look inside one of them before the place closed and will maybe be lost forever
for this area it is definitely the end of an era.......
there is more history on this place to be found online this is just a little snippet
#LIVERPOOL #SPILLERS #WILSONKING
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In 1871 my 2x Gr Grandfather, Peter Hayes was a rice miller and Foreman at Edward Hutchinson's Flour Mill Burlington st. EH died in 1895 Holly Lodge. Took a long time to dig up that info. The family lived @ 38 Henry St. In 1881 Peter died from a burst blood vessel while working in the mill . They were living @ 47 Cornwallis. The family then went down that inevitable slope with the mother dying and the youngest 2 children being sent to Canada. My g grandfather was 14 and that's how my mother's family ended up in Toronto. Thanks for the video
The pond that you mentioned was used as an Emergency Water Supply. To supplement this supply there were 6 special fire hydrants, (5" outlets rather than the regular 2½"), at strategic points on the surrounding roads.
I remember the pond having a couple of swans on it.
What a great video its a dingle landmark .......i used to go to school with you and your brother and sister at malachys :) we used to live at the back of yous in mann street and i used to knock about with yous about age 5 i can also remember havin a raid with you and your kid when the roads wer gettin done and i got a fat lip from an halfie🤣🤣... good memories round the leyton view tho ....boss place years ago ...keep up the good work la😎
cheers paul ha ha yeh i remember the raids good times i think we was hiding behind paving flags mad the things we got up to as kids
some brilliant memories from around here still love the place now
thanka for watching mate much appreciated
Thank you for this. My grandfather worked for Spillers pushing a pen for over fifty years. Train from Chester every day. Miserably married, and she to him, they escaped each other every summer when he would watch a fortnight of cricket. Long service certificate at home. For Spillers, not the marriage...
Hi , I used to be micks supervisor at the mill, I was there for 20 years.
It's a pity mick didn't take you down to the old side basement, colloquially known as the catacombs, you would have been well impressed, try again just for that little video, the iron works and stonework is phenomenal.
Good luck, brought back strong memories.
Hello frank it was a quick tour and to be fair on mick he was working when he took.me around and risked getting disciplined
Id have loved to have seen the basements
I have since been back here but its a no no but im well happy with wjat footage i got
Cheers for watching mate
That’s a great video lad. Just found it after coming across your channel yesterday. I grew in Tillotson close just of Grafton street in the early 90s. I remember the smell from the milll and the noise to. I was also fascinated with the gasometers on Grafton street. Me dad would take me along the mill fields so I could get close to the mill. Great memories.
cheers thanks for wathing glad you liked it
originally i am from grafton street left mid 80s
strangely ive just been out filming down grafton street today near the old gasometeres
stay tuned very interesting video coming up
cheers again
Thanks for the memories.I lived in Aiken st .Facing the Florrie and went to Matthew Arnold school bottom of Beloe st .Then Finally Wellington rd . I still miss my child hood down there .Walked many a time along the millie fields .So many times . Thanks for those happy memories it was tough there but i wouldnt have swopped it for any thing .
Best wishes .
Billy .
thank you for watching my childhood was spent walking past this place everyday and across the mill fields will be wierd seeing this place torn down im not sure when but its now been left
thanks for watching billy glad you liked it
Very happy to hear Z Cars. Great video George.
Cheers bud thanks for watching
Spotted 😂
Hello there... happened across this video just now. So, my grandad worked in the mill for 64 years, and the house at the bottom the lad in the film says was the canteen, well I used to live in that house when I was a child. If you would like a chat, let me know!
Further to previous comments, the mill pond was emergency water supply for fire brigade, the old cottage was for the very first cocky watchman, it is grade 2 listed..
cheers for the info mate much appreciated and thanks for watching
Brought back great memories George of when I was on the wagons. Went there a few times bulk tankers. Never really realised how big the place was tbh. Keep it up.
Thanks for watching glad you liked it
Great video George, very interesting to watch, loved the drone footage at the beginning 👍
Fantastic video fella. A great historical document. Used to pass the old mill regular when I was a child when we'd come to stay with my Grandma Doris Drew who lived in Corn Street! Sweet memories. Cheers again.
Cheers and thanks for watching same here past this place all the time as a child growing up as i lived in parkhill at the time and went to school in malachys
That area hold really special memories for me and always will
Cheers again 👍
We live in Corn Street! 😁 What number was your grandma's?
Hi George great to have a chance to look around the mill love the old photos of the building thanks for sharing,hope Eric is doing well 👍
It was mate so happy to get in here ...would have like to see round the back but happy with what i seen
Cheers for watching eric is doing brill hes back out with me next week...ill tell him you was asking mate cheers 👍
its like livpul's castle that building. protecting the stockade (toxteth). very jealous you got to stand up on the ramparts, thats gold that view from up there, great work, thanks boss
worked there in the late 70s my dad worked there most of his life,Jim Spencer along with Ambage Cuttsy Albert Ellis Sid Griffiths Charlie Hamill Bob Evans Billy Mac all on the driving side and many more who sadly I can't remember at this time. Thanks for bringing back memories.
Fantastic video mate, I’ve always been interested in this place from the noise outside, the size and the reservoir in case of fire etc (which there was one on the site many many years ago) real shame it’s closing and as you said very unusual.. No official notice yet the odd car is parked inside which I assume belongs to security, greetings from a fellow Dingle Head haha TheFlorence institute will be the last landmark standing at this rate
Great Video mate. My Uncle worked there in the seventies, what a place. So sad to see it closed. Does anyone remember the Spice and Pepper Mill just off Stanhope Street? The smell was amazing 😃👍
Cheers stephen thanks for watching glad you liked it
Its sad indeed i have pictures somewhere of me and my brother and the wilson tower in the background will be strange to see it dissapear from the landscape
Thanks for watching
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My family ( Dunn) lived in Shearer Street, my grandfather was married from Corn Street and my great grandfather lived in Yate St. shearer Street is gone but the other two are still going strong and Corn St looks great. My grandfather died from ingestion of corn grain dust ( no H&S then). I’ve walked around the outside a few times but this tour was great - many thanks.
I was watching a documentary about corn Street the othere day when that road an another one were getting a full referb back in the 70s with the Co op group I was surprised at the amount of flour on there windowsills from the mill Iv always liked the look of them houses but I was surprised it was like walking in to the aigburth house the layout was the same x
Amazing video and tour George!! Great what a smooth talking TH-camr can get unrestricted access to see!
2 proper scousers enjoying a good nose about! Haha 👍👍👍
Cheers chris i cant take any credit for getting inside though a mate organised this for me im so happy to finally see inside ....this explore is well the best one ive seen
Thanks for watching mate
Brilliant this george thanks for making this its brought back great memories
Cheers billy boss place this isnt it
Thanks for watching
Micks a sound guy, even if he is a blue nose, great video 👍
He is a top lad indeed
Cheers for watching much appreciated
Great video George like you always wanted to see what it was like inside like you walked passed it every day on my way to St. Malachy's my parents still live in Haylock close now Shelmore drive .always wanted to see inside
Thanka brian glad you liked it i have some pictures somewhere my uncle took when it was wilson king and the wilson tower had the sign on the top
If you look closely you can make out ghosting of the old spillers sign at the start of the video
I cant imagine this place without the mill will be strange and sad to see this go...uo until a few weeks ago there was a for sale sign on the front and now thats gone
But yeh brilliant to finally see insdd the workings of this place...one ill never forget
Thanks for watching mate
Brilliant video, no wonder Mick looks fit walking those stairs all day, I would he bailed from that lift too hahaha, made me LOL when you asked whats in that house Mick? " about 60 thousand mice" hahahaha
Cheers mate ha ha was funny that shout about the mice...that lift ha ha wouldnt like to get stuck in it like
Thanks for watching mick is a top lad
Thanks for the Video, like others I must have passed the mill a 1000 times, and always thought about a look inside.
Thanka for watching was brilliant to see in here that big tower i never knew had all those machines inside so was good to finally see what was inside it
Cheers again
BIG THANK YOU TO MICK for make history and george this historical document in time to come . once gone its gone many times walk past wonder what going on in that mill . schools for kids look at in future of working flour mill was before closed down . its made feel very sad at closed . this why the video was made . great video to george BIG THANK YOU TO MICK FOR MAKE THIS POSSIBLE .
Thanka you to mate who made this possible with mick
Amazing, reminds me of the old Brains Brewery we explored in Cardiff just after closure.
Boss this place so glad to finally see inside here
Cheers for watching mate
Incredible video mate, always been fascinated about this mill.
thanks mate glad you liked it
ive been fascinated ever since i was a child by this place
George meets Mick and instantly becomes more scouse lol
Ha ha yeh true that neil
Doing a good service for the future George by recording this. Another iconic (good or bad?) building is going but this video shows the building well. Cheers mate, enjoyed it.
Thanks mate so glad i got to see inside this place before they closed the doors people can look back on this when the place is flattened and long gone
Thanks for watching mate much appreciated
@@g2emedia1977Has it been demolished yet ? And any idea what its going to be ?
@@meichong8278 still standing at the moment nothing has been done to it
Just re subbed , dunno what happened , knocked off , great to be back , 🤗 when ya doing woolton manor ? I’m dying for this 😂😂😂😂😂
That is strange i thought i hadnt seen you on here for a while good to have you back
Woolton hall has changed in the last few months developers have now taken over it so not as easy as it used to be
Will try though
Cheers for resubbing
@@g2emedia1977 I think my lil fella has been messing about with my you tube , kids eh , hope Eric is doing well ? Not easy that chemo game , been there done that got the T-shirt 😂😂😂 bless him send my love xxxx
Boss vid lad..always wanted to go in there.
Thanks mate would have liked to see round the back inside the old houses but well happy to get up on top of the wilson tower finally
Thanks for watching tommy
I used to work for ADM, I left around ten years ago and as part of my role, I was normally at this site a few times a year, starting from when we bought it from Spillers. It looks no real different here to how it did when I last saw it. I only found this video after seeing on their web site that the Liverpool mill isn't listed any more and I can't find any information as to why it closed and exactly when. From what I remember, we bought the Spillers mills in Liverpool, Newcastle and Tilbury. ADM closed the Newcastle mill and now it looks like the Liverpool one has gone as well. I suppose with Seaforth just down the road, it's not too surprising considering the economic climate.
I got on very well with Carole who was the GM when I was working there.
Ah I didn't know it had closed down! Walked past it every day for school for years. Definite end of an era 😥
i cant believe nothing has been done with the place since closure
thanks for watching jen
I was the chief Erector for the installation, of the current flour mill in Wilson Kings, in Toxteth, it was so sad to hear of its recent closure. But I will always have a permanent reminder of the mill, has I married the senior laboratory technician.
Enjoyable video, thank you.
Pleasure glad you liked it
That was amazing, thank you
cheers glad you liked it
If I followed Mick round for a bit you would have to ring 999 I was wrecked watching him. I wish I had a mobile when I was delivering in Liverpool from the late 80s till 2012 I must have been them all, all the tanneries are gone that's for sure ☹️
Absolutely brill was born in harlow street went to Wellington rd school brings back memories
Thanks ron sorry late reply glad you liked the video
My dads firm hauled wheatfeed out of there for over 40 years and I had been going for about 15 years as a passenger and driver
I'm surprised Mick didn't cook you a breakfast as he knows more about that than flour milling, site supervisor my arse 😃
Ha ha i owe him a breskfast i think
@@g2emedia1977 I could have given you a somewhat more informed tour & history, I was the engineering manager there for the last 27 years.
The first recorded flour mill on that site was 1622 so 400 years!
I had previously emailes adm to ask for a tour before closure but got no reply went down and was told no so when this oppertunity came up i jumped at it the houses at the back would have been good to see but im pretty sure they will all have been modernised inside
1622 wow thats nuts didnt know it stretched back that far
@@Kousaburo He buggered off long before the end and one member of my staff is still there now 😂
@@MrOvershoot Looking at your profile, there's a name I remember. I was in the IT department in Brentwood and we met many times when I was in Liverpool.
See what being a famous local celebrity youtuber gets you 😉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ha ha far from it mate was just very very lucky to get in here
Closing because ADM won't invest in relining a couple of the silos and replacing the grain silos....
Really you think thats the case
@@g2emedia1977 Les knows ;)
Grew up down there. at the end of the Millys . Beaufort st
Happy days i remeber you mate
@@g2emedia1977 Is right George
Did you Know Mr Eyre at St. Malcy's?
yes i used to see him quite often years and years ago
Work 2 minutes from this place , don't think anyone new it was shutting down.
Its strange a few weeks ago there was a for sale sign up now its gone i only found out by chance that this was closing
Cheers luke
Nah lad, wo lad? This is great la, isint it lad, fuck lad cmon la
"Wow"...."Nuts that"...."Wow"..."Nuts that"....."Wow"....🤣🤣🤣
proper nuts!
boss la
Cheers la thanks for watching
Ps bet this is a spooky place at night.
I was thinking that the other day that old part at night that would be bloody good all the lights out ha ha
livpul's bread cathedral