GKN Screws and Fasteners Ltd, Underground Shadow Factory, Birmingham, Urbex

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @oblivionexplores
    @oblivionexplores ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A cool location well done

  • @chrisstacey1984
    @chrisstacey1984 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The place looks great folks 👍👍❤

    • @KIRBZVIDS
      @KIRBZVIDS  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks mate get down there before it gets demolished mate pm me ill let you know how to get in

    • @GMT439
      @GMT439 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KIRBZVIDS 23:55 : Some sort of turbine. I suspect Hydro power. I bet there is water above or below this Factory.
      All Wars are Fake by the way.

  • @TurboTel68
    @TurboTel68 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those washing machine drums were for the Hotpoint 'WMA' range. The split tank design being held together with screws was a new concept for General Domestic Appliances for their range of washing machines, replacing a previous clipped together design. I would imagine GKN would have been fairly instrumental in providing fastners for this project, hence the drums being on site

    • @KIRBZVIDS
      @KIRBZVIDS  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      interesting buddy i did wonder why there were loads of washing machine parts haha

  • @zeberdee1972
    @zeberdee1972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video , thank you .

  • @zeberdee1972
    @zeberdee1972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Teepol I believe is still made , in the RAF that is what we used as washing up liquid and to wash the Fire Trucks . Of cause by then they came in plastic containers .

    • @KIRBZVIDS
      @KIRBZVIDS  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good information buddy makes sense guess thay used it as a degreaser mabey ?

    • @zeberdee1972
      @zeberdee1972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KIRBZVIDS I would say so it was industrial strength .

    • @daviddunbar5754
      @daviddunbar5754 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Teepol is indeed an industrial detergent and still used in universities to this day. Buggers your skin up though so always use Marigolds!

  • @regd.2263
    @regd.2263 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guest Keen and Nettlefold still exists and have been for a couple of hundred years, they weren't just for the war it was like most factories that did engineering etc were involved in the war effort. My second driving job in 1966 was driving for a metal fasteners company called Davis and Timmins Ltd, they were based in Wood Green North London selling nuts bolts and screws etc.

  • @davidclaytonddc
    @davidclaytonddc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonder if they made screws and fixings during the war or it was repurposed to something for the war like aircraft parts. I'm sure some people in the area will know the history.

    • @angelsone-five7912
      @angelsone-five7912 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I very much doubt the locals will know anything as they are all Asian types.

    • @davem9208
      @davem9208 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The firm made screws and fixings from its very start. Were these products of use to any of the armed forces during WW2 would have been consequential, as they made them anyway, although they may have made certain items to order.

  • @expattaffy1954
    @expattaffy1954 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HMM surprised it isn’t full of canabis

    • @KIRBZVIDS
      @KIRBZVIDS  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂