Hilden Mill Lisburn Co. Down Northern Ireland.
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- Hilden Mill Lisburn Co. Down Northern Ireland. Hilden Mill's long history dates back to 1784 when Scotsman John Barbour established a linen thread works in Lisburn. By 1823, after John's death, Barbour's Mill had been moved to the Hilden site by his son William who had bought the former derelict linen bleach green.
In 1784 John Barbour, who hailed from Scotland, established a linen thread works in Lisburn.
At the same time his son, William, bought a derelict bleach green at Hilden and set up business.
Later, the thread works were transferred to Hilden and as early as 1817 it was employing 122 workers.
In 1823 William Barbour bought a former bleach mill at Hilden and built a water-powered twisting mill.
The Linen Thread Company was founded 1898 and it quickly became a large international company.
In fact it became the largest linen thread mill in the world.
By 1914 it employed about 2,000 people.
Among the company's varied products were nets, which could be made into snares and fishing nets.
The company built a model village for its workforce in Hilden, which consisted of 350 houses, two schools, a community hall, children's playground and village sports ground.
Lisburn became the envy of the world thanks to its Linen and Thread industry and now the last remnant of that history to close its doors for the last time.In 2017. By 1890 the mill was noted to have the following:
- 30,000 spindles
- 8000 twisting machines
- And used up to 200 tons of coal per week.
In 1898 the Irish, Scottish and American Barbour companies were merged into the Linen Thread Co, Ltd. When war broke out in 1914, around 2000 people were employed at the Hilden Mill and with their help the mill produced linen thread that was used to stitch war-time parachutes, uniforms, boots and knapsacks.
The mill closed in February 2006. This marked the end of an era in linen production at Hilden mill. More recently there have been plans to reuse the land and transform the mill into houses, apartments or a hotel.
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Thank you for the reply back to me .....my Daddy worked in it all his life till he retired .....its just a disgrace the state its in ....i wish we could go back to the good old days.....keep up the good work
that's so lovely to know Alison about your father working in the mill I am sure great memories and stories of him working there where talked about. I couldn't agree more about the state of the building it should've been protected from day one after it closed down. Thank you so much for your support and feedback on my channel. take care
Awesome. I love Ireland🖒😎😍stay safe & plz stay in touch☺
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I and my late colleague closed the gates for the last time in June 2006. I was there for 30 years. The mill horn was a familiar sound to the local residents and could be heard a couple of miles away, so on the last day we gave it three long blasts, one for each century of operation of Barbours, then the ‘big mill’ fell silent for the final time. I also worked at times in Gifford Mill that you have also filmed, it was part of the same group ( Lindustries ). Nice camera work, 👍
Thanks so much for sharing your story and for your kind comments much appreciated cheers
Awesome footage of that mill, they always make such great subject matter 👍
sure do cheers
I think the Words "& SON" and "AHEAD IN THREAD" add the human touch to the buildings. After all, the history is really about the people, as well as the structures. Nicely done, as always. 👍👍
well said Doug I thought it was lovely to me to see the writing on the walls a lot of history in them bricks
Awesome flight my friend, perfectly filmed!
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I love these old factories....lost places. Really good flights. 👍👍
So much history in them walls cheers 👍
Hello nice to meet you new friend thank you for sharing very nice video and beautiful place 🔔for your Channel 💕
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Stunning views my friend. Great flight, beautiful brick work. Thanks for your effort
Many thanks! such a lovely mill
Thank you for taking the time to provide information in the description about what I was enjoying looking at. Great drone flight👍
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Awesome footage and interesting place my friend! Great view! Like
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Hi, RODPIKER DRONES UK !! Thanks for this sequence of terrific shots. A great historic record of this amazing industrial site, before it disappears !! Nicely done ✅. Cheers, Don 👋
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So great my friend goooood fly 👍👌🔝🤗
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Such amazing scenery beautiful footage bro you are an excellent aerial photographer The View is spectacular that was amazing I love seeing videos from other country and you live in a very beautiful country and I thank you for sharing this beautiful sights and scenery and your country with all of us it is so amazing is really impressive take care and I'll see you at your next with my friend be safe and happy flying
Cheers Michael thanks so much for your great support and feedback cheers take care
@@RODPIKERDRONESUK you're welcome my friend take care and I'll see you soon be safe
The opening shot is absolutely beautiful. The entire video is wonderful, thank you for sharing
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So nice footage.
Thank you for sharing.
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just my cup of tea love old abandoned buildings a dam shame but reality, nice presentation track and flight some great angles and perspectives 👍😍😍😍
Totally agree cheers
Hello Rod and wow! Stunning footage of this piece of history,my mums family are Northern Irish and I will share this with them, lovely clips and editing, Ceri and Kat ♥️☕👍
Please do! very nice cheers
Hello my friend! Thank you for showing us the remains of a wonderful factory! You can feel the history very much! It's really wonderful!
Thank you for sharing! Have a nice weekend!
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Welcome in new friend. Awesome, Hilden Mill Lisburn Co, Down Northern Ireland. Like it, good job
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Great video mate and you can see the history etched all over that building
sure can cheers
Wonderful shots RDUK. What happened to all our once mighty manufacturing industries?
so true Tom all gone overseas
Great drone video of this fantastic place where nature is trying to take over.
I really enjoyed watching.
Well done my friend🙂👍🙏
Have a nice weekend.
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Thank you for your beautiful drone footage from Northern Ireland my friend. Great scenery !
Greetings from Austria and have a nice day 😀📹👍
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interesting share great footage - many thanks my friend big like - all the best have a nice weekend - warm greetings Petra
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Another great video. Thank you,
Thank you too!
Beautiful work!!! 💯
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Hello my new friend. Thank you for letting me enjoy the wonderful scenery through your drone video. Great scenes that can't be seen on the ground really feel like a work of art.
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Wonderful video, wonderful music, video done very well, great Rod 👋👍👌Francktera by Tuscany Italia
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Very nice video and flight!!
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Nice flight. Beautiful captures. Great drone video 👏 Thanks my friend
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Fantastic💗 , wonderful experience thanks for sharing 👍
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Nice flying, Rodney. That was a giant old mill. Hard to find abandoned old places here, they tear them down fast. Alot of memories of the workers there.
Enjoyed watching.
Thanks 👍so mike so much history in the walls of the old mill
Great shot, I am imaging how great the architect of the buildings. Thanks for sharing my friend
Such a beautiful building still cheers
Wonderful drone shot and interesting architectural buildings. Big thumbs up
Stay connected and wishing you have a nice day.
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Fantastic footage of the old mill Rod.. great write up and great video.. big like.. 🙂👍
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Wonderful video, wonderful music, video done very well, great Rod, 👌👍👋by Francktera Tuscany Italia
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Wonderful flight as always. Nice to see your video again.. Greetings..
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Support and greetings my friend.
Lovely aerial views of the old mill buildings and surrounds and interesting information. Thank you for sharing my friend.
Many thanks Dave
Beautiful place, Thanks for sharing ...Thumbs up!
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Beautiful filming. Fantastic flying & excellent video my friend. I wish you summer season.
Thanks so much take care cheers
Nice flying, well done on the sticks. Awesome aerial views and appreciate the background story as well. Cheers!
Much appreciated!
Wow, so much history in those buildings, your drone filming has very much brought them to life! Great choice of music too👍
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very good flight lovely share,, have a nice day
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Thanks for sharing! My great grandfather left Ireland for the states in the early 1800s. It's always nice to see historical sites, and such a beautiful country. Hope to visit someday...
That’s great to know about your great great grandfather leaving Ireland to go to America a lot of people from around that time left Ireland . Thanks for sharing your story and hope you enjoyed the video cheers
@@RODPIKERDRONESUK that would be my great, great grandfather. I loved it Rod!
Amazing nature video 👌👌 very nice👍👍👍 thanks for cute sharing !Like# best regards Up'n'Down-Traveling
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Awesome shots mate. Love abandoned places. Really enjoyed. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed love these places too Matt
Great drone footage amazing building structures lil bit creepy😍so interesting thanks for sharing my friend❤👍💚🌴🤝🔔🔔🔔
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great video , great flying
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hello my friend Thanks for sharing the amazing video~~!! Have a nice day~~👏👍
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Great bit of history in ruin my friend. Thanks for the tour with your drone.
thanks so much for watching
Hi! Great video with excellent landscape footage my friend. + Lk & stay safe!
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Lovely video and wonderful interesting historical facts in your text. Thank you.
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The little piece of history at the beginning was a nice addition.
Well done.
Shades of the old steel mills in my neck of the woods.
its a great history in the mill cheers
This amazing I enjoyed your videos👍
Glad to see you friend here.
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Nice work and a very smooth flight over the abandoned mill!
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Nice footage 👍
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Fantastic shots of this awesome lost place. I love such locations. Great flying and beautiful video, my friend.👏👍
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Such a massive amount of buildings left to rot it's a pity these places can't be fixed up and put to use. We live in such a beautiful country the drone flying was fantastic.
Totally agree hope it gets in redeveloped in some good way
So beautiful video again my dear friend. The music is also awesome. Thanks for sharing. Happy sunday to you, see you soon again
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Wonderful shots from the Hilden Mill Lisburn Co. Awesome drone flight .... Big like :))
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Nice flight, brother. Nice weekend😉💥🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
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Mind blowing pictures. Thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed 👍🏼
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment very nice of you cheers
Hello, my friend! So happy to watch your new video! It's absolutely stunning! It's so beautiful footage! Sad video but beautiful footage👍
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Hello,
very nice recordings, nice music, great video, which I like very much. Thumbs up.
greetings
Joseph
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Nicely documented, well done.
Sad to see buildings like this go to ruin.
I agree with you cheers
Amazing video - very evocative. Loved all the info as well.TFS
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Great footage and flying! What history in that place. Really enjoyed this! 👍😀
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Nice Beautiful Drone Footage my friend, thanks for sharing , i wish you have a nice day
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This place is amazing! Thank you for showing it to us. You did a good job. ☝🏻
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Beautiful video my friend, thanks for sharing!
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shame these old buildings left to fall apart hope they can make use of those for housing great capture and history Rod
Thanks so much Jim hope you are keeping well cheers
@@RODPIKERDRONESUK all good Rod except weather wind rain been working on new fpv drone Pavo 30 hd had lots problems get air unit activated long story but anyway have it ready and hoping do first flight this weekend with dji fpv goggles
@@jimsdroneing very nice Jim look forward to seeing it on TH-cam cheers
Nicely done! Great aerial perspectives of the structures. Made me feel like I was there :)
Thanks a lot!
This came out really well Rod. A fascinating old industrial site with a long history. Usual high quality video and good post production. 👍😎
Many thanks! Steve
Such a cracking old industrial site some great shots
thanks so much
Thanks for bringing us on this ride what a beautiful place!! And the history is amazing
Glad you enjoyed it cheers
Rod, an enormous looking site which looks like it has been closed for much longer than 2006. The finery and the decay as nature reclaims the land. So much history with this site, with all those people working there and all the material that was produced. Hopefully the site can be rejuvenated and save its wonderful character for the future.
so true Gerry there has been a few fires in the last few weeks which has left it in a worse state than I filmed it . its a shame cheers
Hey bro I'm new to your channel I really like your footage and how you edit them so well.I like drones but I can't get it here ine Morocco 😔
Thanks for watching and support favour returned cheers
Great drone flight another perfect subject to show the awesome
creativity these drone can capture really well done thanks for
sharing.
Many thanks
Great job documenting this historic mill. I enjoyed watching 👍🍻
Glad you enjoyed it cheers
Beautifully done, Rod! Another great historical piece in your portfolio!
Many thanks! Don
Awesome drone video.
I enjoyed watching. Big like..new friend here..
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Great place and nice video. Cool to see the water tower on the roof.
Thanks for watching
Amazing place to explore. Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing Place, i liked it a lot. Fully watched 😉. Greetings David
Awesome! Thank you!
Great info in the Description to go with a Amazing wonderful video as always my good friend ❤
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What can I say .. Just a great video 👌👌👌 you did really great. Greetings from the Sauerland Michas Momente
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Awesome footage as always Rod and thanks for the history of this place shared cheers
Thanks 👍 so much Kenny
Fantastic, amazing location, fantastic flight and choice of music, brilliant
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Gorgeous bando, great video!
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Nice work and beautiful location! Excellent footage my friend!!
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I always find it interesting when buildings are abandoned or neglected and then nature starts to reclaim the space. Great video as always my friend
You and me both! cheers
Another great exploration from the air of a significant site. Nice flying and perspectives.
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Such an important historical site, great description and nice fly bys.
its such a Beautiful place cheeers
Cheers my dear friend🙏,and big like from Spain😁👍
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Excellent footage my friend, like it👍👍👍have a great day
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Love to explore this place thanks guys, again great drone footage.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fascinating. Nicely done, my friend.
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wow!!! What a great video. Professionally filmed with appropriate, dramatic music. Big congratulations for this masterpiece.
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Amazing view of the abandoned mills. Great job my friend and your fan.
Thank you very much!