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    That leaflet-I didn't think masonic temples advertised themselves ! It's a good photo on the front,though.



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    Finally got a chance to have a nose around these buildings. I'm amazed that they've not been torn down yet especially as there are being lots of windows smashed. Just a forgotten corner of the city when you walk past the chimney.

    I would hope that the chimney stack and boiler house is kept if the rest of the buildings are demolished.

    First video - pics to follow:

    YouTube - Viewing Reece's Bakery - Brownlow Hill

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    thanks cad, short but v sweet
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    Hope this fills the gap until the pictures arrive

    The interior of the Boiler House!!

    YouTube - Reece's Bakery - The boiler House

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    All of the pictures.

    All were taken from the outside but there were some broken windows you could stretch your arm in to!























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    Does anyone have any pictures of 'days gone by' of this area??

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    smashing photos J. I'd planned to take pics of this building eventually myself, yours are great as they are inside too. well done.
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    great photos Cad
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    Yeh,great pic's!
    Funny how it's been derelict, and forgotten, for so long,considering it's location??

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    Also, Cad,
    were those buildings in pic's 16/17 part of the dairy, as they are significantly different to the main building?

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    Very good pics Cad

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    Just to add to the Reece's thread.

    The company had a local distribution dairy behind the shops on Smithdown Road surrounded by Greenbank, Hollybank and Gorsebank Road.

    This closed around the time some of their business passed to Unigate in the early 70s and the distribution depot moved to Upper Parliament St to what I think was then the existing Unigate depot.

    I used to live at 236-8 Smithdown Road and our back windows looked out over the depot.

    Part of the building is believed to predate the shops (built 1901 ish) and was formerly a farm building.

    As a youngster in the 60s I remember the fleet of red and cream milk electric floats which would set off down the entry behind our place to deliver the milk from around 06:00 in the morning.

    The depot also had a little shop which was open to the public.

    Twice a day - once in the morning and again in the afternoon a big flatbed lorry would come up from Hawke Street and deliver the milk. It only just fitted the entry and would often scrape the wall of 3 Gorsebank Road.

    This was fitted with wooden rubbing strakes as protection which remain there today.

    When the dairy closed it was soon converted into a Paint Spraying works "Wheatley & Co" which occupied it through to the early 90s.

    When this closed it lay empty for some years before being bought by a local builder who converted part of the building into student accomodation.

    Around 2006 this chap closed the accomodation for a while and then between 2006 and 2007 completely revamped the place and did a splendid job replacing the old corrugated Iron roof with tiles and making a number of high quality self-contained accomodation units for students.

    It looks really nice now unlike the Reece's HQ!

    Anyway hope this adds a bit more to the Reece's story.

    John

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    Thanks for the info John!

    I've added a page on my website and have written off to both the City Council and SAVE to see if something can be done about saving the boiler house. A lovely small tourist attraction to see an original boiler house working!

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    Took this last year from the top floor of the carpark, over the road.

    if you look at the top of the carpark there is a portacabin there, just for your info it's the HQ of the traffic wardens
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