Gate 3, Blyth Road, Hayes
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Gate 3, Blyth Road, Hayes
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 10 Nov 2011
Blyth Road was for years the Main Street of the mighty EMI record company until the whole enterprise was closed and sold off following massive losses just after the turn of the century. The 150 acre site here employed around 14,000 people at its peak in the 1960s when The Beatles were the company's star performers. Robbie Williams and The Spice Girls were also on the books in more recent years. Now only a few employees remain, looking after the enormous archive section. This piece from the London Historians Blog tells of the rise and fall of EMI. http://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/emi-another-one-bites-the-dust/ This picture shows the same buildings as Image except in reverse. Enterprise house also seems to have acquired sheets over the windows. Maybe anti glare or anti vandalism. Not sure. I've given this a historic sites tag because it is, kind of...
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Image Location
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51.50485
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-0.425579