Last remnants of Crudgington creamery

Image: © John Winder Taken: 27 Sep 2015

This picture brought back some memories for me, since I worked here (my first proper job!) for nearly four years in the mid to late 1990s. I started in the quality control lab, then moved down to the milk processing room where I worked in a crew of three operating milk separators and pasteurisers and all sorts of other machines. This shot - taken blind by holding my Pentax K1000 up above my head to point over the fence, since the security guard wouldn't let me on the site - shows the last remnants of the entrance hall (behind the arm of the digger) and the process room and intake bay (behind the second digger in the background). The pile of debris to the left of the shot marks the position of the weighbridge laboratory. In the gap between the building remains were once a number of large silos used for storing raw milk and visible for miles around. It made me quite sad to see the place like this, but I'm glad I visited before it had all disappeared.

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