Introduction
This is a place both myself, @Mikeymutt and @V50jake have been keeping an eye on for a while, so we thought we'd give it a shot.
History & information
The history of the Norfolk Feather Company dates back over 90 years ago and began as a small local feather supplier and later released a large range of products across the UK. The site was one of the oldest employers in the town, but it wasn’t until 1993 when the Norfolk Feather Company started trading from its Diss premises. The company supplied large brands including Harrods.
The 5.2 acre site announced its closure in April 2021, later closing in October of 2022. The closure occurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which was caused partly by a supply shortage from China, in addition to all of the bird flu that was going around last year. The company, which had a £3.5m turnover in recent years, tried to stay afloat but issues sourcing senior management to manage cash flow among other ongoing issues eventually caused it to close permanently. The problems for the company actually started in 2019 when one of its major customers entered liquidation.
As of this month, The Boston Sleep Company has acquired the branding and website of Norfolk Feather Company and some of the products have been relaunched.
Budget supermarket chain Aldi is planning on moving to half of the site, leaving the other half for development for other things, most likely housing.
The Explore
As mentioned, me, Mikey, and Jake have been considering having a look for a few months now, we thought we would take a look on a weekend. Initially, we thought we’d walk in and walk out again as at first it just looked like some empty warehouses but there was some nice machinery left behind, there was also a nice boiler house and a couple of nice little outbuildings. Unfortunately, the kids have started getting in and the condition of the site is already getting worse.
Onto the photos, starting off with a few externals:
This was the large warehouse building out the back which was primarily used for storage but did have a couple of office desks in:
Nice old green doors:
Thanks to Mikey for pointing out this shot of the fire door:
A bit of machinery in here too:
Moving to the main part of the site which houses another warehouse part along with some really nice machinery:
Nice old Avery scales:
The warehouse area of this building:
Lots of feathers left behind, it's easy to tell what they did here:
This fan is pretty retro:
Nice compressor room hidden away:
A couple more:
Continued...
This is a place both myself, @Mikeymutt and @V50jake have been keeping an eye on for a while, so we thought we'd give it a shot.
History & information
The history of the Norfolk Feather Company dates back over 90 years ago and began as a small local feather supplier and later released a large range of products across the UK. The site was one of the oldest employers in the town, but it wasn’t until 1993 when the Norfolk Feather Company started trading from its Diss premises. The company supplied large brands including Harrods.
The 5.2 acre site announced its closure in April 2021, later closing in October of 2022. The closure occurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which was caused partly by a supply shortage from China, in addition to all of the bird flu that was going around last year. The company, which had a £3.5m turnover in recent years, tried to stay afloat but issues sourcing senior management to manage cash flow among other ongoing issues eventually caused it to close permanently. The problems for the company actually started in 2019 when one of its major customers entered liquidation.
As of this month, The Boston Sleep Company has acquired the branding and website of Norfolk Feather Company and some of the products have been relaunched.
Budget supermarket chain Aldi is planning on moving to half of the site, leaving the other half for development for other things, most likely housing.
The Explore
As mentioned, me, Mikey, and Jake have been considering having a look for a few months now, we thought we would take a look on a weekend. Initially, we thought we’d walk in and walk out again as at first it just looked like some empty warehouses but there was some nice machinery left behind, there was also a nice boiler house and a couple of nice little outbuildings. Unfortunately, the kids have started getting in and the condition of the site is already getting worse.
Onto the photos, starting off with a few externals:
This was the large warehouse building out the back which was primarily used for storage but did have a couple of office desks in:
Nice old green doors:
Thanks to Mikey for pointing out this shot of the fire door:
A bit of machinery in here too:
Moving to the main part of the site which houses another warehouse part along with some really nice machinery:
Nice old Avery scales:
The warehouse area of this building:
Lots of feathers left behind, it's easy to tell what they did here:
This fan is pretty retro:
Nice compressor room hidden away:
A couple more:
Continued...
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