Report - TG Green Pottery, Church Gresley, Derbyshire - July 2019

[Potatowaffle]

Not sure what the security arrangement is but I've met both friendly and absolute bastard before haha

Haha they come in many different forms

 

[Scattershot]

Love this!

 

[raisinwing]

As others have said, really well photographed. Still looks nice after all these years!

 

[MotionlessMike]

Thanks very much. Just a shame I didn't find the canteen or medical room

 

[Paradox]

Liking your photos, good report

 

[raisinwing]

Thanks very much. Just a shame I didn't find the canteen or medical room

The canteen was upstairs if I remember rightly, towards the West of the buildings.

 

[Airfix]

Brilliant photographs.

 

[MotionlessMike]

The canteen was upstairs if I remember rightly, towards the West of the buildings.

Bugger!

Brilliant photographs.

Thanks bud

 

[Ruffio]

The History
T.G.Green & Co Ltd originally operated from the village of Church Gresley, South Derbyshire between 1864 and 2007.
More famous for their blue and white striped 'Cornish Kitchen Ware' produced from the early 1920's (then known as 'E-Blue') the pottery produced many hundreds of patterns from Yellow wares, Victorian transfer prints, colourful hand painted Art Nouveau & vibrant enamelled Art Deco patterns, Wartime utility pottery, avant garde Retro designs and many well known Brewery wares, employing up to 1,000 local staff at the height of production. Production ceased in 2007 and the factory and land is under private ownership.

The Explore
I have a bit of history with this place myself! My cousin worked here in the mid-90s and I had my first ever job interview here in 2001 - And no, I didn't get the position. After closure and becoming interested in UE I had my second ever explore here in 2015 which last 30 seconds before being caught. And then again in 2016 and was caught even faster. So earlier this month, with much more experience and a better plan I revisited with @bmichelle and @KerzyUrbex. Third time's the charm right?

A rather cautious look around the exterior to begin

And soon we found ourselves entering and right in the thick of it

I was unsure if they were accessible but I was determined to get to the kilns

Into the 'Clayside Office'

Mould stores and a production area on the second floor

Into the 'laboratory'

And some miscellaneous bits before I headed down into the depths to find the kilns

The state of the roof in places was shocking

I cannot describe in words how long the tunnel kiln was, bloody huge!

Litho storage area for transfers. Some (like these) were in good nick...

Others had turned into complete mush!

And the base of one of the glost(?) kilns

Even had heaps of saggars inside!

After nigh on three hours, the place had more to give but with light fading we headed out ​

I'm very local to this site and entered a couple of nights ago with our crew. From looking at your pics, a lot of the pottery has been taken in the last couple of yrs.. The litho area is still the same.. We explored all the same places by the looks of it.. And a lot that couldn't be explored bcoz of the condition..