Demolition of the Mawdsley's Factory in Dursley
 

During December 2000, work began on the demolition of the old Mawdsley's factory at the zone works site on Uley Road in Dursley. Work progressed quickly and within a few months the whole factory had been swept away and work began on construction of the Cotswold View housing development, now almost complete in 2003.
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  Picture Gallery (Click on picture for larger view)
    Once there was a factory
The discarded Mawdsley's sign at the entrance makes a sorry site, a reminder of better days.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's main entrance, Uley Road
The main entrance to Mawdsley's leading off from Uley Road. To think of all the workers that once streamed through these gates.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's boiler room
The large building in the foreground is the old boiler room in which the two boilers can still be seen inside.
(December 26th 2000)		  
    Mawdsley's machine shop
This section of the old machine shop takes on a sorry appearance now shorn of its internal fixtures.
(December 26th 2000)		  
    Mawdsley's armature winding area
Once a scene of great activity, little is now revealed of the factory's previous life.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's test area
Many of the factory's products were put through their paces in this test area.
(December 26th 2000)		  
    Mawdsley's dispatch area, interior
This picture shows the office and shipment bay in the main dispatch area.
(December 26th 2000)		  
    Mawdsley's dispatch area, exterior
The entrance to the dispatch area is shown here on the left of this picture whereas the white building was used as an electronics room in the 1980s and 1990s.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's garages and clinic
On the left are the site garages whereas the green building in the background was the clinic.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's armature shop
This is the end of the armature assembly building that faces the Uley Road.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's vibration and test house
Many machines intended for the admiralty would have passed through this acoustic test house. This was one of the last buildings constructed on the site, plans being drawn up in 1973.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's factory rubble
With a clear view of Smallpox hill in the background, little remains of this part of the site which used to be a section of the old machine shop.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's locker rooms and toilet block
Most of this building consisted of the locker rooms and the toilet block which was once attached to the machine shop.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's electronics workshop
On the left are the electronics workshop buildings and on the right is the large tank supplying oil for use in the heating system.
(January 1st 2001)		  
    Mawdsley's machine shop
Only rubble remains in this scene which is all that is left of this section of the machine shop.
(January 1st 2001)