So Own up who doesn't do this?!!!

[Julie.]

Though believe me, it's not just Men that do this, I apparently wind my husband up with - worked/designed/updated/analysed that line, that power station, that site, that hotel....

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Nothing worse than saying what you did somewhere, then finding out it's been closed for years!

I did the electrical design and controls for the major update at the BICC Helsby site (loads of large inverters for pump control on the process cooling systems - took ages to design due to difficulties ensuring it wouldn't interfere with the electron beaming system). Happily boring my husband with all the details as we passed on the M56, indicating we could see the factory over the railway from the motorway....

Completely gone!!

It had closed down in the early 2000's just Tesco there in its place!!

I was looking for a sad face icon :-(

 

[Julie.]

I was looking for a sad face icon :-(

Yup, I added :-( but it just came out as the characters - no emoji

Had to edit to remove it.

 

[littlespark]

Yup, I added :-( but it just came out as the characters - no emoji

Had to edit to remove it.

It’s up above the message reply box.

 

[Julie.]

It’s up above the message reply box.

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I am on mobile, so it's greyed out. On my phone anyway

 

[Rockingit]

First couple of guitar notes had me thinking you'd powered up Lenny Kravitz and we were about to get the epic solo from 'believe'.

2 seconds later my bubble was burst

Rough with the smooth mate, rough with the smooth….

 

[pc1966]

It had closed down in the early 2000's just Tesco there in its place!!

Similar in Dundee, now Asda where NCR used to make ATMs, and some diner & carvery plus a builders' merchant on much of the area that used to be Ferranti (industrial lasers and various radar parts).

 

[littlespark]

Similar in Dundee, now Asda where NCR used to make ATMs, and some diner & carvery plus a builders' merchant on much of the area that used to be Ferranti (industrial lasers and various radar parts).

I remember the NCR, didnt they build a new site nearby?
I also remember the ABB site at the far end, next to DC Thompsons.... (beano and dandy printers)

Abertay student uni above a car showroom... before it got moved within the campus.

 

[Mike Johnson]

One particular area where I always say "I landed out in that field"

 

[pc1966]

I remember the NCR, didnt they build a new site nearby?

Yes, they still have a few folks there doing admin, some R&D, and service side of things there.

But the main factory, and several businesses that used to supply stuff to it, has long gone.

I also remember the ABB site at the far end, next to DC Thompsons.... (beano and dandy printers)

That has gone as well, some years back. Now has Lidl, Screwfix, etc on the former estate.

Abertay student uni above a car showroom... before it got moved within the campus.

That was the Peugeot garage. I bought a brand-new 205 there in 1993 as they had really good loan deal, kept it for ~14 years as low mileage and was pretty reliable, though the funky denim seats started to disintegrate in the sun after 5 years or so. Only new car I have ever had!

Was handy location from my former work, but then they moved out to the area around the NCR/Asda site as cheaper but then a major PITA to use them. Think they close or changed allegiance.

 

[R-fur]

Yes, they still have a few folks there doing admin, some R&D, and service side of things there.

But the main factory, and several businesses that used to supply stuff to it, has long gone.

That has gone as well, some years back. Now has Lidl, Screwfix, etc on the former estate.

That was the Peugeot garage. I bought a brand-new 205 there in 1993 as they had really good loan deal, kept it for ~14 years as low mileage and was pretty reliable, though the funky denim seats started to disintegrate in the sun after 5 years or so. Only new car I have ever had!

Was handy location from my former work, but then they moved out to the area around the NCR/Asda site as cheaper but then a major PITA to use them. Think they close or changed allegiance.

I remember the ABB factory when it was in full swing, a couple of years ago the asked me to do some transformer maintenance, when I went to pick up some test kit from them it was down to two guys working out of a rented office, shame

 

[Julie.]

...
I also remember the ABB site at the far end, next to DC Thompsons.... (beano and dandy printers)
...

Would that be Bonor Long?

I remember going up to visit for factory approval/testing of I think it was 3 transformers for Dungeness power station, I think ABB had just taken over or was in the process of doing so, I was up for several days, but merely hotel -> factory - > hotel -> business meal -> hotel x repeat.

First plastic transformers at that rating used/produced anywhere in the world at that time!

I really didn't want to put my name to them!!

 

[pc1966]

Would that be Bonor Long?

Yes, that was it!

I remember going up to visit for factory approval/testing of I think it was 3 transformers for Dungeness power station, I think ABB had just taken over or was in the process of doing so, I was up for several days, but merely hotel -> factory - > hotel -> business meal -> hotel x repeat.

First plastic transformers at that rating used/produced anywhere in the world at that time!

I really didn't want to put my name to them!!

LOL, did they last?

One guy who worked (now retired) in same area as me in my last work place also worked there decades ago, I think on windings for oil-filled transformers.

 

[littlespark]

Yes bonar long. We had a day trip from uni around the factory… would have been ‘99 maybe??

 

[Julie.]

Yes, that was it!

LOL, did they last?

One guy who worked (now retired) in same area as me in my last work place also worked there decades ago, I think on windings for oil-filled transformers.

Think so, I moved on from that consultancy to another for about 4 years before I moved to Scotland in 1999.

One transformer went wrong at Dungeness power station, think it was a minor explosion but it was a totally different one, so sigh of relief at the time!

 

[pc1966]

Think so, I moved on from that consultancy to another for about 4 years before I moved to Scotland in 1999.

One transformer went wrong at Dungeness power station, think it was a minor explosion but it was a totally different one, so sigh of relief at the time!

Not often can you say you had a "sigh of relief" when explosion & nuclear power station are mentioned together!