Drummond's mill
Welcome to our 1st blog on the website! I wish it was a lighter post but this only serves to strengthen what we do and why we do it - lost heritage!
Unfortunately, part of the Bradford landscape changed yesterday with the destruction by fire of the quite-famous Drummond mill. One of the nicest and cleanest mill I've ever visited, this place was historical for many reasons, from a member of the band Embrace working here to the father of the Yorkshire Ripper also employed here and actually reading of his son's capture whilst reading the paper at his workspace. One of the Ripper's victims was also found on wasteland behind the mill. The curved trusses that supported the roof were purported to be the only ones remaining in Europe, so sadly if this is true that's a big piece of history lost.
This place was truly immaculate and on my first visit was told to expect unusual activity of the paranormal kind. I scoffed at this as I've visited some horrible places like asylums, old hospitals, places where people have really suffered, and never had a whiff of anything remotely scary. I would have said it was nonsense but I'm not arrogant enough to declare such things of the unknown but in my opinion it should be experienced before. However, on both occasions in this place came voices, of women and men. Machinery could be heard rumbling and on one occasion very loud footsteps above our head as if somebody big and heavy were wearing work boots. We immediately ran up to the top floor but all was as we left it. Empty. The 2nd visit and a man's voice shout some incoherent rambling right behind the 2 of us about 2 feet away. Odd until I heard from an ex-employee who said it was well known for being 'haunted' whilst it was a running mill. Unexplained in my eyes.
Anyway, very sad to see this place destroyed and a big loss to the city and the businesses selling their wares from here. I went down with my young daughter to take some pics as she has a great spirit of adventure but for obvious reasons of safety didn't get too close. Instead the images of it burning have been contributed by sometime partner-in-crime Mark Davis. His website is here Mark Davis Photography and there's some fantastic historical pics of the mill on there as well as some from his visits
