Ferodo braking lining factory Caenarfron North Wales.

[neilb740]

Originally Posted by Lord Rover

my dad had friends working in the plant around 1999 to 2003, they used to come over for a chat as were only 100 yards away from the place, they said the same thing, Iwan a close friend of my dad's, he'd been to America a few time on holiday and loved the place, when Friction Dynamics took over he was very Anti American after that.

That was probably about the time we had the CCTV contract. It wasn't a happy working environment to say the least!


QUOTE=Lord Rover;2260862] only problem is ABESTOS LOTS OF IT. [/QUOTE]

I used to go up in a cherry picker to run cables along the roof beams, I remember the beams having a good 2" of dust sat on top of them. Don't want to think how much asbestos was in it

[neilb740]

BTW
Someone might prove me wrong, but I think that engine you photographed is a Chevy straight 6, same as you would find in a 50's or 60's American pickup truck.

Is that in the fork lift?

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[Lordy]

For anyone that's interested just put the photos back up and also the Ferdo factory history, gathered quite a bit of intel over the years.

[rab60bit]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Those places built back them are full of the stuff, my old neigbour just replaced his old 1950's asbestos garage for another one & it cost him a fortune to have that removed, they were all kitted out in those bio warfare type suits with breathing apparatus, It seemed a bit over the top to me. I demolished my old one with a sledge hammer & used it for infill for the base for my new garage.

We used to go to a huge car show at RAF Woodford in Southport until they discovered huge quantities of old asbestos buildings just under the turf. They closed it down straightaway.

Think you might be describing RAF Woodvale, north of Formby and south of Southport. Woodford is in Cheshire and was built by AV Roe for aircraft manufacture, it was never an RAF station.
I believe Woodvale is still home to some flying, University Air Squadron and private use.

[trikey]

Good pics Dave, remember to wear a mask when you go in, there will be lots of asbestos in there.

[Lordy]

Originally Posted by trikey

Good pics Dave, remember to wear a mask when you go in, there will be lots of asbestos in there.

Cheers Andy, there's quite a bit there and even the insulation for the tanks there covered in the stuff.

[Lordy]

Just collecting more information on the ferodo factory and well.

Things weren't going well finically and Friction dynamics failed too reach there targets, they had quite a few complaints from car manufactures as many company's used Ferodo brakes on top of the range motors such.

Of course they did the Regular testing and it turns out Friction dynamics were cutting conours too make it cheaper and also more ching ching for them selfs.

Because they weren't making much money at all, they Started cutting wages and pensions and that's why there were constant strikes.

The debt owned was around 16 million back then that was damn right expensive.

What ever they were doing they certainly lost the plot completely.

[kbonney88]

Thanks for the pics Dave - never saw them 1st time round. love exploring places with history like that.

Kev