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in the High Peak
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 From the first mill that was built on the site in 1824 until its closure, the former cotton spinning mill and more recently "the knicker factory" was the hub of the Glossop community with a large number of residents employed there. When the mill closed, 475 people lost not only their jobs but also the heart of their community.  B&R Developments,
the developers converting Howard Town Mill into flats, are appealing
for photographs from the mill's past to display in public areas.Director Traci Lomas says: "As a lifelong Glossop resident, I know how important the mill was and still is to the town. Three generations of my family worked at the mill and its canteen was actually where my mother and father first met in 1956." Pictures should be sent to Lomas & Co., 12 Market Street, Glossop, SK13 8AR to be copied. Work on the project halted in May 2008 after a dispute between B&R Developments and Hurstwood Construction. (Details here.) Hurstwood called in administrators in June. (Details here.)
Hurstwood sub-contractors hit - Manchester Evening News Hurstwood calls in administrators - Manchester Evening News £10 million Glossop mill project stopped - Manchester Evening News Sainsbury's sign on dotted line - Glossop Advertiser Sainsbury's for mill site? - Glossop Advertiser Extra hours approved for new venue - Glossop Advertiser Flourishing mill in the spotlight - Glossop Advertiser Milltown memory lane trip - Buxton Advertiser Howard Town mill complaint - Glossop Advertiser Anger at plans for Howard Town Mill - Glossop Advertiser A dream is coming true - Glossop Chronicle
Barracuda 'Smith & Jones' licence application Planning permissions: HPK/2003/0936 Conversion and extension of existing mill to retail units offices and 56 residential units, 1486 sq. metres of new build retail units with associated car parking HPK/2003/1001 Conversion of existing single storey building into new residential entrance for Howard Town Mill, incl. new windows and doors and replacing existing dilapidated slate roof with new slate roof to match existing. Lowering existing wall from 2.6m to 1.4m. Dismantle existing pillar and relocate by 2.3m to increase the entrance to the site. HPK/2004/0065 Listed building consent for the conversion and extension of the TIC Centre on Victoria Street into a retail unit HPK/2004/0071 Conservation area consent for demolition of existing portal frame shed structure and ancillary outbuildings HPK/2005/0484 Amendments to HPK/2003/0936 including the re-configeration of floorspace to create a Class D1 Unit (public library), 9 additional apartments and commercial use (A1/A2/B1) of southern gatehouse. HPK/2005/0485 Conversion of derelict former gatehouse into either an A1, A2 or B1 unit, new windows, doors and replacement of existing roof with new slate roof to match existing. Modifications to the perimeter wall to allow safe vehicular and pedestrian access to the site including the removal of two short sections of wall and the relocation of a gate pier. |
  Hurstwood Construction  Paul Butler Associates, planning consultants  Pozzoni design  Collective Enterprises Limited Glossop Factory Shop Magic Mountain  Howard Town Brewery opened in the former Bridge End Fulling Mill in 2005 but moved after a fire in 2006 to Hawkshead Mill in Old Glossop. |
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