Scotholme works, Gauntley ST

Acquired 1922 (Closed 1982)

"Bottom Weldon's (Stockholm Wks) did most of the long hose,football socks etc. I never went into that factory." Ted Marriott

Aerial photo showing Scotholme works outlined in red off Gauntley St in 1950 taken from North West with Gerrards soap factory in the foreground next to Wilkinson Street. The fields behind W&W Scotholme works to were used for Football, Cricket & Archery matches.

Close up of Scotholme works

Aerial photo showing Scotholme works outlined in red off Gauntley St in 1950 taken from South West with Gerrards soap factory behind before Wilkinson Street

Close up of Scotholme works

Scotholme works that processes knitwear & yarn, extended in June 1965 with land bought bought for further expansion.

Guardian Journal newspaper article 4/4/1966 ¬

Scotholme works - further modernisation in 1970s with new yarn store which subsequently burnt down in 1977 (see article further below) ¬

Reconstruction of Scotholme works in Gauntley Street after fire in March 1977 by SOL Construction in Colwick and architects Goodwin, Warner & Associates at Loughborough, and engineers Shepherd Gilmour Partnership in Leicester. Source Nottingham Evening post dated 22nd March 1977. The brick building in the foreground was on the right as soon as you went through the double white gates on the left at the beginning of Gauntley St with the building at the back running parallel to Gauntley St

What is left of the Scotholme site today (pictures taken January 2023) ¬

Road across the River Leen

Culvert in River Leen

White building on the right Earnshaws Paints

Original white wide double swing gates to W&W Scotholme factory. On the left were in 1950s offices with double doors in the middle and doors either end. Straight ahead at the end were two large buildings holding two large boilers that power the Scotholme plant. Originally coal converted to run on gas?

Picture through the main gate. On the right as you went in the gate was the new factory reconstructed by SOL construction for yarn processing and further behind the old original brick factory for dyeing.