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Taurus

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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2010, 01:40:12 PM »
We will just have to agree to disagree then Marveld.


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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2010, 08:45:51 PM »
Memories, Memories, I also worked at Calico Printers as a young girl and remember a catastrophic flood.  At the time I thought it was brilliant. I was a print examiner, at the time of the flood .I was working on an order of material for Freddie Laker Airlines. This was for hostess blouses. It was a troublesome order full of faults which meant constantly having to stop my machine to cut out the faults. We were expacted to examine  3000 yards a day and wind the cloth onto paper tubes to the customers requirements. It was a very tiresome job this one, and not reaching the target was often frowned upon even though it was not us the examiners fault. At that time being young and carefree, I used to wish this order would go up in smoke! Well my wish came true sort of. It wasnt consumed by fire it was drowned under 3 foot of water, The most foul, disgusting,stinking muddy water you can imagine, Im sure it contained sewerage. we were all evacuated as the water continued to rise. Myself and some of the other youngsters thought it would be a good idea to stand on the bridge that was nearly submerged. we were moved on by the police who shouted are  you  bloody stupid? Do you want be swept down the river?We were sent up on to Strines Road to await our transport back to Marple.we didnt want to go home as Granada reports or the programme of the day were there filming and we wanted to be on the telly. We went back to work when it was safe to do so.We were issued with wellies for the massive clean up.We thought it was great ,this wasnt work to us it was weeks playing in mud. I remember myself and a friend  were given the job of distributing undamaged food from the high shelves in the kitchen of the canteen. Of course we took the best chocolate bars and crisps for ourselves. It was a massive clean up operation, one that us kids really enjoyed. when the factory was fully operational again. We would get excited when it rained and heard some of the worried management saying to each other " The rivers high" they judged it by pipes that ran from the works over the river. I believe they had a less severe flood after I left a few years later. Looking back as a sensible more mature person. I remember the river being like a conveyor belt of horrors, chemical drums, trees and debris all being swept along from all the other factories on the river. One of the most horrific sights was a build up of dead bloated farm animals all in a heap down river near the now wyevale garden centre :'( Its a wonder us workers didnt catch any nasty diseases. Would I buy a house on Printers drive or whatever its called? NO NO NO or anywhere near if for that matter.The first place to be cleared up was the canteen and that was the  furthest away from the river, so you can appreciate just how far back the water spread.

Miss Marple

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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2010, 07:09:42 PM »
Does anyone remember the two floods at Strines Print Works in the Seventies.  I was working there at the time of one of them, it was dreadful there were cattle, sheep , huge paint drums, oil drums and other large objects just flowing down the river. The factory was evacuated and all the workers had to get out of the valley and head for the hills.  There has been many floods in the valley I can remember four and I am not that old.  Has anyone else got memories of the floods in the factory and surrounding land???

Miss Marple

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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2010, 06:53:57 PM »
I have had another opportunity to speak to the chap who lives in the valley.  He said that now the factory has been demolished, which he believed acted as a wind breaker.  The force of the wind which flows with the river in the valley is often so strong that his windows rattle and out buildings which have stood for years have just been blown away.  Sounds like a wonderful place for a new development, well at least they can get their washing dry ?   The cottage where he lives is steeped in history I was fascinated listening about how his cottage was the original cloth factory and how they used to bleach the cloth in the fields.  He did although tell me that a worker around the 18th century was hung drawn and quartered at Lyme Cage for stealing cloth!   I hope someone from the Heritage Magazine reads this post and writes an article on the history of the old Strines Print works  :)

marveld

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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2010, 06:52:42 PM »
Quote from wisewomanofmarple: "Serves them right, I'm getting fed up of houses being built everywhere".

I have to disagree with your comment. If you download the .PDF document (follow the link supplied by "tricky"), you will see the large factory that used to be on this site - Print Works?. (I've attempted to attach an image to this post).

It doesn't seem unreasonable to re-use this land for residential use. There's always a good argument as to how many homes are allowed to be crammed into the available space, but this isn't a case of building on a green field.

I assume that any local search will now reveal the flood plain assessment. Even though the risk is not "high" (refer to .PDF), I think many people will be put off buying a house in this area. I'm glad I'm not the builder!!





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Dave

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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2010, 05:31:36 PM »
Very interesting indeed -thanks Tricky.  One of the most interesting features is the date of the report - last month - which would suggest that the developer is still proposing to build more houses on the site.  So he must believe he's going to sell them!      :o

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2010, 01:59:09 PM »
All the documents are available via the planning portal on stockport.gov.uk  


this one was interesting http://interactive.stockport.gov.uk/edrms/onlinemvm/getimage.asp?DocumentNumber=135967



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Dave

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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2010, 01:57:19 PM »
Serves them right, I'm getting fed up of houses being built everywhere.

Quite right - these people who want houses to live in - it's so selfish and inconsiderate ;)  

Miss Marple

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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2010, 12:04:11 PM »
Yes I agree it is a mess but I have just heard that the residents in the valley have just had another letter from SMBC to attend yet another planning meeting for the development of a further 70 houses being proposed on the opposite field  facing the unbuilt houses?   :-\

Dave

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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2010, 07:34:01 AM »
Yes, the developers really got their fingers burnt at Strines.  It was a double whammy:  the summer 2007 floods cost insurance companies millions, and they suddenly become very jumpy about covering anything built on a flood plain.   And then along came the recession and the fall in property prices generally.   :'(

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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2010, 02:15:46 PM »
I have had a fascinating conversation today with a resident who lives in the valley close to the now demolished Strines Print Works.  I asked him why the housing development had stopped, his reply was that the builder could  not sell them because they are built on a flood plane.  The chap went on to tell me that he can not get house insurance because his 17th century cottage which is about 500 yds away from the new development was also built on the flood planes.  There is also no sewage pipes there, they still use ces pitts and the developers at the planning meeting at the town hall, thought that they could just run the surface water into the river without a return valve and link up the sewage to the exsisting sewage pipes and this was passed by the council planners ;D  Hello SMBC is there anybody there  ???    
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Miss Marple

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Strines Housing Development Built on FLOOD PLAIN !!!
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 08:30:06 PM »
I have had a fascinating conversation today with a resident who lives in the valley close to the now demolished Strines Print Works.  I asked him why the housing development had stopped, his reply was that the builder could  not sell them because they are built on a flood plain.  The chap went on to tell me that he can not get house insurance because his 17th century cottage which is about 500 yds away from the new development was also built on the flood planes.  There is also no sewage pipes there, they still use ces pitts and the developers at the planning meeting at the town hall, thought that they could just run the surface water into the river without a return valve and link up the sewage to the exsisting sewage pipes and this was passed by the council planners ;D  Hello SMBC is there anybody there  ???