Temple Mills

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Thu 14 Jun, 2007 12:05 pm

Phill_d wrote: This would be a great place to open for the September heritage day.. There was a gig in there a couple of months ago. Something channel four had on telly.. Whats the chances of getting this open up do you think Munki? Especially underneath it as well!!

slw · Post by **slw** » Thu 14 Jun, 2007 12:55 pm

Hello,I went to the channel four transmission recording. It was supposed to be at Temple Mill, so I was excited as I really want to see inside. At the last minute it was changed to the old Kays warehouse near the Commercial pub, so that was a disappointment.

catkin · Post by **catkin** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 10:00 am

Hi The Temple mills still belong to Kays. My first job was at Kays in 1955 when I was a filing clerk in the mill with the domes if you go to leodis .com you will see a picture as it was when I worked there we dealt with all customers accounts in all areas of Britain It is reall is very large inside

catkin · Post by **catkin** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 10:10 am

Sorry I forgot to say look for Marshall Mills Holbeck on Leiods that was what it was called when I worked there

fluffysheep · Post by **fluffysheep** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 10:30 am

Was the Channel 4 gig "Faithless"? If it was, I won tickets to that but couldn't go in the end.

slw · Post by **slw** » Tue 19 Jun, 2007 11:25 am

No, it was the Transmission programme was on Channel 4 on a Friday night. (It was presented by Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne.)

jf · Post by jf » Wed 20 Jun, 2007 7:22 pm

Interior views on Leodis:http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 0992678I'd love to have a look inside this one.

gaelicstorm · Post by **gaelicstorm** » Wed 20 Jun, 2007 8:59 pm

Thanks for those links jf, I'd really love to get in that building !, it looks amazingAlan

parksider · Post by **parksider** » Thu 21 Jun, 2007 8:11 pm

yes thats right its designed on edfu..temple of horus there..have been there..surrounded by sand unlike holbeck..the owner went to egypt and was inspired by the architecture and built temple mills to the design...and yes sheep grazed on the roof..may be repeating what others have said..sorry..its a really fascinating building particulary for a buff of ancient egypt like me...cheers

rikj · Post by **rikj** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 11:42 pm

The smaller (temple) building was open one weekend when the developers had a display up to show the proposed plans. I managed to get down on one of the days thinking it would be packed out. To my surprise I think I was about the only person to visit the whole weekend. The guy from the company was just sat reading a book!Inside is just modern offices, in this bit anyhow. The larger building was full of Dexion racking, but I couldn't persuade him to open it up!The larger building has some serious structural problems due to the grass roof having been removed. I can't really remember but the grass was there to keep the humidity high I think, better for weaving or something like that. Once the grass was removed the change in humidity has caused all sorts of problems.The pic is a different view of the Temple Mill to show the fabulous roof lights. It looks like a fleet of flying saucers. Taken early one morning from the disused Viaduct Line.