Tony Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 As lovely as it would be for Taylors Eye Witness Limited to pay for the upkeep and maintenance of a Victorian city centre industrial complex when they actually need a modern factory on an industrial estate... Actually I'll not bother. Good luck to them, they have worked hard to develop, manufacture and sell modern products that work for modern people. It's a shame that some of those very same people seem to think that they should persevere in an industrial hovel of yesteryear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasquez Rich Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 It's a shame that some of those very same people seem to think that they should persevere in an industrial hovel of yesteryear. I'll go with that one, you wouldn't want to try to get out of there in a hurry, too many little turny corners and narrow passageways. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 As lovely as it would be for Taylors Eye Witness Limited to pay for the upkeep and maintenance of a Victorian city centre industrial complex when they actually need a modern factory on an industrial estate... Actually I'll not bother. Good luck to them, they have worked hard to develop, manufacture and sell modern products that work for modern people. It's a shame that some of those very same people seem to think that they should persevere in an industrial hovel of yesteryear. I don't buy the story that they have to develop the site to pay for new premises. If they wanted new premises then there's plenty of modern industrial units for rent. What is happening is the company board want to maximise the returns from their old site once they move. That's what company boards like to do, make money. It's what they are expected to do. That doesn't mean we have to accept the loss of a great old factory. I'm sure it could be sympathetically developed just like Dixons Cornish works and Butchers Wheel were. I was in a posh cutlery shop in Chipping Camden in the spring and they stocked some Taylors Eyewitness knives. They said they would used to stock a lot more because of the high quality, but they had problems getting supplies from Sheffield on a regular basis and were giving up on them. Taylors Eyewitness would be better off looking at their core business before branching out into property development. Or do they just want to cash in on their prime city centre site?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmills Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Is a rented industrial unit likely to be suitable for a specialised manufacturing process? I would have thought it is only specialist and/or highly developed manufacturing industry that has any hope of growing or even surviving in this area now and the premises will be a big part of this, consider Boeing for example, they have developed a specialist facility reflecting the specialist nature of what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasquez Rich Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Not a good comparison I think, Boeing are assemblers (similar now to the majority of car manufacturers) they don't actually make anything themselves other than bolt the bits together, everything is made by separate sub contract companies. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmills Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Agreed, but their venture in this area is nothing to do with assembly of aircraft. It's purpose primarily is develop production techniques for composite materials and modern alloys, so not assembly at all, indeed, I would posit, really quite similar to Eye Witness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsman Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I don't buy the story that they have to develop the site to pay for new premises. If they wanted new premises then there's plenty of modern industrial units for rent. What is happening is the company board want to maximise the returns from their old site once they move. That's what company boards like to do, make money. It's what they are expected to do. That doesn't mean we have to accept the loss of a great old factory. I'm sure it could be sympathetically developed just like Dixons Cornish works and Butchers Wheel were. I was in a posh cutlery shop in Chipping Camden in the spring and they stocked some Taylors Eyewitness knives. They said they would used to stock a lot more because of the high quality, but they had problems getting supplies from Sheffield on a regular basis and were giving up on them. Taylors Eyewitness would be better off looking at their core business before branching out into property development. Or do they just want to cash in on their prime city centre site?? Its true about the premisis, I heard on Friday that the company is only £30,000 up in the last 3 months. As for the cutlery shop....Would that be Robert Welch?? Those did a great plop on us a few years ago, made 10 people redundant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Its true about the premisis, I heard on Friday that the company is only £30,000 up in the last 3 months. As for the cutlery shop....Would that be Robert Welch?? Those did a great plop on us a few years ago, made 10 people redundant!! Yes, the cutlery shop was Robert Welch. Obviously there are two sides to this story and so far I've only heard one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel666 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I worked at Taylors Eye Witness 17 years ago as a pen and pocket knife sharpner and really enjoyed my time there,not many people can say that about thier jobs!I found out alot about the place from the olden days and when i left to have my son i was given 6 boxes of 7 place settings and i've still got them all in their plastic covers aswell,never been touched by human hands,had them valued at £300.I've also got the book that was done after channel 4 came and did a docu thing about buffer girls(im in both of those aswell).I am disheartened that they are pulling it down because it is our history after all and all to soon this industry will be forgotton:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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