BUSM Factory Site
In 2007 a planning application was made for 1210 houses on the former site by Trafalgar Global Ltd. The construction of new homes commenced in 2010 with the first residential occupiers of site moving in in 2011. The first phase of the development was completed in 2011 by Westleigh Developments Ltd. The second phase of the housing development is now underway.
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“... you can have a couple of seconds to rest in. I mean seconds. You have about two seconds to wait while the blanker is on the felt drawing the moisture out. You can stand and relax those two seconds—three seconds at most. You wish you didn’t have to work in a factory. When it’s all you know what to do, that’s what you do.”
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