noticed at the bottom of owd bobs, where they are demolishing the old G@A plastics factory, on the gable wall are 5 red brick arches diminishing in size the further up the gable you go. the highest 2 are probably about 4ft, just wondered what they were once used as? think the factory was black and whites before it became G@A, just thought after another week probably they will have vanished forever, any ideas? its bugging me. thanks.
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cant left me camera in spain.lol plus if i had it, dont know how to put em on here.
ya dozey bugger,lol, i havent been down owd bobs in ages, i used to love going down to gatty park wi mi grandad when i was ickler, i remember when there was a bit of water to the left of the wall on owd bobs field, we used to go fishing for newts in it, sadly its not there anymore 
Could they be for a hoist? Just a thought for when they were getting big loads delivered.
Oh I wish I'd known earlier. We just drove past that way tonight and I had my camera with me too!
no sure they wern't for a hoist bernie, wondered if they were owt to do with the river stink? does it go directly under there?
Possibly but I do have a vague memory of them taking stuff in there. Could be wrong it is just in my head since you asked. Will see if I can find some more out from my brother.
the arches consist of 3 red brick stood on the long edge of the brick,in a semi circle, the center is red brick faced, wondered if they had been put in when the arches were no longer useful, if that makes any sense?
the arches are only 4ft high and start ground level,thats why i discount the hoist.
The more I think of it I can see the lorries dropping things off when it was an engineering firm. Surely somebody else can remember it, after all I was only a kid but I can see the deliveries being made at the bottom of Owd Bob's. That was definetly the delivery point.the arches are only 4ft high and start ground level,thats why i discount the hoist.
there is actually an owd wooden "loading door" just above the 2 nd arch,so definately that must have been used for deliveries, but those arches??The more I think of it I can see the lorries dropping things off when it was an engineering firm. Surely somebody else can remember it, after all I was only a kid but I can see the deliveries being made at the bottom of Owd Bob's. That was definetly the delivery point.
Could they have been windows? (I haven't been and looked yet.)
possible willow,but think it would be rare at ground level, for a factory anyway?
I was just thinking of the ones in Ormerod Street in the wall that used to be part of Platts/Bulloughs.
were those at ground level? thought they were about 1ft above? but my memorys not the greatest. lol
I go past there nearly every day and I never really look but I'm sure that what's left of them sort of disappears into the ground. I'm going down tomorrow so I'll try to remember to have a look.
Your right Willow I can remember seeing the workers in the basement like thing when it was Howard and Bulloughs
I suppose it's because the ground rises up and the front of the factory was at ground level but halfway up Ormerod Street it became basement.