The bulldozers shredded the trees that hid asbestos
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The bulldozers shredded the trees that hid asbestos
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The bulldozers shredded the trees that hid asbestos
In this episode, we set out the timeline and evidence surrounding the sudden early‑morning clearance of Spodden Valley and the site's long industrial history. We follow the paper trail, local responses, and the unanswered questions about ownership and responsibility that the felling raised.
Person: Turner Brothers (Turner and Newall)
Location: Spodden Valley, Rochdale
Date: 15 May 2004 (bulldozers); 1879 (manufacturing began)
Event: Tree-felling over former asbestos textile site
Status: Land sold to MMC Estates and Rathbone Jersey Limited for housing
- Bulldozers arrived at 2 a.m. and by 7 a.m. tree‑felling had begun on the 72‑acre former asbestos factory site.
- Turner Brothers began asbestos textile manufacture at Spodden Valley in 1879 and by 1970 it was the world’s largest asbestos textile factory.
- Official warnings and company records: an 1898 Factory Inspector report, a 1937 internal memo admitting fibre dust danger, and 1950s air measurements far above the company’s claimed safe threshold.
- Internal records from August 1957 show weekly removal of roughly 6.8 tonnes of asbestos dust from ventilation filters and dust levels on the roof exceeding production areas.
- After the weaving sheds were demolished in 2001 the land was sold for a 650‑home redevelopment, prompting local residents to form Save Spodden Valley and Rochdale Council to issue an emergency tree protection order.
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