Stanton Ironworks - The Remains of a Fallen Empire / Stanton and Staveley

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Stanton Ironworks - The Remians of a Fallen Empire
Stanton Ironworks was once one of the largest employers in Derbyshire. Situated near the town of Ilkeston it once emplyed almost 7500 staff at its peak.
Since its demise in 2007, most o the site has been demolished with some areas repurposed.
We take a look inside some of what remains, there is plenty to see and it is haunting just how much equipment was just left and abandoned on that final day in 2007 when remianing staff finished for the day never to return.
Soundtrack by Scott Buckley.
Filmed 2020
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[@RidseardMhicCoinnich]

I was taken on a tour with my school class in 1959 to give us an insight to different trades and employment available to us when we left school, aged 15. Saw them tapping the furnaces and casting pigs. Saw them making the famous spun pipes. Overhead tubs of molten metal. No hard hats or boots then, just what passed as school uniform. Great memories. Privilege to have witnessed it in full swing.

[@westernmonitor]

What a fantastic film. It makes me sad to think of what we have lost. The facts are we still need what places like Stanton were making , its just these days it all comes from overseas. Thanks Ant for such a gem

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

Currently 65 years old, I remember when Stanton Iron Works was in full swing, in the late 60s early 70s, working 24/7. In the Summer months, I remember quite vividly, sleeping with the bedroom window open, being lulled to sleep, listening to the sound of the Shunting Engines, clanking as they picked up another load. Happy memories.

[@anthonymcaleer2554]

Lovely sentimental watch, I spent 20 years there before walking out with the final casting crew. About thirty of us headed up to the near by Stanhope Arms( you were filming in the Stanhope Plant ).

[@sanderslongdrive]

This is immensely interesting and much appreciated.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Amazing. Reminds me so much of the RR Light alloy foundry and Main Works in Derby which are both now totally gone. So much of that looked just like Stanton. Times long gone and never to be seen again.

[@WidleyWesident]

This place is a global legend. I’ve even seen Stanton Ironworks drains along the Sheikh Zayed road in Dubai. Respect to the people who worked hard at this place.

[@johningamells8164]

Never thought you would reply, thanks very much, being a big railway man love your walks round the old lines around Ollerton.

[@davidkitchen7941]

Absolutely amazing that so little has been done to recover the plant and machinery.

[@dodgeboy9052]

Now 2023 .. sixty years ago. I worked at their Concrete pipe section ... bluddy hard work but kept. me fit ... after our nightly quota was done I use to wander into the foundry to watch them. casting the new Ductile iron a new casting that made England and Stanton famous ...all. gone now.... in 68. I was 24 and emigrated to. Australia .. Still. here at Surfers Paradise ....BUT I REMEMBER ....Days of the passed . a lot. of the men I worked with served in the war and they would tell. me their stories ... It must have beed terrible for them ... GOD Bless...

[@sarahwinfield3989]

I recognized the hydraulic power pack manufacturer's name. The whole place has deteriorated so much in a relatively short amount of time. Your video bought back some memories of my engineering days. I wonder whether any ex-employees will see your film and say "Oh, I remember being there"

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

Where the British Industries went wrong by closing places like this down, and having to import steel and iron products, like these days. All that machinery left behind is a sad scene, Ant. Great video, and many thanks

[@RaggyAl1971]

Actor Robert Lindsey and most of his family worked at Stanton,he still has family in Ilkeston.

[@shauntoole1553]

Thanks for doing this. My Dad and also my Grandad worked here for many years.

[@chaddamp2894]

Thanks,i used to call at Staveley,Stanton and Melton Mowbray sites.There used to be one at Pyebridge near Alfreton too,it shut years ago,I'm told 5000 used to work at Pyebridge.It's now become an industrial estate with varied trades operating.All sites are demolished now (just the clock tower at Staveley left and part of the admin block at Stanton ?)..its so sad but I feel honoured to have witnessed the processes involved.Thanks again.

[@patrickspeer2990]

I am from Cleveland, Ohio in the US and cant believe how much America and England look alike. Cleveland is in what we call the Midwest in the US, how similar it is to the Midlands in England. Its also called the Rust Belt. The Midwest in the US is where all the steel, auto manufacturing, coal mining were. Im always amazed how much industry there was in England. This vid reminds of watching the closing of Swan Hunter Shipyards in Newcastle and Tyneside. I cant help but think how our grandparents wouldn't believe what's happened to both the UK and US.

[@Realm-of-Horror]

Damn, wasn't aware this place had packed up. Used to go out with a girl from Ilkeston and I think pretty much everyone in the area had either worked there, or had a family member that worked there at one time or another. I drove through the place several times in the mid-90s, it was still on the go but was a fraction of the size it used to be. How sad to see this once great place in ruins.

[@davidlee6720]

my dad came from Middlesbrough to build a lot of this stuff, met me mam, rest is history. Remember swimming in Chaddies' pond as kid, got the shock of my life - absolutely freezing cold ! Soon got out again - the only place we used to swim was a place we called 'hotwatters' or hot-waters, which was where the canal narrowed through a narrow channel at one point which was warmed by the steam and the heat irradiated from the nearby furnaces. This feature was just wide enough to safely glide back and forth across until you had eventually learned to swim.

[@r1273m]

Another very interesting video. My father worked there in the late 1940's but could not make ends meet because of the poor wages. He was a foundry pipe tester. He returned to working in the coal mines where he worked until he retired.

[@jondrizzle4554]

From Sandiacre and remember the works very well and stopping on the road to let the shunters cross