GE Lighting, Melton Rd, Leicester

The Melton Road factory opened in 1946 - at the time being owned by British Thomson-Houston - later becoming part of AEI and eventually Thorn until GE bought the lamp division in 1991. It is now believed that the factory will close at the end of 2007, so I wanted to get photographs of the site before its closure. The factory is much larger than it appears here - enter the postcode 'LE4 7PD' into local.live.com (Bird's Eye View) and the full scale of this site becomes apparent.

The factory is located at the junction of Melton Road and Troon Way, on the corner of a busy crossroads. The architecture is typical of the post-war era - functional, with little in the way of embellishments.

A close-up of the logo - and the rain!

A view of the 'front' of the main building now. A string of coloured festoon lights can be seen amongst the conifer hedge.

A view through the security fence - the Thorn name lives on thanks to the number of Alpha 3s around the site! Gamma 8s are also installed around the main building.