Beldam Asbestos Co.
The former offices of the Beldam Asbestos Co., Waterloo Road, Liverpool. I thought the sign said “Bedlam” first and was delighted with myself, but Beldam it was. Fine urban decay in the docks area of Liverpool.
March 26, 2008
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Was most interested to see the decayed shop front re:the Beldam Asbestos Co. in Liverpool.
I am a local historian and have recently completed a book about the Beldam Works & family. Their main ‘factory’ was near to me in Hounslow West London and was demolished last year following the last owners’ death (6 1/2 site) in existence here almost 120 years, there was also another large site at Brentford Mx. demolished in the 80’s. plus numerous other sites & shops worldwide.
I have a great deal of their original archives kindly given to me by their last M.D. but have not until now seen an actual photo of the old Liverpool site.
Therefore could I Obtain permission to download a picture, which will not be published, just for my own archive.
Regards Barry R.
Comment by Barry Raymond
— April 26, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
Be my guest, there are other photos of the same building on the flickr.com site.
All the best, Tim.
Comment by Tim
— April 27, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
Hi, I’m a reporter for the Liverpool Echo and this building has collapsed at 3am this morning. Drop me an email Barry! Be good to talk to you . Nice pic Tim! This’ll be the last shot because currently half of this is on Waterloo Road.
kevin.core@liverpool.com
Comment by Kev Core
— July 21, 2009 @ 9:28 am
Do you know how safe, or not, it was to work in the offices over the factory at beldam in hounslow. I temped there for two weeks in the mid 80s and spent the whole time terrified id get asbestosis. I now know that they were sued in the late 90s for flouting asbestos regulations.
Comment by livingstone — September 19, 2011 @ 11:45 am