| Description | Advance Factory Units
Government funding to build three factories M.T. 27th June 1975
First factory built at Masbrough Star 20th April 1977
Industrialists visit to view factories Star 5th Dec. 1977
M.T. 7th Dec.1977
Y.P. 7th Dec. 1977
Visits to factories at Henley Grove and Hellaby R.A. 9th Dec. 1977
Display to publicise new factories M.T. 14th Dec. 1977
Factory visits televised M.T. 23rd Dec. 1977
Factories could provide 6,000 jobs in South Yorkshire M.T. 10th March 1978
Building programme to continue SYT 11th July 1980
Barbot Hall Industrial Estate
Abtech of Leeds to build factory R.A. 22ndJanuary 1988
Photo of some of factory units R.A. 26th April 1991
Estate is proving successful Star 4th March 1994
Meadowbank Engineering factory goes into receivership R.R. 31st January 1996
Factory owners to start "Business Watch" after a series of
break-ins R.A. 2nd August 1996
Claire Court
Photo of some of the business units R.A. 26th April 1991
Business owners leave as buildings are declared unsafe R.A. 19th August 2005
Crinoline Commercial Area
Site of former Power Station to be used for business units R.A. 3rd April 1987
Eastwood Trading Estate
£250,000 grant for further development of site Star 28th Sept. 1977
Nine acre extension being developed R.A. 26th May 1978
Work to begin on new factory units R.A. 26th March 1982
Five new units planned R.A. 27th August 1982
Official handing over of 100th unit SYT 2nd Sept. 1983
R.A. 9th Sept 1983
Employment
£2million to be spent in bringing jobs to South Yorkshire YP 18th October 1979
Star 18th October 1979
Industrial estates to provide more jobs Star 22nd Feb. 1980
European Commission
Funding of £280,000 for Yorkshire and Humberside M.T. 14th Sept. 1978
Gateway Industrial Estate
Photo of some of the business units R.A. 26th April 1991
Greasbrough Road
Plans passed for Industrial Estate Star 28th July 1980
Lincoln Street
Industrial units to be built R.A. 4th May 1973
Masbrough Station
Former station to be converted into business units R.A. 14th October 1988
Meadowbank Road
Industrial Estate officially opened R.A. 26th July 1974
Northfield Industrial estate
Official opening R.A. 19th Sept. 1975
South Yorkshire County Council
Seek Government support for industrial
improvement scheme SYT 23rd Dec. 1977
Templeborough Area
Proposals to build 200 acre industrial park Star 10th Sept 1987
YP 10th Sept 1987
R.A. 11th Sept 1987
Report on proposed industrial park R.A. 13th Nov. 1987
Declaration of industrial improvement area R.A. 20th Nov. 1987
Plans drawn up R.A. 19th Feb. 1988
Regeneration plans for area Star 23rd March 1988
Major reclamation work to start before Christmas R.A. 19th Aug. 1988
Star 24th Aug. 1988
English Estates withdraw from reclamation project Star 19th January 1989
Extension of Supertram line could jeopardise reclamation R.A. 3rd Feb. 1989
Reclamation scheme could be completed early Star 17th July 1989
Methane gas present in one section of reclamation site Star 4th Feb.1991
Steel beams put in place for new road bridge R. Messenger. 8th May 1991
Former steelworks to be developed as industrial complex Star 26th July 1991
Plans for five new factories Star 15th Feb. 1994
Plans for enterprise park Star 20th July 1994
R.A. 22nd July1994
Work begins on warehousing and factory units S.T. 25th Nov. 1994
Thornhill Estate
Advertisement for new industrial units R.A. 5th Nov. 1982 |