Tweedale - Grossman's of Grimley
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Development of the industrial scene has continued during the past month. The chemical works at Slaghill is now complete, and a start has been made on the lower level Grimley area. The staple diet of Tweedalers is pie and peas, and the demand is met in part by Grossman's of Grimley, whose abattoir, tannery, glue and pie factory is a major industry in the town. It has been allocated 2 siding spots out of the 6 available at Grimley, and has its own loading/unloading platform. Inward traffic comprises livestock from Upper Tweedale (Dale End and The Pits), and chemicals for the tannery from Slaghill. Outward traffic consists of regular van loads of pies for the cafe and restaurant owners' cartel in Poshington-Upon-Twee. Waste material is sent as animal feed to Upper Tweedale (this is the 50/60s before it turned cows mad), and to the chemical works at Slaghill where it is used in cosmetics. Malodorous liquid wastes pour straight from a pipe into Grimley Drain, which passes through the middle of the factory site and under the railway. The factory itself consists of a jumble of buildings that climb up to the right and act as a view blocker to the adjacent scene.
Slagaloid's chemical works at Slaghill
Grossman's factory at Grimley
The Grossmans sign at the right was printed in greyscale using a B/W laser printer at the local library, then carefully coloured in with paint by hand. I'm a bit wary of the lightfastness of colour printers, so prefer that method. I once tried printing brickpaper with a colour printer, and left a sample in sunlight with a sample of Superquick brickpaper. While the Superquick just faded a bit, the sample from the colour printer turned green. OK, so that is rather an extreem test, the layout doesn't live in full sunlight, but it still put me off using colour printers. I have to say, that test was done a long time ago, and things have no doubt improved since then... I believe you can get 'archival' inks for computer printers these days that are lightfast.
Cheers, Alan.
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