Smoko Area Size:M The building sits somewhere between

The building sits somewhere between standing and gone

its surface marked by corrosion from years of exposure

A concrete platform edges into encroaching scrub at Waratah Park

The school operated from its Rydalmere campus from 1958 until closure in 2009

Smoko Area Size:M The building sits somewhere betweenThree armchairs sit on a concrete floor in what was the smoko area of the Northcote Shoe Factory, surrounded by collapsed cardboard boxes, steel shelving stacked with plastic crates, and a galvanised rubbish bin near the door. The factory on Arthurton Road, purpose built in 1926, operated under the Purnell Shoe Company name by the 1970s before closing as cheap imports dismantled the local footwear industry. Part of the Northcote Shoe Factory series.