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Whilst searching for pictures of Bramham house childrens home, where my Mum grew up,
we found this website
http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4424
(this is the thread with Bramham pics, my mums bedroom was the rose room )
Its a forum where the members photograph old buildings, inside and out,
theres hospitals , asylums, castles, army camps, hotels, railway tunnels, pubs even sewers.
I've spent hours looking through it and thought it might be of interest to some of you
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8) 'Exploring'. It's what I do to get me away from all this.
The oft' quoted rules are, of course; " Take only photographs. Leave nothing but footprints. "
I'd add a 'Bye Law' to that; " Don't start getting wrapped up in the history of the sites and their people! "
I mean, I do it for a break from thinking about dead rellies and how they lived, worked and died. Yet, so often, I find myself staring into an empty room and thinking, " Jeeezus. They must have ..... Stop it! Just photograph that fire place and get out of here! ..... Oh, and 'mustn't forget the Loo, Chair and Tile shots. There's always a tile! " ;D
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What an absolutely fantastic site. There is a little bit of voyeur in all of us!
I cannot understand how such an amazingly beautiful building could be allowed to deteriorate into such a state.
I 'g....." Bramham House and found a site with pictures of much happier times.
http://www.bramham.org.uk/bhouse.htm
I cant help getting caught up in people and places. Living in Australia with only a limited history period I am in awe of Englands historical and interesting buildings.
Trish
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What a great site. Found a thread that had pictures of the inside of Royal Insurance building in Liverpool. Took me back 40 odd years as my first job in Liverpool was in a shipping & fowarding agents and I used to visit places such as that as part of my daily work.
Have bookmarked it to browse again later.
Jean
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Thanks for posting this fallingetc! ;) It is fascinating!
I agree with you Trish - letting this house get into this state is criminal. I imagine the 'owner' is letting it decay into such a state so it will crumble beyond repair (if it's not already in that state) then the land will be sold for some hideous modern commercial dwelling/high density housing to be built. Expensive to repair and of no use to anyone :'( - very sad. Makes me angry. I have a link to a site with images of buildings which have been demolished - most depressing. I will try to find it.
Steve, so I take it that you take these kinds of photos? ;) Tell us more. Any examples of your work you'd like to share?
I'm off to investigate the above link further ...
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Here's another urbex website:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/
Fascinating pictures and sites, but I wouldn't have the nerve (bottle) to get myself into them!!
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Steve, so I take it that you take these kinds of photos? ;) Tell us more. Any examples of your work you'd like to share?
Ruskie; The inter net's broken :( I'm finding I'm only able to access about 50% of the places I'm trying to get to. Started last night and is continuing today. It's not just Firefox either. IE's as bad. I can't understand it.
Anyway, point is this means I can't get to the places I want to show ye. But, yeppers; I have some stuff to show. I know another site for us Detectives of Dereliction and I have some stuff on there I'd like ye to see. Just as soon as I can get back to sort the right links, I'll pop them up here.
My mate also Moddies on an Irish site. We tend to explore together so most of what he shows, I was there too. And, of course, because we're in deeply rural Eire, our explorations hold a very real edge. I find it's great for a cardio vascular work out and for running a field test on the old spincture. Because, around here, virtually everyone has a 12 bore shotgun!
Factor in that people tend to just remove the remains of the departed, then shut the door. Period. And ye'll see how entering some 'abandoned' cottages can be a breath stopping experience. Ye like, climbing through a back window. Old net curtain shielding ye as ye step into the darkness beyond. Hoping So Much that this one really Is empty. And there's not some crusty old farmer in there, lining ye up with both barrels! :o Ye think I'm kidding? Don't!
That said though, the rewards are often fantastic. It's like stepping through the veil of time into how people were living, a century ago. I'll sort out some links, once the net sorts itself out for me ;)
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Look forward to it Steve. ;)
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Me too ;) ;D
Trish
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Here ye go, peeps. I've tried to access this site through my Blog, Google, Firefox, iE ..... It appears there's just a global outage ~ with me, at least ??? ~ which has taken Yahoo and half the rest of the net out with it. I've even completely reinstalled my modem. Nothing.
But, remembering the name of this thread, I managed to find a link to it on Google. Maybe it'll work for you? If so, I trust the photo's will still be on my post? They're some beauties and I'd hate ye not to be able to read the report as was intended.
Please let me know if ye can get through ~ and enjoy the rest of the site ;)
" The Cottage, The Kiddlecrane and the SAS " (http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?p=113140)
My oppo', Dean O' and I in action ;D
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Glad to see you lot found it interesting too. ;D
My ony trouble is I want all the farms or little cottages especially if they have a big cooking range, I could live in any of them, even the old theme parks,
but then again I am slightly strange :P
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Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof. Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.
Sickening, isn't it? ;D
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but then again I am slightly strange
Aren't we all - or we wouldn't be reading this :D
Linda
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Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof. Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.
Sickening, isn't it? ;D
Sounds idyllic. Is it one of the houses you photographed then decided to move into? ;D
No, seriously, your photos are really interesting. And you write well too - most entertaining.
Falling, you are not alone. I like the (genuine) distressed look and prefer my interiors dark and gloomy. I always prefer my walls after the woodchip is removed and before the new is applied, especially if there are remnants of interesting old wallpaper underneath. We looked to buy an Edwardian house in London many years ago which was absolutely original. You could see sky through the roof tiles and I must admit I would have repaired this, but almost everything else would have stayed just as it was, black staircase and all. :) I don't like 'overconservation'.
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Is it one of the houses you photographed then decided to move into? ;D
You're much nearer the truth than ye think 8)
I'm with you though, on the 'leave as is' idea. I've done that here. Where I've had to add, I've done it sympathetically to the original. Had all the windows replaced ~ original style, of course ~ and am now going round the insides, finishing in the reveals. But, I'm deliberately not doing my best. I walk away before I'm finished and even engineer the odd, 'artistic' slip of the trowel. Which I then fail to notice or make good.
Result is that it matches the original work and what's become of it over the years, see? Bit rough and craggy. And, when I'm done, I'll not be bringing a tin of Brilliant White near the place! I'll have 'Dirty, Old White' mixed for the job.
My favourite little anecdote is about when the lady who was born here, about eighty years ago, dropped by. I was showing her the cow sheds and she was just saying, " And we used to have a little gate. Just ..... Oh! there it is! My Father made that :) "
Of course, I didn't mention that I'd made that one. Taking my cue from a couple of splinters of decayed wood and some bits of rust. All that I'd found left, a century later. But that did it for me. Made my day to see her completely convinced that not a thing had changed here ;)
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Do you have any photos of your handiwork and house that you'd be willing to post?
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Falling; Did I ever tell ye about the old, stone built farm cottage I live in? Eighteen inch thick walls. Tin over thatch roof. Smack bang in the middle of no where. Nearly a mile from the road ~ which is miles from anywhere anyway. Big range in the kitchen. Smaller, gloriously ornate and flash, wood stove in here, for the long winters. Nothing out there but fields and trees.
Sickening, isn't it? ;D
do you want a wife ? ;D
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Do you have any photos of your handiwork and house that you'd be willing to post?
I'll sort something out, one of these days. Only, much of it's still very much 'work in progress' right now. And I progress slowly ~ because I'm always working on my tree, rather than getting damn all done around here! ;D
do you want a wife ? ;D
Sorry, love! Been there. Done that. The buggers are forming a queue, now that I've 'Made It'. Peace and perfect solitude for my creatures and me? Why spoil that by adding another person to the mix? ;)
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Oooh - I remember looking at an urbex website a few months ago when I was able to go for for a nostalgic cyber-wander around the empty and derelict corridors of the hospital where I used to work 40 years ago. The hospital is now demolished.
Thanks for posting this, fallingonabruise, as I didn't save the details - I have just been for another nostalgic wander along those corridors ::)
Maggie
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you're welcome Maggie, ;D
oh well Steve, I would have brought my chickens with me too,
mind you, I don't think my husband would be happy if I left anyway ;D
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??? Chickens? Here; They're not Black Laced Wyandotte's, are they? Only, for those I could maybe make concessions! ;D
Seriously though; I've been looking for those buggers for years. Only found bantams yet. I want the full sized. Those and some MEG Silver Duckwings! :P (Sadly, now said to be extinct)
Now; How much further off topic can we drag this one? LMAO!
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I have got a gold laced wyandotte but its a banty, I have ex-battery hens, Marans, Silkies, Polish bantams, Frizzled bantams and Appleyard ducks,
see what you're missing ! ;D
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Off on a slight tangent, but anyone who is interested in urbex and is visiting the SE of England may also be interested in this:
http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/
It was one of the highlights of a trip to the UK a couple of years ago. It was low season so we managed to explore most of the place alone - very eerie - very dusty and dirty. Fascinating.
(There is an admission charge. ;))
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Wouldn't That make a hell of an explore, Ruskie? Imagine getting in there, back in the day, thinking it was just an isolated and abandoned bungalow in the woods? " Ooh! Stairs, look. Down we go ~ must be a cellar ..... "
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You're not wrong Steve - there would be a few surprises there for anyone who dared. ;)