bristol

Visited last summer with a couple of friends Some history Sometimes also known as the Malago Storm Water Interceptor it was built in the early 70's to help cope with the flooding problems faced in Bedminster. It is roughly 2 miles long, and runs adjacent to the Southern Foul Water Interceptor...

Second Visit here and second on my own, but this time the tour bus was in as there were quite a few groups on site. I spent over 3 hours here and managed to see building and other stuff I missed the last time. Not much to say about the site that's not already been said so I will get on with the...

[CENTER]Froomsgate House, Bristol It is being redeveloped into (yet more) student accommodation. This is one that a few of us (one in particular) have had our eye on for a while, so getting an invite to get up it seemed too good to miss. A mate of mine has put a lot of work into researching...

[CENTER]Bristol Ice Rink (John Nike Leisuresport), Bristol Visited with some of the Bristol massive! A brief summery for you: Demolition has been approved. We've been looking at this one for a while now, and this time, for the first time, it would seem luck was on our side. After a long...

I found myself in Bristol for work this week so one evening I decided to leave my hotel and go for a quick walk around this place. Despite the workmen still on site doing something to the front building and the lurkers in one part of the building banging about it was pretty mellow. Plenty of...

Derp de Derp DERRRRRRRRRPPPPPPP 2013 Derp. Not sure of demise. 2010: Derp. I had always wanted to do a pub! Sadly this one is absolutley FUBAR! Hardly any info on it, but judging by some of the expiry dates its about 2008 sometime. Place is torn apart, but has something about it. This...

2013: Not entirely sure on the status quo. 2010: History Pinched from Layz @ 28 days #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 More at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/landie_man/sets/72157624371589225/

2013: I have no idea the fate of this place 2010: Built in 1741, and last used in 1983, Whitfeild Tabernacle featured on Restoration in 2003. The church was used by the congregational church which is now the United Reformed. Also on the site are two other buildings, which were also used for...

Barrow Hospital (sometimes referred to as Barrow Gurney Hospital) was a psychiatric hospital in Barrow Gurney, Somerset The hospital was designed by Sir George Oatley of Bristol to the then-innovative colony plan based on detached 'villas' centred around a central cluster of service buildings...

visited with obscurity and Mrs obs ... a little history ... The hospital was first built between 1934-1937 with the first patients being admitted in 1938. Barrow was built in a more modern style than the nearby Bristol Lunatic Asylum - The Glenside, which was a huge imposing Victorian building...