Afternoon All,
Ive finally got around to putting up afew photos from my recent trip to New York, and on my second day there i visited the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital :)
Heres some info/history, i wont post it all as on the Wiki page, there is alot of history, which you can see here if...
Visited during a trip to Wales in May with @The_Raw
When we arrived, an elderly man was sitting in front of the former church, which is on a private property. I spoke to him and he referred to the owner, who lives in a house behind the chapel. She gladly allowed us to enter the building and...
Town Mansion
History
The Town Mansion was originally built in 1912 by a wealthy petroleum importer. During the early 20th century, the area in which the mansion was built, had become a hub for many rich German families in the early 1900's. By 1918, once the First World War had come...
I wanted to visit the building for more than two years, but I was never before in the area of this country. And I would probably not flew there this summer, if would not have been reports that the building is to be restored soon. Meanwhile, I doubt this message; but at least the rumor has had...
So as you all now know, Network Rail were kind enough to give us a tour of the lower levels of the Train Station as we had failed numerous times to reach these areas via stealth. Explored with Raz & Jord
Bit of History;
Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station) is...
Funny one this really. I’ve known about it for years but thought I’d go and check it out, its situated fairly near my house and there is a public footpath going through a yard which leads to the building. The place is “open to all†but first a key must be obtained from...
Evening all,
Called Welsh Old Iron in homage to it's Belgian cousin ;)
Out for sunrise a few weeks back and decided to call in on a localish scrapyard that is normally filled to the brim with old trucks and cars just to see if they had anything else in. Talking with the owner, the council had...
Battersea Power Station
Ok loads of rumours going round that we paid £3000 for this shoot WE DIDNT !!!!
But some one did ,to cut a long story short if went like this a friend of a friend is a big photographer in London and shoots for the big add houses his client booked Battersea for the day...
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum
Lancaster Moor Hospital (formerly known as The County Lunatic Asylum).
During the nineteenth century Lancaster became a provincial centre for the treatment of mental illness. In 1809 it was decided that the proposed County Lunatic Asylum would be built at...
Having some time to kill on one of my recent jaunts up north, we popped into this place as it was close by and got shown round by a very knowledgeable chap who used to work down the pit. He certainly knew his stuff and was fascinating to listen to, so much so I almost forgot to take any photos...
The second site i ever explored in London after meeting the first splorer i ever met on the same night!,
st cleveland was a work house for the sick and poor in the 1700's, turned into a nhs hospital untill 2005, the building lays derelict, how ever 5% or so is converted for a handful of people...
Right kindly let in by the bloke whos history im quoting,nice little sunday outing no stress no drama ..and a few beers
Visited with Urban Ginger , Stealth and space invader
Borrowed history..cheers barry
Put simply, a redoubt is a detached outwork of great strength from which soldiers can...