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Visited with Space Invader,Wevsky & Swampdonkey Oil Mills West, built circa 1800's originally used for bonded oil storage from what I believe would have been the whale trade, later became used for the military and air raid shelters during WW2 On with some pics ;) And finally...

The huge Parcel Force sorting office closed in 2002 and was a chosen site for a new ground for West Ham Utd until their bid to move into the Olympic Stadium was accepted.But many people in the area already believe that the Hammers could move in to this building tomorrow and nobody would notice...

Where to start! Obviously I won't bore you with history as it is all over this forum. We arrived here a bit late from London after having a nightmare on the trains, so we knew we had a bit of a flying visit due to the lack of daylight - although the clocks going forward helped us out! Managed to...

The biggest mine in Alderly Edge is West Mine and was worked during the years between 1857 to 1878, in 1858 there was a great discovery of an ancient gallery which clearly shows earlier mining had taken place well before this time although this earlier mining was very small compared to the...

A nice fireclay and coal mine dating back into the 1800's several entrances go into this system, the roof in most places is in average condition for its age but crumbly wallieeeeee is all over stemples rotting all over but with some nice rails for the carts and a few very nice carts as well...

Right decided with a few of the guys after they'd had a look at the oil mills upper week or so before when i just wasnt up to it too have a look at the oil mills west..interesting access as ever but once that was over come a very nice visit very huge roofs due to there at one point being 2...

More of an organsied visit than an explore. I had seen the Catacombs on Cities of the Underworld on the History Channel and had always wanted to go and seen them in person. Brief History taken form Wikipedia: The cemetery was built on the site of the ancient Great North Wood, from which...

Visited this with the permission of the local RAYNET group who are based in this AAOR. Had a guided tour and a few sneaky looks around whilst our guide was getting different keys. With me on this visit was Hood_mad. Built in the 1950s as were many others, the roof has been re-covered as it...

Visited with Mitch, Swamp Donkey, Maniac and Scrimshady Epic access!!!! funniest thing I've ever seen, sorry bout the dents in the roof of your car Maniac. Great to see this place again, and well played mitch for getting in :D

Took a trip to Newton again, visited the West to check out some Pillboxes and what seemed to be anti aircraft placements, only got to see 3 out of the 4 Pillboxes. "Pillboxes 1" http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.957661&lon=-0.993727&z=18&r=0&src=msl "anti aircraft...