Visited in August 2008 this shelter and former railway tunnel has become one of the hottest topics in Bristol due to the closure of the road that runs over it. At present the road remains close due to a fault running through the rock face and further complications caused by …
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Barrow Hospital, Bristol
A return to the first real site I explored. Barrow Hospital opened in the late 1930s as an expansion to the overcrowded Bristol City Asylum, Glenside – It closed quietly in 2006 after being dammed in 2005 for the now infamous ‘dirtiest hospital’ in the country tag. It’s been well …
Read More »George Barnsley & Sons, Sheffield (35mm)
Same visit as previous but taken on the Canon 300 Film SLR. Again used the 50mm f1.8 prime lens and Kodak 400CN B&W film.
Read More »George Barnsley & Sons, Sheffield
When I visited George Barnsley & Sons Cornish Works in Sheffield over 2 years ago it ranked as one of the most time warped explores I had ever encountered. In places the building retained Victorian features such as gas lights and other wonderful features. The building amazingly ceased to be …
Read More »Redmire Water Treatment Works, Sheffield
This water treatment works tucked away in Sheffield is somewhat of a photographic gem. It features quite simply the best unintentional smiley face display panels I’ve ever seen! The site was originally mothballed and planned for refurbishment in the early part of the previous decade but little has happened to …
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