Sometimes you have weekends when things simply refuse to go to plan. I had a list of sites as long as my arm to see and through various reasons - be it them being tighter than a nuns arse, undergoing conversion, demolition, huge masses of undergrowth blocking any paths to them or newly installed very loud alarm systems we saw none of them. So we headed off elsewhere and finally got into some places which had never intended to be a part of this particular jaunt.
First stop was the highlight of the entire trip and a location I had wanted to see forever. This former small-scale pottery manufacturer situated in rural northern England closed down many years ago with it's entire contents left inside. Over time the roofs of much of the buildings have collapsed leaving the interiors exposed to the elements, resulting in the main production floor being wonderfully filled with ferns and vegetation.
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After that, and after yet more frustration and failure we made it into another location, where my friend promptly decided to fall down some concrete stairs. Luckily he was OK and we carried on photographing it.
The place in question being a former inorganic pigment manufacturer, various large warning signs fixed to the boards outside alert would-be trespassers to the dangers posed by the leftover lead chromate within, thankfully it's largely been removed...mostly.
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The next day we headed, after yet more failure, to a city that was the mecca of UK abandonments. Only we found almost all the previously explorable sites either sealed up, mid-conversion, or being demolished. Just outside the city sits a ruined water treatment plant, so we consoled ourselves with that.
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After an excellent breakfast in a seriously hipster cafe, and yet more fails, we finally found one last spot - a spot which has rightfully earned it's place on my list of the most unstable dangerously rotten places I've photographed. Pretty soon this old mill is simply going to collapse in on itself, the top floor is already inaccessible due to the staircase collapsing and it won't be long until the rest follows.
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Thanks for reading - and you know what they say - things can only get better!
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Re: These Days We Waste < Reply # 2 on 7/17/2017 10:50 PM > | Reply with Quote
Interior growth is one thing but ferns elevate it to a whole new level of interest. It is a good thing you divulged that the second location was a pigment manufacturer, or I would have been utterly confused with the vivid concrete staining. As much as I hate taggers, every once in a while you find one that makes you stand in awe. That fish scene is definitely one of those; so well planned and created as a labour of love. I see what you mean about the death-trap in #35, but I wouldn't have been able to resist going in for those excellent shadows either.