mex
January 17th, 2007, 01:28
The old town hall in Wigan closed down in around 1990 has been left boarded up ever since. Its a great building and is Grade 2 listed but the council have somehow managed to leave it to fall into disrepair all this time. Its long been thought around Wigan that they've wanted it to fall into such a bad state that it has to be demolished and lo and behold as it becomes apparent lately how bad a state its in , there's been announcements by the council that its to be knocked down and made into 'apartments'.
Anyway, have long wanted to get into this but have never managed to find a way as its very secure and its on one of the busiest streets in town. Anyway was on the way back from another explore tonight when we went past this and spotted a way in. Its such a nice surprise when that happens! Its a total mess inside and the floors are all rotting, its pretty hard to get around but there were certain parts of it where you could picture what it was like in its prime. Its criminal that they've let it fall into such a bad state but its doesn't surprise me seeing as they've been gradually ruining and demolishing Wigan for the past 30 years.
Interestingly though there was talk of a bunker underneath this place, and I've seen bits of evidence of it online. There were parts of the main floor with holes in that you could see way down inside what looked too deep to be a basement so I think this is worth checking soon.
Here's some pictures of the parts that weren't totally destroyed.
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall1.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall2.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall3.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall4.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall5.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall6.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall7.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall8.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall9.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall10.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall11.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall12.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall13.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall14.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall15.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall16.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall17.jpg
Here's the building from the outside as was... http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/images/w18b.jpg
Anyway, have long wanted to get into this but have never managed to find a way as its very secure and its on one of the busiest streets in town. Anyway was on the way back from another explore tonight when we went past this and spotted a way in. Its such a nice surprise when that happens! Its a total mess inside and the floors are all rotting, its pretty hard to get around but there were certain parts of it where you could picture what it was like in its prime. Its criminal that they've let it fall into such a bad state but its doesn't surprise me seeing as they've been gradually ruining and demolishing Wigan for the past 30 years.
Interestingly though there was talk of a bunker underneath this place, and I've seen bits of evidence of it online. There were parts of the main floor with holes in that you could see way down inside what looked too deep to be a basement so I think this is worth checking soon.
Here's some pictures of the parts that weren't totally destroyed.
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall1.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall2.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall3.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall4.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall5.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall6.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall7.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall8.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall9.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall10.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall11.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall12.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall13.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall14.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall15.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall16.jpg
http://www.lupinepromotions.com/townhall17.jpg
Here's the building from the outside as was... http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/images/w18b.jpg