It's certainly been a while!
This place really saved the trip for us after we experienced a day full of fails and/or derps that turned out to be shittier than we'd anticipated. We had originally planned to camp in here, or the nearest derp before checking it out the next morning, but after two days of non-stop rain and wet socks, we decided to get a hotel in Perth, conveniently situated about five minutes walk away. So, we arrived at our hotel, got suitably "beered up" and went on our mission, still in the pouring rain. We didn't expect to get in from the look of the place on streetview, which showed us sensor poles on every corner, and we were almost certain that it would be alarmed, but on arrival we saw no poles, no alarm boxes, just some hoarding, which provided the perfect cover for this town-centre mission. After about twenty minutes of stumbling around in the BRUSH behind the fence, we'd found our way inside.
Perth City Hall was opened in 1911 on the site of the previous town hall, which was demolished in 1908 after a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling and injured several people. The new hall was built for the same purpose as the previous one - to hold concerts and public events, while the administrative offices for Perth were situated in a different area of town. Throughout its history, the hall has seen some high profile performances and speakers such as Margaret Thatcher, when she addressed the Scottish Conservative Party conference here in 1979, and Morrisey in 2004.
City Hall closed in 2005 after the opening of Perth Concert Hall, which saw City Hall become surplus to requirements, and unfit for purpose in the modern day.
There are plans to redevelop the building into a new heritage and arts centre.
Photos -
External from Google -
Inside the Main Hall -
One of the staircases -
Inside the "Lesser Hall" -
Cheers
This place really saved the trip for us after we experienced a day full of fails and/or derps that turned out to be shittier than we'd anticipated. We had originally planned to camp in here, or the nearest derp before checking it out the next morning, but after two days of non-stop rain and wet socks, we decided to get a hotel in Perth, conveniently situated about five minutes walk away. So, we arrived at our hotel, got suitably "beered up" and went on our mission, still in the pouring rain. We didn't expect to get in from the look of the place on streetview, which showed us sensor poles on every corner, and we were almost certain that it would be alarmed, but on arrival we saw no poles, no alarm boxes, just some hoarding, which provided the perfect cover for this town-centre mission. After about twenty minutes of stumbling around in the BRUSH behind the fence, we'd found our way inside.
Perth City Hall was opened in 1911 on the site of the previous town hall, which was demolished in 1908 after a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling and injured several people. The new hall was built for the same purpose as the previous one - to hold concerts and public events, while the administrative offices for Perth were situated in a different area of town. Throughout its history, the hall has seen some high profile performances and speakers such as Margaret Thatcher, when she addressed the Scottish Conservative Party conference here in 1979, and Morrisey in 2004.
City Hall closed in 2005 after the opening of Perth Concert Hall, which saw City Hall become surplus to requirements, and unfit for purpose in the modern day.
There are plans to redevelop the building into a new heritage and arts centre.
Photos -
External from Google -
Inside the Main Hall -
One of the staircases -
Inside the "Lesser Hall" -
Cheers
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