whitehaven

This was the day which teachers were allowed in to collect their stuff before the school was demolished. I was teaching a photography class nightschool on this particular evening and as I was early I had a look around. It was particularly poignant for me because I attended this very school as a...

I am interested in finding some more abandoned places around where I live, but so far only know the Kangol factory in Cleator Moor. Does anyone know any places?

The Gaiety opened during the golden age of cinema on 15th April 1922 with a total of 1480 seats and was one of three cinemas in Whitehaven (the other two; the Queens and the Empire were demolished towards the end of the 1970's). The style of the Gaiety cinema was Greek and it had an elaborate...

Well I lie, less *uber massive chemical plant the likes of which would have dwarfed pyestock*, more *the offices and admin and science/chemlabs left behind after 3yrs worth of demo work :( no seriously, its taken around 3yrs of work to remove all the plant and equipment from site! Visited...

This was once the premiere nightspot in Whitehaven. Originally a swimming pool (with the coldest water you can imagine), it was closed in the '80's but reopened around 1989 as The Park Nightspot. Open for around 16 years it saw many changes in music come and go, providing entertainment for...

Visited with shaggy back on tuesday, its dissapearing fast, starting with the asbestos ridden sections. Hi vis and hats didn't really stop ppl from phoning security/police as one then the other buzzed around site/perimeter (respectivey) security honking their horn and searching buildings...