Before you start, sorry for the length of this report i got carried away.
Like many of us i have a bucket list, some normal, some unrealistic and some really strange.
One of my unrealistic ones is to spend a night in a supermarket. The idea of raiding the cheese fridge and having trolley races really does it for me. Although not all the criteria was meet, im ticking it off. i got my trolley race, i got to push the peddle that makes the conveyor belt thing on the till go, and i got to lay in a freezer and jump out on someone.
A trip out with the guys for a catch up and a McDonald's when the conversation soon turned to "you two explore a lot, anything round here to show us" Not wanting to give them anything too challenging we headed to Fisons for a little look around. After a pair of trousers got caught on barbed wire, someone stood on a nail, and another fell over, we decided to leave before inevitably someone accidentally walked out the side of a 3 story building.
On the way back, the Coop was mentioned, its one of two large Coop supermarket's in Colchester, this being the much older and less used of the two. We parked up and had walk about. Alarmed, locked, defeated. Or so it seemed, while the others had jumped the fence on the way back to the car, something caught my eye, Bingo. We huddle by the entrance looking at the array of flashing lights on the walls and the sensors. " if the alarm is silent we would have well and truly tripped it by now"
We left it, went for a little re fuel and toilet brake at the nearest non derp'd supermarket, and came back to see if anyone had shown up. Nothing.
History
Closed in September 2016 this site was seen to not be viable anymore, as major overhaul and update was needed throughout the store. Quoting directly from the Coop website "Our supermarket on Abbots Road requires major refurbishment. We have investigated all the options but unfortunately the level of investment required means that none are viable for this location, in the increasingly competitive retail offering within Colchester.”
Its planned to be demolished this year. Reports suggest there shall be a large German bootsale/junk shop opening up sometime in 2018, you might know it as Lidl
:
The Explore
Once inside i was instantly on a trip down memory lane, this was once my local supermarket. It was very easy to see why it wasn't viable to refurb, Everything from the floors to signs and freezers all look like they did 20/30 years ago. It seemed more like a time warp then a supermarket that only closed its doors a few months back.
Its still in fairly good condition in side and not much has been taken.
I've rambled on way to much so on too the pics. P.S if you actually read this far, thank you very much
Thanks you for looking
And remember, the next time you're at the checkout counter and you hear the beep
Think of all the fun you could have on
SUPERMARKET SWEEP
Like many of us i have a bucket list, some normal, some unrealistic and some really strange.
One of my unrealistic ones is to spend a night in a supermarket. The idea of raiding the cheese fridge and having trolley races really does it for me. Although not all the criteria was meet, im ticking it off. i got my trolley race, i got to push the peddle that makes the conveyor belt thing on the till go, and i got to lay in a freezer and jump out on someone.
A trip out with the guys for a catch up and a McDonald's when the conversation soon turned to "you two explore a lot, anything round here to show us" Not wanting to give them anything too challenging we headed to Fisons for a little look around. After a pair of trousers got caught on barbed wire, someone stood on a nail, and another fell over, we decided to leave before inevitably someone accidentally walked out the side of a 3 story building.
On the way back, the Coop was mentioned, its one of two large Coop supermarket's in Colchester, this being the much older and less used of the two. We parked up and had walk about. Alarmed, locked, defeated. Or so it seemed, while the others had jumped the fence on the way back to the car, something caught my eye, Bingo. We huddle by the entrance looking at the array of flashing lights on the walls and the sensors. " if the alarm is silent we would have well and truly tripped it by now"
We left it, went for a little re fuel and toilet brake at the nearest non derp'd supermarket, and came back to see if anyone had shown up. Nothing.
History
Closed in September 2016 this site was seen to not be viable anymore, as major overhaul and update was needed throughout the store. Quoting directly from the Coop website "Our supermarket on Abbots Road requires major refurbishment. We have investigated all the options but unfortunately the level of investment required means that none are viable for this location, in the increasingly competitive retail offering within Colchester.”
Its planned to be demolished this year. Reports suggest there shall be a large German bootsale/junk shop opening up sometime in 2018, you might know it as Lidl
: The Explore
Once inside i was instantly on a trip down memory lane, this was once my local supermarket. It was very easy to see why it wasn't viable to refurb, Everything from the floors to signs and freezers all look like they did 20/30 years ago. It seemed more like a time warp then a supermarket that only closed its doors a few months back.
Its still in fairly good condition in side and not much has been taken.
I've rambled on way to much so on too the pics. P.S if you actually read this far, thank you very much
Thanks you for looking
And remember, the next time you're at the checkout counter and you hear the beep
Think of all the fun you could have on
SUPERMARKET SWEEP
