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Report - Fitness 1st/PSL Bowling. Stirchley, Birmingham. Aug 2017

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jellyfish

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Evenin all. Been a while.
Wasnt sure if it was worth a report this place at first, but looking back at the pics and researching the place i thought i might as well. It dont appear to have been mentioned on here yet either.
After a brief whatsapp chat with @lou2209 and an hour or so to kill , it was decided that it might be worth a look here.
History.......
Not a massive amount of history on this place online until it all kicked off with Lidl/Landowner/Occupier.
Fitness first closed its doors along with PSL Bowling on may 31st 2017 after being served notice by the landowner who was planning on selling the land to Lidl to build another supermarket on. Meanwhile, Lidl were in the process of having their planning permission revoked after a public outcry over the loss of a leisure facility to the supermarket. There was also an issue with a electrical substation located behind the site which would have caused a problem during demolition.
Lidl put up the boards around the perimeter in June and it now stands empty.
https://superstirchley.wordpress.com :- "Lidl has so far been branded high handed, cavalier, disgraceful and crude over the stirchley store plan. "
The homepage of the bowling alley also makes a good read. www.pslbowling.co.uk

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Explore....
As said above, it was decided to have a look around, see how accessible it was. Turned out it was pretty much a walk in.
Totally stripped inside, apart from a the odd bowling ball and pin. There were a few bits of interest tho . Its starting to show signs of visits from various people with a few smashed windows etc but very little graffiti . We saw a group entering as we were leaving.
Im being a bit pic happy again , for which i apologize , but seeing as its not been covered before and is not yet totally trashed im hoping to get away with it lol.

Pictures.....

Externals.

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Fitness First gym.

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Cannt see those lasting long.

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PSL Bowling.

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The roof.

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Thanx for lookin :-)
 

clebby

( . Y . )
Regular User
Nice one mate

Isn't this the place that was a cinema in the distant past? We always hoped that there'd be an epic projection room hidden away somewhere but it's not looking promising!
 

jellyfish

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
I did see a reference to a cinema being on the site during research, was on one of those local history blogs. I couldnt find any more info on it so i left it out. We spent a couple of hours in here and assume we covered everything , but dont quote me on that ;-)
 

lou2209

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice report :) good research on the place too!

Now that I have an internet connection, I shall check out what visits I actually have that are report worthy and get something up in the next few days
 

dweeb

28DL Regular User
Regular User
It was indeed a cinema once upon a time. Nice work going for a look, not bothered myself as it looked like it would be crap. I'm more interested in what's underneath it when it's demolished!
 

lou2209

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
A lot of old cinemas go underground rather than being raised up if I remember right?
 

Mini nut

My local and favourite, gone.
Banned
Nice one mate

Isn't this the place that was a cinema in the distant past? We always hoped that there'd be an epic projection room hidden away somewhere but it's not looking promising!
If you step back a bit and look to the rear of the site you can plainly see that that the building from which everything else sprouted was indeed a cinema and is recognisably so even now. I also notice in one of the photos of the bowling area, which must be on an "inserted" floor near the auditorium ceiling, the suspended ceiling mimics the stepped art deco style of the original which is probably still in situ. At the far end the top right of the proscenium arch is visible. I suggest that the projection box may well be there though altered like everything else.
 

adventure4000

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Well your buddy dosent know how to go to the bathroom your buddy friend on roof lol and what happened to his hands? He aint got any!!!
 

Mini nut

My local and favourite, gone.
Banned
Went past here in the minibus yesterday and saw that the strip-out gang were on site. May be even more accessible now.
 
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