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Report - St Joseph's Seminary - Upholland - Feb 15

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Mr Beady

Beards
28DL Full Member
Been wanting to see this for a awhile and finally got a chance. Knowing it was a pain in the arse to navigate if you didn't know where your were going didn't put me at ease, and of course there's the ear bleeding alarm. Visited with Banned Batz, scrappy and his lass. I took too many photo's here so here's a selection more available on flickr or blog.

St Joseph's College, is a former Roman Catholic seminary, situated at Walthew Park, Upholland, Lancashire. The foundation of the large building was laid in April 1880 and college was opened in 1883. The buildings have recently been deconsecrated. Although Upholland flourished until the 1960s, the rapidly changing social climate in that decade led to a sharp drop in enrollment.

In the early 1970s, the northern bishops decided to consolidate the activities of Upholland and Ushaw; from 1972 all junior seminarians in the north attended Upholland, and from 1975 all senior seminarians attended Ushaw. However, Upholland continued to suffer a decline in enrollment, and by the 1980s was no longer a traditional seminary but a "boarding school for boys considering a vocation".

In 1986 the total number of students was down to 82, of whom only 54 were Church students, and it was no longer viable to educate them on the premises. From 1987 the remaining students attended St. John Rigby College in nearby Orrell for their schooling, an arrangement that continued until the very last of these students left Upholland in 1992.

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*insert ear bleeding alarm noise for full effect*

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Seffy

SWC
Staff member
Moderator
Is the alarm something that is just there, sounding 24/7 or was it something you triggered? :p:
 

Ojay

Admin
Staff member
Admin
Makes me laugh they still spend money on alarms, remote monitored cctv and secca here and every man and his dog wanders about aimlessly

I remember the day's when this place was a proper fortress though
 

The Lone Ranger

Safety is paramount!
Staff member
Moderator
Makes me laugh they still spend money on alarms, remote monitored cctv and secca here and every man and his dog wanders about aimlessly

I remember the day's when this place was a proper fortress though

I just remember trying it with you and crutches, including a bit of rope access, haul systems. Alas we got busted :D

Nice report btw, I still need a revisit myself :thumb
 

Ojay

Admin
Staff member
Admin
^ haha the cripple years

I remember going here with Mr X and co a few years back and the window frame accidentally fell out
 

ZerO81

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice selection of shots here mate, despite it being totally empty, its still a rather nice place!
 
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