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Report - Wirral Print Shop - March '11

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Xan_Asmodi

Cave Monster
28DL Full Member
Excuse the vagueness of the location, this place is relatively unchavved and has some real gems in it.

I've walked past this place most days for the last 3+ years, since I moved to where I'm currently living. I didn't give it a second thought until I went to recce another site. I decided a closer inspection was in order and got lucky :cool:

I can't find much in the way of history for the company who occupied this building, but I believe they left in 2007. My best guess is that they either merged with another company or got bought out, as it looks like they basically just closed and left.

The building in slowly becoming more dilapidated, but the artifacts if you can call them that are still quite pristine.

This is the first time I've posted my pics at 640px max, if this is better than my previous 800px ones then feedback would be gratefully received!

Any way on with the pics :thumb




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Tipp-ex typewriter and a bloody big hole punch
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I can't find any reference to "Popular Personal Printing" on Google
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I guess these two where used together
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This model of typewriter dates back to 1975
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It still looks to be in pretty good condition
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"Golfball" type heads
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Old school computers seem all the rage here.
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With old school 5¼-inch floppy disks
£1.30 for 1.6Mb = £1.23 per megabyte, the cost per meg of harddrive space last year was 5.12 PENCE
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With some 3½-inch floppy disks too
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I have no idea what this is... anyone?
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Looks like they developed photos here too
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This kind of worries me. WTF is this?!
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Want a bath?
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This is the jewel in the crown
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If you want this for a wallpaper, then get in touch
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There are plent more pics on my Flickr here
Click here for the slideshow

Thanks for looking!​
 

Xan_Asmodi

Cave Monster
28DL Full Member
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Dark room
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Shop floor
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Far side of the shop floor
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I'll get some more when I can, and post them here
 

Xan_Asmodi

Cave Monster
28DL Full Member
Here are some quick and dirty context shots

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The old school computer room
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The "press" room
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The indecent exposure basement
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The kitchen
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Something that I missed the first time
Wirral Bus & Tram Show 2007
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The dark room
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The other side of the room
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Far end of the shop floor
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Another dark room
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