ASOMUE
08-12-2011, 12:43 AM
Well, here's my first report for this forum, hope you enjoy it.
Picking just 12 shots from this massive site was particularly tricky, but I think these are some of the best from the day.
1) Female ward block - if you assume the fence is head-height, that gives some idea of the size of this behemoth.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8717_0752.jpg
2) First shot of the day, was so pleased to finally crack this place, as it was a 2nd attempt and demolition looms on the horizon.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8749_0765-1.jpg
3) As with most asylums, its miles and miles of corridor, some pretty sturdy like this one, some riddled with holes and rotting wood with who-knows-what beneath.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8812_0790-1.jpg
4) One of the many small private rooms.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8827_0803b-1.jpg
5) Henry Littler's solid, dour architecture looms through a hole in a corridor ceiling.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8836_0525b-1.jpg
6) A rare intact item of furniture awaits its fate - a builder's skip.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8841_0527-1.jpg
7) This calendar became redundant exactly one year before the asylum.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8855_0531-1.jpg
8) The building itself enclosed its own airing courts, like this one, with a covered walkway.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8884_0540b-1.jpg
9) Radiators in a day-room.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8777_0779.jpg
10) The once-smooth and wheelchair-friendly corridors are now more like mountaineering.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8917_0553-1.jpg
11) Here's another to reinforce the point made with last previous image.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8920_0554-1.jpg
11) Whittingham closed after the 1995 Xmas party, hence the tattered decorations still blowing in the breeze.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8967_0592b-1.jpg
Picking just 12 shots from this massive site was particularly tricky, but I think these are some of the best from the day.
1) Female ward block - if you assume the fence is head-height, that gives some idea of the size of this behemoth.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8717_0752.jpg
2) First shot of the day, was so pleased to finally crack this place, as it was a 2nd attempt and demolition looms on the horizon.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8749_0765-1.jpg
3) As with most asylums, its miles and miles of corridor, some pretty sturdy like this one, some riddled with holes and rotting wood with who-knows-what beneath.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8812_0790-1.jpg
4) One of the many small private rooms.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8827_0803b-1.jpg
5) Henry Littler's solid, dour architecture looms through a hole in a corridor ceiling.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8836_0525b-1.jpg
6) A rare intact item of furniture awaits its fate - a builder's skip.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8841_0527-1.jpg
7) This calendar became redundant exactly one year before the asylum.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8855_0531-1.jpg
8) The building itself enclosed its own airing courts, like this one, with a covered walkway.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8884_0540b-1.jpg
9) Radiators in a day-room.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8777_0779.jpg
10) The once-smooth and wheelchair-friendly corridors are now more like mountaineering.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8917_0553-1.jpg
11) Here's another to reinforce the point made with last previous image.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8920_0554-1.jpg
11) Whittingham closed after the 1995 Xmas party, hence the tattered decorations still blowing in the breeze.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae39/ASOM77/EDS_8967_0592b-1.jpg