Thin Ice
30-10-2008, 11:15 AM
Derelict Cluster (John Good and Sons, Traders Wharfe, Binghams, and Unknown)
Hello, this is my first real report so I apologise for the crappy angles, blurs and what not neither myself nor my tripod are that sturdy :-(. Also sorry it is so long.
This is a cluster of derelict buildings found in Hull close to the Boom development and the Fruit Market/ Old City redevelopment. I have wanted to get inside the 4 sections of this cluster for a while now, but for 3 of the buildings it was unfeasible (no way in outside of causing damage and random loons put me off the other one.
Recently work commenced on securing the cluster and clearing it of debris/ junk ready for renovation and/or demo (at least 1 building might stay, 2 others will go in my opinion due to damage to structure and the last is a unknown at the moment). Since work began on the site I have been scoping the perimeter and surrounding area out for further info regarding the changes the sight as undergone.
This morning I decided to go and give it another shot after 2 previous failed attempts within the days prior. The first attempt of the morning was a worse failure than the 2 that came before it and had me running from the scene after I thought the fence was going to shatter (yes Shatter). Not to be outdone, I decided to come back with a secret weapon, a few minutes later I left my property carrying Lazyman’s access device (Christened, Creaky McSteppy) wrapped in a spare Duvet cover incase I got stopped by the Police for carrying it through town at night.
Derelict 1
The building I will label Derelict 1 (Or Building Unknown) as seen here (It’s the one on the left with the windows intact and metal plates over the ground windows)
Front View (D1 On the left and D2 on the right)
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Recon%20Humber/SecondAbandonded.jpg
Behind View:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/DerelictCluster1.jpg
Upon further inspection this building was found to be sealed still and the most likely way in from the inside was through building known as Derelict 2 (John T – J ltd) (Picture will follow in Derelict 2 section).
Derelict 2 (John T- J ltd?):
D2 is in the worst state of repair structurally and is attached to building D1.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/InsideDerelict2.jpg
Despite being absolutely wrecked and Chavved D2 surprising as its throne intact, here is a “Obligatory Crapper Shot”:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Crapper.jpg
Close to the toilet there was an ancient Fax machine:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Fax.jpg
Close to the Fax machine there was an Electrical Circuit Breaker room that looked like it had been on fire at some point:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2CircuitBoxes.jpg
Just off the bottom of the stairs there was a collapsed section (Notice the door, it leads to D1 I think):
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Collapse.jpg
Moving up through the back stairwell of D2 I came to the first floor, along this floor there where quite a few small rooms. At least two of these rooms had been storage rooms for a time:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Storage.jpg
While others probably held more toilets:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloorroom.jpg
Other rooms had been on fire at some point :-( and had burnt shut in places (Photo through a hole burnt in the door):
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2firedamage.jpg
Heading into the larger of the rooms on the first floor a safety guard over the top of the front stairs could be seen rotting away:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloor.jpg
At the back of the larger room (too the left around the corner of this next photo) there was a door that was still sealed leading to likely a small closet sized room:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloor2.jpg
Front Stairs:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Frontstairs.jpg
Down the stairs there was a single room even more full of junk than the others .
Heading back to the other stairwell I climbed to the next floor
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Backstairs.jpg
On the second floor there where two rusty industrial things that looked like two upside down quadrilateral pyramids with the points cut off (they where filled with junk) I forgot to photo them as I got distracted by dead pigeons :-/
Elsewhere in on the floor there was a cargo hole to the floor below:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/HatchtothefloorbelowDerelict2.jpg
Close to the hole there was a winch still in place in what remained of the roof:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/WinchDerelict2.jpg
The only spare room on this floor was in poor shape and was guarded by a dead pigeon:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Birdshot.jpg
Opposite the pigeon and below the winch someone had been keeping a tally…..
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/TallyDerelict2.jpg
Binghams, Shed:
Upon leaving Derelict two and making more noise than a Rampaging Elephant in the process I went into “Binghams”
From the front it looks like this:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Recon%20Humber/OldWorkforceWorkwearBuilding.jpg
I entered from the Shed/mini warehouse at the back and proceeded up the stairs to be greeted by an Asbestos tent blocking the entire 1st floor (and higher floors).
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/BinghamsShed.jpg
I left and went to the 4th building of the cluster (Known as John Good and Sons).
Hello, this is my first real report so I apologise for the crappy angles, blurs and what not neither myself nor my tripod are that sturdy :-(. Also sorry it is so long.
This is a cluster of derelict buildings found in Hull close to the Boom development and the Fruit Market/ Old City redevelopment. I have wanted to get inside the 4 sections of this cluster for a while now, but for 3 of the buildings it was unfeasible (no way in outside of causing damage and random loons put me off the other one.
Recently work commenced on securing the cluster and clearing it of debris/ junk ready for renovation and/or demo (at least 1 building might stay, 2 others will go in my opinion due to damage to structure and the last is a unknown at the moment). Since work began on the site I have been scoping the perimeter and surrounding area out for further info regarding the changes the sight as undergone.
This morning I decided to go and give it another shot after 2 previous failed attempts within the days prior. The first attempt of the morning was a worse failure than the 2 that came before it and had me running from the scene after I thought the fence was going to shatter (yes Shatter). Not to be outdone, I decided to come back with a secret weapon, a few minutes later I left my property carrying Lazyman’s access device (Christened, Creaky McSteppy) wrapped in a spare Duvet cover incase I got stopped by the Police for carrying it through town at night.
Derelict 1
The building I will label Derelict 1 (Or Building Unknown) as seen here (It’s the one on the left with the windows intact and metal plates over the ground windows)
Front View (D1 On the left and D2 on the right)
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Recon%20Humber/SecondAbandonded.jpg
Behind View:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/DerelictCluster1.jpg
Upon further inspection this building was found to be sealed still and the most likely way in from the inside was through building known as Derelict 2 (John T – J ltd) (Picture will follow in Derelict 2 section).
Derelict 2 (John T- J ltd?):
D2 is in the worst state of repair structurally and is attached to building D1.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/InsideDerelict2.jpg
Despite being absolutely wrecked and Chavved D2 surprising as its throne intact, here is a “Obligatory Crapper Shot”:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Crapper.jpg
Close to the toilet there was an ancient Fax machine:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Fax.jpg
Close to the Fax machine there was an Electrical Circuit Breaker room that looked like it had been on fire at some point:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2CircuitBoxes.jpg
Just off the bottom of the stairs there was a collapsed section (Notice the door, it leads to D1 I think):
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Collapse.jpg
Moving up through the back stairwell of D2 I came to the first floor, along this floor there where quite a few small rooms. At least two of these rooms had been storage rooms for a time:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Storage.jpg
While others probably held more toilets:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloorroom.jpg
Other rooms had been on fire at some point :-( and had burnt shut in places (Photo through a hole burnt in the door):
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2firedamage.jpg
Heading into the larger of the rooms on the first floor a safety guard over the top of the front stairs could be seen rotting away:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloor.jpg
At the back of the larger room (too the left around the corner of this next photo) there was a door that was still sealed leading to likely a small closet sized room:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict21stfloor2.jpg
Front Stairs:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Frontstairs.jpg
Down the stairs there was a single room even more full of junk than the others .
Heading back to the other stairwell I climbed to the next floor
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Derelict2Backstairs.jpg
On the second floor there where two rusty industrial things that looked like two upside down quadrilateral pyramids with the points cut off (they where filled with junk) I forgot to photo them as I got distracted by dead pigeons :-/
Elsewhere in on the floor there was a cargo hole to the floor below:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/HatchtothefloorbelowDerelict2.jpg
Close to the hole there was a winch still in place in what remained of the roof:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/WinchDerelict2.jpg
The only spare room on this floor was in poor shape and was guarded by a dead pigeon:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/Birdshot.jpg
Opposite the pigeon and below the winch someone had been keeping a tally…..
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/TallyDerelict2.jpg
Binghams, Shed:
Upon leaving Derelict two and making more noise than a Rampaging Elephant in the process I went into “Binghams”
From the front it looks like this:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Recon%20Humber/OldWorkforceWorkwearBuilding.jpg
I entered from the Shed/mini warehouse at the back and proceeded up the stairs to be greeted by an Asbestos tent blocking the entire 1st floor (and higher floors).
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p50/ForestTellar/Rare%20Square/BinghamsShed.jpg
I left and went to the 4th building of the cluster (Known as John Good and Sons).