-LinQ-
27-03-2012, 05:53 PM
It was a bright, warm and sunny march morning when me and a friend decided to walk up the loxley valley towards Bradfield, not too far away from Sheffield...My friend is an avid street art "spotter" and was quite keen to discover certain pieces of 'art'. Usually confined to open air sites, you know the usual tagging and bombs...or whatever else they are called...He has fast covered and documented most of the various artists or perpetrators (you decide) in and around Sheffield.
I took this opportunity to fulfil one of my personal photography goals and document urban decay, being concious of safety I thought it would be a sound plan to go with someone else just in-case my naivety got the best of me.
Along the planned route we had 3 stop offs, one of them being the Pinegrove Country Club.
A small history of the Pinegrove Country Club.
Unfortunately I don't know much about the history of this place except former boxer Jason Boon started his career here, It was used as a meeting place of the gangster Mad Frankie Fraser "the most violent man in Britain" who had associations with the Infamous Richardson Gang and the Krays before that and finally is the subject to frequent arson attacks leaving the place derelict and dangerous, just a shell of its once shady stature.
A Meeting with Mad Frankie Fraser (http://www.newstatesman.com/199912060023)
Another arson attack (http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cloud_of_black_smoke_fills_sky_as_pinegrove_club_d estroyed_in_huge_blaze_1_329382)
As a gentle word of warning this place is in a dire state.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7021073623_58566074a1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073623/)
Urbex007 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073623/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7021074057_c2bfef8655.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021074057/)
Urbex010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021074057/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7021073783_eff9246244.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073783/)
Urbex008 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073783/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/6874968620_1114d72690.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/6874968620/)
Urbex009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/6874968620/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
I took this opportunity to fulfil one of my personal photography goals and document urban decay, being concious of safety I thought it would be a sound plan to go with someone else just in-case my naivety got the best of me.
Along the planned route we had 3 stop offs, one of them being the Pinegrove Country Club.
A small history of the Pinegrove Country Club.
Unfortunately I don't know much about the history of this place except former boxer Jason Boon started his career here, It was used as a meeting place of the gangster Mad Frankie Fraser "the most violent man in Britain" who had associations with the Infamous Richardson Gang and the Krays before that and finally is the subject to frequent arson attacks leaving the place derelict and dangerous, just a shell of its once shady stature.
A Meeting with Mad Frankie Fraser (http://www.newstatesman.com/199912060023)
Another arson attack (http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/cloud_of_black_smoke_fills_sky_as_pinegrove_club_d estroyed_in_huge_blaze_1_329382)
As a gentle word of warning this place is in a dire state.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7021073623_58566074a1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073623/)
Urbex007 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073623/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7021074057_c2bfef8655.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021074057/)
Urbex010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021074057/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7021073783_eff9246244.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073783/)
Urbex008 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/7021073783/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/6874968620_1114d72690.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/6874968620/)
Urbex009 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-holmes-photos/6874968620/) by Wyrdsight (http://www.flickr.com/people/matt-holmes-photos/), on Flickr