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skin
26-06-2009, 01:59 AM
Pollphail was built in the 1970s by the local government hoping to cash in on oil work building concrete oil rigs, this never happened and Pollphail was never inhabited. It was designed to house five hundred workers and a large dry dock was constructed alongside. There is a brand new swish marina there now and this village is in line for demolition.


When I approached the "village" it looked to me like someone had built a council housing estate and forgot there was no city


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as I got closer and looked at the buildings and rooms I thought this is no ghost village, its the village of the damned


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most of the buildings comprised of small apartments designed with two or three bedrooms and a toilet/shower room with no communal areas


incredibley narrow stairwells to upper appartments


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ALL the apartment bedrooms looked like this - no exceptions


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totally cramp and bereft of any decor and ghastly electric bar heaters


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at the centre of the village there was the communal mess/galley and bar and recreation rooms - the designers obviously thought along the lines of a large motel where workers at set times would come for meals and relax in the rec halls - the apartments were obviously purely for sleeping in


the main stairwell in the communal building
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they even managed to squeeze some rooms in above the communal areas!!
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the bar


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dining hall


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the food servery


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kitchen
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I went on a wander trying to find good in the place
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and decided a room with a view would be the best you could hope for if condemned to this place
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so closing the doors on this place Im glad it was never utilised


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designed to capitalise on big profits with no thought other than a chicken coop for workers it has Oil Industry written all over it!!
I was glad to leave.


thanks for looking

escortmad79
30-06-2009, 09:36 PM
Haven't got time to do a full report, but my pics from when I wet can be found here: Pictures from: Pollphail Village (http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1719392.html)