judderman62
02-03-2010, 08:30 PM
Visited with smurfinator and her fella.
I didn't have very high expectations of this place - other reports I'd seen had a small number of interesting things in there but not a huge amount. On arrival it looked a little smaller than I was expecting - not tiny, but not huge either and nowhere near the size of Nocton in Lincolnshire.
Here is a page which gives an account of life at croft in the 50's http://www.rafburtonwood.org/croft.html
Seems croft was linked with the much larger RAF Burtonwood the other side of Warrington - I think nothing remains of burtonwood.
In later years it seems croft was used by a farmer to house animals - that is clear to see with lots of straw in some of the rooms.
In the end I have to say I did enjoy this explore - some cracking colours in the brickwork and some of the doors and some interesting, and some rather bizarre, little nick nacks and stuff.
So on with the pics:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4398916251_6f979ed009.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4399685788_3ef3482630.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4398921231_2f64ddf79b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4399698596_eee272862d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4399707980_a0bb9c430a.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4398954687_0bb5db5001.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4398954275_5fbe240e9e.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4399725946_abd419eeb6.jpg
who's there ?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4398966243_8afe7f2653.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4399733176_3c2a9e52e3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4398972843_54cfce14c8.jpg
projection room:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4398985849_bdd0754ab9.jpg
stage:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4399751642_7431bab247.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4399757664_47a9012b54.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4399744546_195f1350c8.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4398981327_13f24bf904.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4399725254_1a38266ac0.jpg
I could go on - I could happily have posted 40-50 pics or more - this really is a very photogenic place - it's a very easy and relaxed explore (if a little busier than Oxford Circus).
If you do pay a visit watch out for the open manholes all over the grounds and some are very overgrown - so easy to come a cropper if you're not paying 100% attention.
So in closing have to say this place really surprised and me and comfortably exceeded my expectations.
thanks for the invite Smurf and was good to see you again - it'd been waaaay too long.
thanks for looking. The whole set is in my flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84462488@N00/sets/72157623411786333/ - all 178 images
I didn't have very high expectations of this place - other reports I'd seen had a small number of interesting things in there but not a huge amount. On arrival it looked a little smaller than I was expecting - not tiny, but not huge either and nowhere near the size of Nocton in Lincolnshire.
Here is a page which gives an account of life at croft in the 50's http://www.rafburtonwood.org/croft.html
Seems croft was linked with the much larger RAF Burtonwood the other side of Warrington - I think nothing remains of burtonwood.
In later years it seems croft was used by a farmer to house animals - that is clear to see with lots of straw in some of the rooms.
In the end I have to say I did enjoy this explore - some cracking colours in the brickwork and some of the doors and some interesting, and some rather bizarre, little nick nacks and stuff.
So on with the pics:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4398916251_6f979ed009.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4399685788_3ef3482630.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4398921231_2f64ddf79b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4399698596_eee272862d.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4399707980_a0bb9c430a.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4398954687_0bb5db5001.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4398954275_5fbe240e9e.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4399725946_abd419eeb6.jpg
who's there ?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4398966243_8afe7f2653.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4399733176_3c2a9e52e3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4398972843_54cfce14c8.jpg
projection room:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4398985849_bdd0754ab9.jpg
stage:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4399751642_7431bab247.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4399757664_47a9012b54.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4399744546_195f1350c8.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4398981327_13f24bf904.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4399725254_1a38266ac0.jpg
I could go on - I could happily have posted 40-50 pics or more - this really is a very photogenic place - it's a very easy and relaxed explore (if a little busier than Oxford Circus).
If you do pay a visit watch out for the open manholes all over the grounds and some are very overgrown - so easy to come a cropper if you're not paying 100% attention.
So in closing have to say this place really surprised and me and comfortably exceeded my expectations.
thanks for the invite Smurf and was good to see you again - it'd been waaaay too long.
thanks for looking. The whole set is in my flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84462488@N00/sets/72157623411786333/ - all 178 images