elwinvsschools
04-04-2010, 01:13 PM
History - The school is a grade II listed building, and was set on fire in may 2009 :( It was the first school in the UK to have it's own swimming pool. The council say they have done everything they could to protect it but it has been completely twatted. There are plans to develop it into apartments, but they are being methodically delayed by Sphinx Commercial Ltd, who, I imagine, are waiting for it to fall down more so they can bulldoze the remains. Everyone say 'awwwww'.
On with the report.
This place has been done before by Boxfrenzy and others, but I bet none of you lot had an excitable child run up and give you a guided tour. I think he may have been slightly mentally deficient in some way or another (awww), and he also made me panicky about being in bradford and being seen walking into an abandoned building with cameras and a child :secret however, he was invaluable as a tour guide and offered amazing insight and wisdom into the site, which I will relay back to you along with the pictures. *spoiler alert* he knew who started the fire!
As always, this was a joint venture between myself and the lovely schools, who should really be acknowledged more in these posts. She took all the photos on this occasion, while I constantly whinged about 'there are going to be smackheads' etc.
Oh and the photo's are edited ever so slightly so as to enhance the mood ;)
Some exterior shots
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063866721_632941721_427862.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063571721_632941721_427-1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061651721_632941721_427849.jpg
This is the remains of the top floor of the janitors house
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063491721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Theres a cool mural on the playground wall.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063551721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Arty version
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063526721_632941721_427-1.jpg
It was around this point our guide arrived on the scene. I began to panic. More.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061681721_632941721_427849.jpg
Apparently, it would be unethical to show the photo he wandered into, so you'll have to make do with an artists impression.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063621721_632941721_427-1.jpg
This is the first thing he wanted to show us :s
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061626721_632941721_427848.jpg
He showed us a few bits of sweet graffitti
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063146721_632941721_427857.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063161721_632941721_427-1.jpg
This was my favourite piece, shame there was a massive gash right through it.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063696721_632941721_427861.jpg
The halls were disgusting :)
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061736721_632941721_427849.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063236721_632941721_427-1.jpg
There was loads of gubbins (technical term) hanging from the ceilings
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063301721_632941721_427-1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063271721_632941721_427-1.jpg
And the floors? Our guide said they were cool to walk on, but he was tiny.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063821721_632941721_427862.jpg
We were big fans of the pool, and I spent a while walking sideways around the edges, pretending to be a Ninja
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061616721_632941721_427-1.jpg
And it had some simple but effective graffitti
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063886721_632941721_427862.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063921721_632941721_427862.jpg
Now, the kid pointed out who set the fire, and we managed to capture a picture of this devious arsonist.
Obviously, he was somehow fused to the building itself while he set the fire. Serves him right.
True story.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063356721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Ta to Boxfrenzy, who helped us out with some info for this and for a couple more places, reports on which will be up soon
On with the report.
This place has been done before by Boxfrenzy and others, but I bet none of you lot had an excitable child run up and give you a guided tour. I think he may have been slightly mentally deficient in some way or another (awww), and he also made me panicky about being in bradford and being seen walking into an abandoned building with cameras and a child :secret however, he was invaluable as a tour guide and offered amazing insight and wisdom into the site, which I will relay back to you along with the pictures. *spoiler alert* he knew who started the fire!
As always, this was a joint venture between myself and the lovely schools, who should really be acknowledged more in these posts. She took all the photos on this occasion, while I constantly whinged about 'there are going to be smackheads' etc.
Oh and the photo's are edited ever so slightly so as to enhance the mood ;)
Some exterior shots
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063866721_632941721_427862.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063571721_632941721_427-1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061651721_632941721_427849.jpg
This is the remains of the top floor of the janitors house
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063491721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Theres a cool mural on the playground wall.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063551721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Arty version
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063526721_632941721_427-1.jpg
It was around this point our guide arrived on the scene. I began to panic. More.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061681721_632941721_427849.jpg
Apparently, it would be unethical to show the photo he wandered into, so you'll have to make do with an artists impression.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063621721_632941721_427-1.jpg
This is the first thing he wanted to show us :s
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061626721_632941721_427848.jpg
He showed us a few bits of sweet graffitti
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063146721_632941721_427857.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063161721_632941721_427-1.jpg
This was my favourite piece, shame there was a massive gash right through it.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063696721_632941721_427861.jpg
The halls were disgusting :)
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061736721_632941721_427849.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063236721_632941721_427-1.jpg
There was loads of gubbins (technical term) hanging from the ceilings
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063301721_632941721_427-1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063271721_632941721_427-1.jpg
And the floors? Our guide said they were cool to walk on, but he was tiny.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063821721_632941721_427862.jpg
We were big fans of the pool, and I spent a while walking sideways around the edges, pretending to be a Ninja
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380061616721_632941721_427-1.jpg
And it had some simple but effective graffitti
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063886721_632941721_427862.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063921721_632941721_427862.jpg
Now, the kid pointed out who set the fire, and we managed to capture a picture of this devious arsonist.
Obviously, he was somehow fused to the building itself while he set the fire. Serves him right.
True story.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z260/general_elwin/urbex%20day%20out/25826_380063356721_632941721_427-1.jpg
Ta to Boxfrenzy, who helped us out with some info for this and for a couple more places, reports on which will be up soon