lancashire flight may 09

this is from a while back i know but i got the chance to have a flight over the local area in a 2 seater plane with my camera. as you can imagine i jumpped at the chance. well it all started off not so great as i got stuck in traffic and arrived late but with thanks to the pilot the rest went really smooth! and here are some of the pictures.



the first pic is of winstanley hall near wigan



here is the old leyland test track


st joes seminary in wigan


southport gas tower



and finally we have whittingham asylum near preston, showing the shear size of the place.

update coming......

getting very lazy with updates recently, but there's a few on the way this week :)

odeon cinema, preston. july 09

The old odeon cinema in preston is located next to lava and ignite night club in preston, its been disused since 1992. more info can be found here :- http://cinematreasures.org/theater/6542/

me and Over set out to have a look at this place to see if someone could get in and get a look at this place, and god it was worth it! it was not the easiest of places to get in to, but it didnt take us long to get in. and it felt strange, that somewhere like this is being left to decay when it should be being used.

the front, taken from outside


this is a pic of the seats in the main screen

the screen has long gone, now all left there are the speakers that where behind the screen

there was quite abit of stuff stored around the place from the night club next door as its owned by the night club.

a rusty panel in the projection room

the remains of the projector, all the film on the floor was test film of some sort, it was like looking in to a kaleidoscope

looking through the projector hatch in to the main screen!

as ever the people shot! thats me and Over behind

its such a shame that its been left to rot, if done right it should be restored and reused, as something like this cant be just left and forgotten about.

leeds international pool, leeds. june 09

Here is what we went all the way over to leeds for, as it was going to be demolished soon (been done at the moment). we got in to the roof and was walking around the roof for 20 mins trying to find a way down! when we finally did it was worth it but its a bit of a mess now!

from top of the diving board, shows the size of the place

looking back at the diving boards with Over doing some pull ups!

some graffiti that was up on the wall at the back of the place

Over standing on a wall, im sure he didnt need to stand on the Wall to get the picture he wanted! he just wanted to stand on the wall!!!!

and finally the excitement got to much for Over.

timble beck culvert, leeds. june 09

last place before we hit leeds pool, not many pics but not a bad culvert. we did scare a mother duck and ducklings, and some of the ducklings got stuck in the currents of the water and swept off, which we chased down and saved, then returned to there mother!

here are some of the pics!

most off the culvert was like the above, in parts the walk way was wider the some streets

sealed off grids

the above pic was my favorite bit of the culvert! holy grail, death or tigers? which would you choose???

Park Plaza hotel, leeds. june 09

after doing the queens hotel we walked across the road to park plaza hotel and it was just as strange at first, we got in the lift with a member of staff who was asking about are trip and "what we are getting up to? anything interesting?" we said "hope so!" what made me smile was her parting words of "have fun!"


this was alot higher then the hotel across the road, which gave some great views!

here is a couple of Over on the roof, its not as dangerous as it looks! those girders don't go past the edge of the building!

and as ever a rooftop pano

Queens hotel, leeds. june 09

long due an update, not that ive been doing nowt just not putting on here! went over to leeds with Over in june to have a look at the international baths, but as there was workers in there at the time we went we decided to keep are selfs busy till 5 o'clock!

first up was the Queens hotel in the city centre, walking through the lobby to the lift was a bit nervy as it was a bit posh for us 2! :)

the strangest thing happened when we got on to the roof with was done comically, we had been on the roof for 1 min and some guy comes from around the back of an air vent he was working on and just looked at us then made a phone call next to us then went back to work! but i got a pic!

looking down at the bus station

the next hit, park plaza!

roof pano