river street tower crane, manchester. april 09

this is the last site of the day for me, after a walk from primark to here and then climbing the ladder to the top with the tripod catching on everything on the way up id had enough! here are the pics! :)

crane in question!

pano! (CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE IT AT A BETTER SIZE!)

Over taking another pic of me

looking down the jib

Over on the crows nest

not going to get a taxi up there mate! :)

primark rooftop, manchester. april 09

this was the 3rd site of the day, the only have two floors open to the public for shopping, next floor is for storage, then there are 2 more floors that are unused then there is the roof! here are some pics!

Over taking a photo of me taking a photo

Over and myself

Over on a glass dome roof on the top of primark, and on the the next site

Ramada rooftop, manchester, april 09

second on the list after food was ramada rooftop, its a city centre hotel with some great views, it was a bit hazy when we was up there so pictures arnt to great! here they are any way!

green quarter tower crane

the next hit, primark rooftop, see the glass dome above the sign to the right, Over was stood on the centre of that as you will see in the next post!

new york street crane, smallest in manchester!

hilton hotel

and finally a panorama!

mayfield station, manchester. april 09

went along with Over on exploring day in the city centre of manchester, we did 4 sites and here is the first, an abandoned trrin station! we got in what can only be described the hard way! found an easier way on the way out! :)

History:- Mayfield station, located on Fairfield street, Manchester, was originally opened for it's primary use as a passenger station on thr 8th of August, 1910, under the ownership of of London & North Western Railway. The intention of the Mayfield addition was offering more control over the increasing rail traffic along the Styal Line.With the German bombing raids of World War II, the Mayfield suffered damage due to a hit of a land mine, though was repaired soon after this event. The station was closed to passengers on the 28th of August, 1960, though it was re-opened on the 6th of July, 1970 after it was altered to a parcel depot for the Royal Mail sorting office located on the opposite side of the main line. This was closed after 16 years in 1986, as a result of Parcelforce changing from rail transport to an entirely road based fleet.Since closure in 1986, Mayfield has remained derelict, though some alterations such as track and postal tools removal over a two decade era. The building suffered fire damage in 2005 after fire broke out in the roadside building. The site was also used in the makings of two TV drama programme; Prime Suspect and The Last Train.

posing!

stairs from street level!

victoria baths, manchester. april 09

This was an organized visit to the baths in Manchester where you get to see how its been restored using lottery funding. and it is well worth a visit here! its was opened in 1906 it was built for £39,000 it would normally cost £20,000 to build a swimming baths in those days!

from the street outside!


male 1st class changing rooms and pool

pump house round the back of the building

boilers!

one of the stained glass windows at the front of the building, i liked the way the colour was projected on to the floor!

male 1st class pool for the balcony

here is a link to the web site for the baths:- http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/index.html

they do guided tours most weekends

Leyland crane

saw this while driving through leyland a while ago, its not often you see cranes in leyland so it caught my eye! it was on an industrial park on the out skirts! heres the pics!


looking towards the jib

leyland DAF built trucks car park!

in the control seat!

taking in the views

it was not a big crane, only about 40 meters but still dont get cranes in leyland! :)

St. georges asylum, Morpeth. feb 09

went here on the same day as St. Marys in stannington as its in the area, originally called Northumberland County Asylum, it was built in 1859 to house 200 patients costing £58,000 to build. it closed down in 1995. and getting in was proving to be a problem as its well boarded up! and i mean almost every window! but persistence paid off! when you first get in you notice the damp smell straight away, for those who have been its the same as st. joes in preston, and in places on the bottom corridor the wood floor has buckled up to 1 foot up! not the best explore ever but glad i got in, here some of the pics:-

found this pic of the plane in a museum in newcastle before i went, took the pic for reference.

lecture room

corridor pic, showing some of the floor buckling

this was the only place i found drawings on the walls, they were nuts, all the way to the top of the stairs!

the main hall, this was in a lot better condition then St. Marys! you could walk on the floor!

roof shot, you can see the water tower in the back ground

finding this made me smile, done by explorers who had visited before, ive been told its something for the security guards back when the place had them that is!