Hey guys, yesterday i broke into an abandoned old boys home near me. I figured i never do the whole ‘blog’ thing so il give it a go by t…
Hey guys, yesterday i broke into an abandoned old boys home near me. I figured i never do the whole ‘blog’ thing so il give it a go by telling you my story about my escapades yesterday. so i ended up taking my little brother as no one else would come with me…him being 13 i felt a little guilty breaking an entry with a teenager, but figured i could put the rap on him if we got caught lol.not really. Plus he’d broke in before and knew the way in :-D so me and my bro, acting all stealth, ran past the CCTV and i push him up one of the walls only to find a car practically running past my shoes. I smiled politely as i lowered my brother and pretended that i was purely lifting him to see the lovely view of the decaying building…and then proceeded in lifting him up again. When we got down into the courtyard, i found it hilarious that there was a nice pair of ladders to a smashed window that led to the school kitchen and a nice chair on the other side to help us down. How kind.Throughout the whole place these helping chairs were everywhere so we didnt even have to use the trusty hammer we brought with us-just in case….not that im a criminal lol. / The place is massive and was shut down 13 years ago for reasons you dont need me to tell you. So, to say the least me and my brother were a little nervous…mainly me. But alot more confident than when visiting the asylum or hospital. btw, i did not take my brother to those…i took a friend in my photography class who i didnt think realised i was serious about breakin into an asylum.Anyway, We took torches as some of the rooms and corridors were so dark. My brother seemed to think he was in the police or something after the capture of someone, looking through all the cupboards and wardrobes to ‘catch someone’. We didnt catch or find anyone, but we did find some very creepy places. I have seen WAY too many horror films based in derelict places to stay calm in places like this. As i rule i have to take my tripod, even in really light situations as i dont think id get ANY good shots from my hands shaking. There were three floors and 4 staircasesalong the building. We’d been walign aroudn for a while when we smelt this really weird smell…that i can only describe as making you feel bad. That doesnt make sense i realise, but thats what it was. We moved quickly past that part. After taking pictures down a dark corridor for 10 minutes i got really dizzy, at first i got all supernatural thinking, but im sure it was the fact that there was no air in the building, all windows and doors are covered sair tight, with a few small holes in the top levels, so no wonder i felt dizzy.We found a whole bunch of school desks and tables, and teachers rooms, dorms, stages, gym halls and everything you’d expect to see in a boys school.It was really weird imagining how it was and im trying to get in contact with a student from the home as i think that would be really interesting to put with these pictures, how he saw it, and how it is now. / Anyway, im sure im kept you long enough so il cut it short now. My brother found a whole bunch of keys to the building and i stole one of the door handles to add to my collection(having stole from asylums elsewhere) Next on my list, is the mental home next door. we attempted it on the way out, but thought we were pushing our luck not to get caught anyway! first time i havent been caught too. achievement. Me and my brother walked down the path and turned the corner only to see the security walking the block to do the check. close.
(A few people have bubblemailed me asking about some of the sites i have visited, so im going to try and get some writeups done for the p…
(A few people have bubblemailed me asking about some of the sites i have visited, so im going to try and get some writeups done for the past sites i have visited, and will get them done for future sites as i go there, so on to the first without further ado, which is High Royds: ) High Royds was built in 1888 just outside of Bradford in the county of West Yorkshire in the UK. It was one of the many echelon style asylums, which means the wards were designed in an arrow shape, as opposed to the more popular pavilion style asylums where the wards were tightly clustered around each other. High Royds was one of the last remaining asylums that also used the shared open wards not found in today’s modern mental health facilities, which now opt for a more private system of wards comprising of individual rooms for each patient. Built to almost be a village in its own right, the idea was that High Royds would be capable of catering to all the needs of the staff and residents without them having to venture too far into the world outside. To this end High Royds was given better amenities than some villages we see today, boasting its own train station for the delivery of goods and supplies and a raft of shops and services including a library, a pharmacist, sweetshop, a butcher, a baker, but sadly not a candle stick maker. The site even came complete with its own tailors, upholstery and cobblers for the making and repair of clothes, furniture and shoes. The asylum closed in 2003 due to budget cutbacks, but has seen plenty of activity since then. As the setting for both the movie ‘Asylum’ and the TV series ‘No Angels And Bodies’ it has seen its fair share of screen time, and now is proving just as popular on the small screen of a digital camera, having become a very popular site for the UK Urban Exploration culture. It is entirely understandable why this would be the case, decorated throughout most of the site in ornately decorative floor and wall tiles the explorer is treated to wonderful vistas round every corner they turn. Sadly a lot of the buildings are now succumbing to moisture damage from holes in the roofing and pipe work being stolen for scrap value, but what does remain is as beautiful as ever. Sadly a large proportion of the site no longer remains, having been destroyed or converted to make way for the identically named High Royds village, a new development of luxury apartments and homes set within the grounds of the old asylum, and sometimes even using the actual walls and buildings of the old structure. No doubt the rest of it will follow suit, and the site is very much secured of late to ensure that no one gets in while the rest of the work carries on, but High Royds for the time being at least sports one of the most photogenic morgues and admin blocks that I have ever seen in an asylum so far. A school which overlooks High Royds was where members of the UK band Kaiser Chiefs spent some of their formative years, and thus High Royds became the title and partial subject matter for their song “HighRoyds” – the first verse of which goes: I remember nights out when we were young / They weren’t very good they were rubbish / Running round Highroyds isn’t fun / Just teenagers testing their courage I would contend that running around the place is fun, you just have to have a certain frame of mind and a camera to document it with! A few of the pictures from High Royds are: ~Shepy
Over this past summer I have been infatuated with a run down farmhouse. It’s condition left much to the imagination. The old farmhouse i…
Over this past summer I have been infatuated with a run down farmhouse. It’s condition left much to the imagination. The old farmhouse is about a 2 hour drive from my house and whenever the opportunity arose to photograph it… I came running. I had the opportunity to photograph it 3 times this summer. / / Every time I see the old house my imagination gets going. I took all these images before I knew of its history. / / Well I finally got some confirmation on its history. / / So here it is: / / Originally I thought the history of this house belonged to another house fairly close to this one…. but I was wrong. This old farmhouse used to house a family of 4. The husband had been away for some time (working) and when he had returned home he found his wife in bed with another. His wife ended up taking the children and leaving him. It wasn’t long after this that the husband when downstairs and shot & killed himself. The house had since been boarded up and left to the elements. It is in a very small community so no one wanted to live in the house after the tragic events. / / It is a very tragic story and it just got me thinking that so often we come across these finds and to us they are just great images that stir our imaginations but to some they are tragic memories. I wonder how many more of our shots hold a story. I will not return to this old homestead… somehow it just wouldn’t feel right, now that I know its sad story. / / Here are the images I took of the Farmhouse… / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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