Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory – Cambridge – December 2015
The history The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory(MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute...
View ArticleThe Tees Newport Bridge – Middlesbrough – December 2015
The History The Tees Newport Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge spanning the River Tees a short distance upriver from Tees Transporter Bridge, linking Middlesbrough with the borough of Stockton-On-Tees,...
View ArticleCastmaster Roll – Attercliffe, Sheffield – December 2015
The history Castmaster roll was a Sheffield based manufacturing firm that collapsed into administration with the loss of nearly 80 jobs and owing more than £500,000 to creditors. More than 140 local...
View ArticleLong Bank Mine, lumb , november 2015
HISTORY It is not generally known that drifts are now made underground for the purpose of stone getting, but such is the fact, and this kind of work renders the life of the quarrymen doubly dangerous....
View ArticleHi from northern Cambridgeshire
Ola, I'm around northern Cambridgeshire (between Peterborough and Huntingdon). Looking to get out and about making use of my new camera. New to this, of course, but always been interested in places I...
View ArticleSt John the evangelist , crawshawbooth , december 2015
HISTORY The area of Higher Booths was reliant on St Mary & All Saints at Goodshaw to provide a place of worship for the Anglican community from the mid-sixteenth century. By the 1880s, with the...
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Centrale De Schneider, France - November 2015
Centrale de Schneider Somewhere I’d been meaning to have a serious crack at for at least two and half years. Have assigned it a Euro name as is customary, however if anyone wants to know where it is,...
View ArticleTidenham Train Tunnel, Chepstow, December 2015
I’ve seen a few decent pictures previously online of this place and they have always looked pretty decent so I thought I would go and check it out for myself. Unfortunately I had a limited light supply...
View ArticleWolverton Works, Wolverton - September 2015
I cannot keep away from Wolverton and recently i clocked up my tenth visit since May 2014. To celebrate the occasion i got rather wet, but nothing could ever dampen my love of this classic train derp....
View ArticleSt Jonathon the evangelist, Crawshawbooth, December 2015.
The History The area of Higher Booths was reliant on St Mary & All Saints at Goodshaw to provide a place of worship for the Anglican community from the mid-sixteenth century. By the 1880s, with the...
View ArticlePaddy's Wigwam/Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Merseyside - November 2015
Liverpool has always been my favourite city to explore, I've always liked the birds and it aint half bad for a skate either. I started out down on the docks with Rookie, Appo, Sui, OBO, Niall, AT...
View ArticleKirklees College/Huddersfield Infirmary Dec 2015
I'll put this here as it was originally Huddersfield infirmary, although I can't seem to find much information out about it when it was a hospital. Quite a large site really, something I just stumbled...
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Minto & Turner, Manchester - October 2015
Minto & Turner Minto & Turner is a Grade 2 listed building in the centre of Manchester. It claims to have been built in the 1970's (absolutely no way!) and it closed in 2007. @dweeb mentioned...
View ArticleMiranda's Church (The Blue Church) Dec15
Church Miranda (The Blue Church) is a church in the middle of Yorkshire, so named for it's beautiful ceiling that is similar to the ceilings found in Castle Miranda in Belgium The most amazing this...
View ArticleEasington Colliery School - Durham - March 15
History By 1913 a large council school was being built. According to Kelly’s Directory for 1914 “Easington Colliery School for boys, girls and infants when completed will have cost £21,000 for 1296...
View ArticleBig Meet 2016 (Revamp)
Ok After the heads up from Seffy (thanks fella) between us and OT we manage to re-plan the meet up for 2016. With one or few voicing there views we have come up with a new venue, Liverpool The Welkin....
View ArticleRAF North Luffenham/ Rutland/ December 2015
History The station was built as a training airfield, opening in 1940. It was later taken over by 5 Group of RAF Bomber Command as a heavy bomber base, and was expanded by the building of concrete...
View ArticleRAF Bawburgh R4 ROTOR Bunker / RGHQ - 2007-2011
I'm afraid this report is more a case of me throwing the towel in than reporting the triumph of finally making it inside the country's most elusive (and as all signs would have it best remaining)...
View Articlegated village norfolk
hi all came across a really strange village in norfolk when i was out today on the OS map its marked as just a farm so i checked it out on google earth and it was more than a farm around 6 houses a...
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Norwich insane asylum - USA
It's been a while! Please welcome Norwich Insane Asylum. A scary place to be, I promise. Please feel free to comment! Full set is here:...
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