Record Marples Tools, Oscar Works, Sheffield - July 2015

Softly, softly, catchy monkey.



I'd popped round to Oscar Works pretty much every time I've been in Sheffield without any success but today our luck was in, visited with ZerO81 - ever so carefully and quietly stepping over the sleeping homeless person on our way in.



No sooner where we in and we found ourselves being greeted by a chap finishing his latest masterpiece "you didn't wake him did you? is he still asleep?".

We went about our business setting up our tripods and the painter returned to his methodic shaking of cans and the spraying of paint.



Right then on with the pics of this Tardis of a building



You can't beat a bit of Sheffield's finest Phlegm

And with that we left the building, once again being careful not to wake the sleeping homeless chap - but we did and as he raised his weary head he quietly murmured "have you got the time lads?".

I'm giving this one a stonking 8/10 - being a big fan of Phlegm and the fact that size does matter.

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Low Bradfield Water Works - July 2015

Popped into this little gem of a place with ZerO81 on our route of Sheffield.

A water purification plant built in 1913, closing in 1995. Sitting in the village of Low Bradfield it has become a little hub for graffiti artists from around the area over the years.

So in we go, I would have loved a place like this to play in as a kid.

All in all rather pleasing on the eye in most parts, the kind of place you can put your feet up and have an exploring picnic - nothing is going to kill you.  A rather respectable 6/10, points only deducted due to size (as size does matter).

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Loxley Methodist Church, Sheffield - July 2015

Visited with ZerO81 on route from Sheffield .

Another church, Grade II listed, sitting rotting away. Built in 1787 and finally closing in 1993, the graveyard holds the graves of 240 victims of the 1864 Great Sheffield Flood - but the graves are mostly enveloped in brambles, nettles and giant hogweed.

I got very bored, very, very quickly here - I didn't take much delight at photographing a small rural church that was being left to be wrecked by the vandals.

Anyway a few pictures

Bit sad really and given its location I'm a bit surprised at some of the vandalism.

Any down to the scores on the doors, hmmmm....... a 2/10 me thinks.

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Milford Mill, Derbyhire - July 2015

The final meeting of Team Weasel needed something of quality and for this we ventured to Derbyshire for some classic mill porn in a disused dyeing and bleach works.

A mill so good, they named the village after it.

Anyway myself, ZerO81 and the one referred to in Scotland as The Judderman The Clarty Wee Beastie decided to have a poke round this lovely place and finally test out my first aid kit with a bit of "man down, man down !" before the demolition squad move in this coming September.

First things first, we presumed the respirator was optional and so wandered in with our eyes open for prowling gas mask goons and HDR monkeys - thankfully none to be found, although a local gentleman whom loitered began ponder why three grown men of mature years would wish to potter in such a place.

Six areas are available for explorers - these range from ooh nice, boringly empty, yum, excellent, tank porn heaven and ending with boring pigeon poo derpington - so lets have a butchers on what Judderman is calling his favorite explore of the year, thus far (he skipped the boring pigeon poo derpington bit to be honest).

So on with the mooch.....



 

All in all a rather wonderful explore, so I'm giving the place a 9/10, a gem of a place which will be lost forever come September.

All photos of scantily clad women are as found on the premises and represent the changing views of acceptable working practices within the UK workplace and should be viewed as such, now being historical documents and not viewed as "lovely plumage squire!".


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