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Friday 28 October 2016

Prudential Building, Oldham - October 2016

We had a cunning plan and a cunning plan was executed.

Visited with Blacksnake and Tbolt, early(ish one chilly morning.

Four floors of an old office building, with a nightclub in the basement housed in a Grade II Listed building built in 1889. The property is brick built with a lovely terracotta dressing and described as needing "renovation".

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We left as we entered, as sometimes people see what they simply think they see and nothing more  - in the style of  Ninjalicious.

7/10 from me.




Friday 14 October 2016

Williamson’s Tunnels, Liverpool - September 2017

Mr Blacksnake invited us to take a look at his hole, so Tbolt and myself promptly got our helmets out and headed off to Liverpool.

We had been invited to visit the seldom seen tunnels at Paddington and under what remains of Williamson's house (not to be confused with the Williamson's Tunnels Heritage Centre).

Williamson was a business man in the 1800s and he paid his team of workers to dig vast tunnels and caverns under the city of Liverpool. Nobody knows why, theories range from loon to nothing more philanthropy in providing training and work to the unemployed in the local area.

No map has every been found of the labyrinth, many areas have been destroyed and surviving tunnels and caverns are filled with rubble over the years.

Our hosts for the afternoon are a gang of dedicated volunteers known as the Friends of Williamson's Tunnels, who have slowly by hand and bucket by bucket excavated the tunnels. Funded only by donations the work they have done is totally staggering, as are the size of the tunnels and chambers.

Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


Williamson's Tunnels, Liverpool


An excellent time was had by all at this ongoing and potentially vast excavation going on under Liverpool. Thank you to Blacksnake and

10/10

Monday 3 October 2016

HM Prison Shrewsbury

A nice distraction came along Sunday morning in the form of Tbolt and a drive to Shrewsbury.

The present prison was built in 1877, this Grade II listed Victorian prisons closed in March 2013, the building is currently open for access by the public pending building development work in 2017.

The prison has recently been used as a filming location for the television series The Lucky Man and the second series of Prey.

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HM Prison Shrewsbury


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HM Prison Shrewsbury


HM Prison Shrewsbury


HM Prison Shrewsbury


HM Prison Shrewsbury


HM Prison Shrewsbury


HM Prison Shrewsbury


I rather liked this place, given we where simply allowed to wander around the place at our leisure.

8/10