Fritzel's Mill, Saddleworth Moor - January 2013

I'm not going to go into the history of this place, although its a damp smelly old building it does seem to have escaped major vandalism thus far.

Visited with the Urban Spaceman on a chilly, snowy January afternoon.



A couple of reports had popped up, so I thought we would pop in for what surely would be an easy in.

Page 26 of the Ninjalicious guide Access all Areas, advises don't leave a trace and avoid snow, hmmmm.





Sadly what we found was indeed a damp smelly old building, it did have a few interesting bits, but sadly for me not enough to keep my interest.







 

 

It was a this point we found our further movement blocked and after a good mooch round the further building was a no go for us, so time to head back.

 

 

A quick look in Fritzel's cellar was also unrewarding and so we headed back to our exit, only to be greeted by a cheery security guard who had followed our various tracks in the snow.

A laid back kind of chap, but non the less we left, with my usual trademark photo of Urban Spaceman being escorted off site, sadly no hi-viz or rabid dog.

Horse and Jockey Pub, Saddleworth - Oct 2012

 Saddleworth Moor is a grim place to be on a wet and misty day



Sat on top of Saddleworth Moor are the remains of the Horse and Jockey Pub, nothing remarkable, just a pub that stands burnt out following a fire in 2007.

 

 


 

Built in the 1930s this now derelict pub was frequented by the Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley back in the 1960s.

Between July 1963 and October 1965 child murderers Brady and Hindley murdered 5 children hiding the bodies on the vast and bleak Saddleworth Moor, to this day the body of 12 year old Keith Bennett has never been found.