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photography, samdiablo, stumbler, abandoned, i made this
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i've been posting quite a few abandoned places pics lately. it's something i've always been interested in, but lately there's been some stonking great beauties about, so it's hard not to stumble 'em.
this one isn't a stonking great beauty, this one's by me.
i'm mostly posting it because i've been stumbling a lot of Andre Govia's work lately and i fear if i start using even more of his pics, he's going to start charging me. or get me done for stalking.
i took this in an abandoned primary school, near where i used to live. i would give you more details, but i'm fair forgetful and all the info i had on the school was written on my flickr set...and as i haven't yet renewed my pro account, i can't see the pics. grr.
i used to pass the empty building every single day and think it was a pity that no-one had bothered to renovate it. then, just before i left Farnworth (where the school was), it got demolished and turned into a shiny-shiny community college. luckily for me, i'd got in there just a month or so (maybe even a few weeks, if i remember correctly) before it was knocked down.
there were huge fences around the front of property, which looked onto a fairly busy road and barbed wire fences around the back. there were also lots of signs, warning of DANGER! and scary security. i always did like a challenge though. plus, one of the benefits of being over 6 foot is having extra long legs than can allow you to shimmy up a 5 foot wall and then have a battle with the barbed wire when you get to the top
anyway, i found my way inside the school, took lots of snaps, got spooked by an army of pigeons, who were living on one of the upper floors (there were very few windows left intact by this point, plus there a co0nsiderable amount of the roof missing too).
i didn't spend too long in there, but it was like stepping back in time, seeing all the tiny chairs, the fading pink of the girls' loos, the broken desks...you could almost hear the chatter of the invisible children as they settled down before first bell
i've not taken many photos lately. maybe if there were more abandoned buildings about, i'd be more active. i shall have to pray the recession continues (joke)