The F&B Underground Medical Centre!
I found myself with my explore team (The 13th Hour) walking the streets of Sheffield at 3am (joy)
While many people was staggering back from a night out, and taxis owned the roads we was deciding on what to do explore wise to pass the time, an to stretch our legs.. Well I mentioned how this place may be worth a look, despite it being more or less a one shot/trick pony, they seemed interested so heading back to car we loaded ourselves up with camera gear an torches and tried to blend in.
We stood exactly where we needed to be, blending in the best we could with camera gear, one by one we climbed, after one of the team almost breaking his arm (well we did want a stretch!) we was all awaiting the right time to drop in. So far so good I thought but what if people are already inside? or someones sleeping rough? well time to wake them up.
Firth Brown Steels was initially formed in 1902, when Sheffield steelmakers John Brown and Company exchanged shares and came to a working agreement with neighbouring company Thomas Firth & Sons. In 1908 the two companies came together and established the Brown Firth Research Laboratories and it was here, in 1912, under the leadership of Harry Brearley they developed high chrome stainless steel. The companies continued under their own management until they formally merged in 1930 becoming Firth Brown Steels. The company was amalgamated into Sheffield Forgemasters in 1982.
I couldn't be impressed with this place, a few years ago I would of been having seen loads of reports, while it remained different and unusual due to the fact its "underground" well under a car park, it was wrecked and damaged and like I imagined a one shot pony. It still was rather interesting to walk around though and take in the atmosphere, hearing people walking around and shouting outside made the climb out enjoyable, but by now daylight was upon us, not having long left of darkness we decided to scale into the streets of Sheffield. I am glad this was just a spur of the moment pass the time place, I wouldn't make the trip just for this nowadays, unless you are accompanied by a model who would lay upon THAT bed
One colour shot of the bed (best bit) and off we went up the country, coated in crap from here and receiving funny looks from Sheffield's clubbers and petrol service attendants, all in a nights work!
Thanks for looking folks, more from me end of next month! :evil:
I found myself with my explore team (The 13th Hour) walking the streets of Sheffield at 3am (joy)
While many people was staggering back from a night out, and taxis owned the roads we was deciding on what to do explore wise to pass the time, an to stretch our legs.. Well I mentioned how this place may be worth a look, despite it being more or less a one shot/trick pony, they seemed interested so heading back to car we loaded ourselves up with camera gear an torches and tried to blend in.
We stood exactly where we needed to be, blending in the best we could with camera gear, one by one we climbed, after one of the team almost breaking his arm (well we did want a stretch!) we was all awaiting the right time to drop in. So far so good I thought but what if people are already inside? or someones sleeping rough? well time to wake them up.
Firth Brown Steels was initially formed in 1902, when Sheffield steelmakers John Brown and Company exchanged shares and came to a working agreement with neighbouring company Thomas Firth & Sons. In 1908 the two companies came together and established the Brown Firth Research Laboratories and it was here, in 1912, under the leadership of Harry Brearley they developed high chrome stainless steel. The companies continued under their own management until they formally merged in 1930 becoming Firth Brown Steels. The company was amalgamated into Sheffield Forgemasters in 1982.
I couldn't be impressed with this place, a few years ago I would of been having seen loads of reports, while it remained different and unusual due to the fact its "underground" well under a car park, it was wrecked and damaged and like I imagined a one shot pony. It still was rather interesting to walk around though and take in the atmosphere, hearing people walking around and shouting outside made the climb out enjoyable, but by now daylight was upon us, not having long left of darkness we decided to scale into the streets of Sheffield. I am glad this was just a spur of the moment pass the time place, I wouldn't make the trip just for this nowadays, unless you are accompanied by a model who would lay upon THAT bed
One colour shot of the bed (best bit) and off we went up the country, coated in crap from here and receiving funny looks from Sheffield's clubbers and petrol service attendants, all in a nights work!
Thanks for looking folks, more from me end of next month! :evil:
