Mockingbird met with Catmandoo!
4AM the alarm on my phone was going off, this meant it was time to meet Catmandoo and hit some sites we spoke about for a few months now, we had arranged to meet before but the flooding held us both back, so we both planned to meet the next time I was at the fiancees place, so the alarm buzzed and sure enough the fiancee and I rushed to get ready, by quarter past 5 Catmandoo sent me a txt "Your chariot awaits" we left and soon after Catmandoo had some grub we then got stuck in traffic... (good start). - So much for leaving early!
Our first target was the prep school, Catmandoo described access on the phone, little did I know it could involve breaking bones if we was to fall, but this made it all the more fun, so mission impossible style we entered on our first explore of the day and what a beautiful place it was, especially when we came across the stairs! really stunning (so please excuse the stair shots)
We did have fun watching secca aswel.
History: = Stolen from Wiki:
Set in the Malvern Hills, the school's location owes much to Malvern's emergence in the nineteenth century as a fashionable spa resort, appreciated for its unpolluted air and the healing qualities of its famous spring water. The school opened its doors for the first time on 25 January 1865 under the headship of the Rev. Arthur Faber. Initially, there were only twenty-four boys, of whom eleven were day boys, six masters and two houses, named Mr McDowall's (No.1) and Mr Drew's (No.2), but the new school's expansion was rapid. One year later, there were sixty-four boys. By 1875, there were 200 on the Roll and five boarding houses ; by the end of the 19th century, the numbers had risen to more than 400 boys and ten houses. American poet Henry Longfellow visited the school in 1868, Prince and Princess Christian on speech-day in 1870 and The Duke and Duchess of Teck visited in 1891 with their daughter, Princess May (later Queen Mary). Lord Randolph Churchill's speech-day comments on education in 1889 were reported in the Times. The school was one of the twenty four Public Schools listed in the Public Schools Yearbook of 1889 and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1928. Further expansion of pupil numbers and buildings continued between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the start of the Second World War in 1939. During the two Wars, 457 and 258 former pupils, respectively, gave their lives. Seven former pupils were among 'the few' who took part in the Battle of Britain.
Following the onset of World War II, the College premises were requisitioned by the Admiralty between October 1939 and July 1940, with the result that the school was temporarily relocated to Blenheim Palace. In 1942, its premises were again needed for governmental use, on this occasion by the TRE and, from May 1942 to July 1946, the school was housed with Harrow School. QinetiQ, a private sector successor to the government's original research facility, is still sited on former college land.
Having traditionally been a school for boys aged from 13 to 18 years old, in 1992 it merged with Ellerslie Girls’ School and Hillstone prep school to become a coeducational school for pupils aged 3 to 18 years old. The college also departed from the full boarding tradition of the English public school and allows day pupils, although over two thirds of pupils still choose to board. In September 2008, the College's Prep School merged with The Downs prep school on the latter's nearby site in Colwall, Herefordshire to form The Downs, Malvern College Prep School
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BONUS PHOTO = Me watching secca, wonder what he was doing?
Mockingbird and Security by urbexmockingbird, on Flickr
So after our "if you fall you may break bones" exit, with Catmandoo's fluffy hat and gasmask packed away we set off for some more locations so more to follow, im sure Catmandoo will add a few of his awesome shots to this thread! Cheers for looking
4AM the alarm on my phone was going off, this meant it was time to meet Catmandoo and hit some sites we spoke about for a few months now, we had arranged to meet before but the flooding held us both back, so we both planned to meet the next time I was at the fiancees place, so the alarm buzzed and sure enough the fiancee and I rushed to get ready, by quarter past 5 Catmandoo sent me a txt "Your chariot awaits" we left and soon after Catmandoo had some grub we then got stuck in traffic... (good start). - So much for leaving early!
Our first target was the prep school, Catmandoo described access on the phone, little did I know it could involve breaking bones if we was to fall, but this made it all the more fun, so mission impossible style we entered on our first explore of the day and what a beautiful place it was, especially when we came across the stairs! really stunning (so please excuse the stair shots)
We did have fun watching secca aswel.History: = Stolen from Wiki:
Set in the Malvern Hills, the school's location owes much to Malvern's emergence in the nineteenth century as a fashionable spa resort, appreciated for its unpolluted air and the healing qualities of its famous spring water. The school opened its doors for the first time on 25 January 1865 under the headship of the Rev. Arthur Faber. Initially, there were only twenty-four boys, of whom eleven were day boys, six masters and two houses, named Mr McDowall's (No.1) and Mr Drew's (No.2), but the new school's expansion was rapid. One year later, there were sixty-four boys. By 1875, there were 200 on the Roll and five boarding houses ; by the end of the 19th century, the numbers had risen to more than 400 boys and ten houses. American poet Henry Longfellow visited the school in 1868, Prince and Princess Christian on speech-day in 1870 and The Duke and Duchess of Teck visited in 1891 with their daughter, Princess May (later Queen Mary). Lord Randolph Churchill's speech-day comments on education in 1889 were reported in the Times. The school was one of the twenty four Public Schools listed in the Public Schools Yearbook of 1889 and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1928. Further expansion of pupil numbers and buildings continued between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the start of the Second World War in 1939. During the two Wars, 457 and 258 former pupils, respectively, gave their lives. Seven former pupils were among 'the few' who took part in the Battle of Britain.
Following the onset of World War II, the College premises were requisitioned by the Admiralty between October 1939 and July 1940, with the result that the school was temporarily relocated to Blenheim Palace. In 1942, its premises were again needed for governmental use, on this occasion by the TRE and, from May 1942 to July 1946, the school was housed with Harrow School. QinetiQ, a private sector successor to the government's original research facility, is still sited on former college land.
Having traditionally been a school for boys aged from 13 to 18 years old, in 1992 it merged with Ellerslie Girls’ School and Hillstone prep school to become a coeducational school for pupils aged 3 to 18 years old. The college also departed from the full boarding tradition of the English public school and allows day pupils, although over two thirds of pupils still choose to board. In September 2008, the College's Prep School merged with The Downs prep school on the latter's nearby site in Colwall, Herefordshire to form The Downs, Malvern College Prep School
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Mockingbird and Security by urbexmockingbird, on FlickrSo after our "if you fall you may break bones" exit, with Catmandoo's fluffy hat and gasmask packed away we set off for some more locations so more to follow, im sure Catmandoo will add a few of his awesome shots to this thread! Cheers for looking
