Alva Academy, Scotland. May 2010.

celo · May 4, 2010

After keeping a close eye on this one since it closed in April last year nothing seemed to be changing fast and access was still tighter than a ducks arse a few weeks ago mainly due to a quite impressive active CCTV system. Sod's law soon as I'm not watching, they start tearing it down so it was now or never... A quick text to rjg_scotland and hmltnangel and plans are made for later that evening

Some History pinched from the schools website...

The original Alva Academy was established in the 1860s by public subscriptions from concerned residents of the town to overcome the shortcomings of educational provision.
In 1875 a new school was built facing onto the park. The Academy was located here until April 2009.
Educational change and a constantly rising school roll forced regular change to meet growing demands.
The advent of comprehensive education in 1967/68 saw the linking of Tillicoultry and Alva Schools into a six year comprehensive. The annex at Firs Park, Tillicoultry saw the provision of education for years S1 and S2.
The original site of the Academy was redeveloped in 1969. The 'main block' was bounded by Queen Street, Park Street and Beauclerc Street and dominated by the concrete water tower.
The school extended outwards towards Park Street in 1980 with the development of the swimming pool and sports complex. A 'new block' was built in 1982 and saw the start of the spread across Queen Street. This newer portion of the school building soon became inadequate to meet requirements and the huts which had begun to cluster around trhe school were eventually replaced by an extensive new building which was opened in 1990 (officially in 1991 when the first new S1 used the building). This allowed years S1 and S2 to join the main body of the school after 30 years of division.
In April, 2009, the school moved to the new campus located in the former Springburn fields next to Alva Industrial Estate.

And on with the pictures...

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

Well done, but did you only explore the maths block and gym? Any pics of the assembly hall or was it too dark?

But still kudos on getting in. Drove past today and got stared at by the security man.

lost · May 4, 2010

Nice job, if a little crude.

rjg_scotland · May 4, 2010

I've got pics of the hall, canteen and other areas. Not sure when I'll get my pics up as I have a backlog which I'm holding off putting online until my new website is complete.

Not a bad little explore though, highlight being coming across the gym hall complete with trampolines

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Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

Looks like they left a lot of stuff. I have no idea where those yellow chairs are from, they weren't around in my day. How fun was this explore?

lost · May 4, 2010

If you want to talk about access, keep it to PMs!

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

I'm not referring to access.

lost · May 4, 2010

You did ask if it's easy.

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

Perhaps...

krela · May 4, 2010

You could always not be lazy and send a PM.

celo · May 4, 2010

...we used a helechopter :exclaim:

celo · May 4, 2010

lost said:
Nice job, if a little crude.

Are you referring to my cock or my picture taking ability?

celo · May 4, 2010

Dieter_Schmidt said:
Well done, but did you only explore the maths block and gym? Any pics of the assembly hall or was it too dark?

But still kudos on getting in. Drove past today and got stared at by the security man.

This should have all been in one post, but my mind can only handle one response at a time today...

Cheers, Demolition was well under-way across the road (not sure what departments where in there?) but we covered pretty much all of the main building, I just haven't uploaded a couple of pics yet, will do soon though.

Celo

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

Yeah, across the road was English, History, RMPS, Tech Studies, Craft and Design, Graphic Communication, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Modern Studies, Geography. As of this afternoon, only Geography, Modern Studies, Biology, Chemistry, and some of Craft and Design are still standing.

celo · May 4, 2010

Dieter_Schmidt said:
Yeah, across the road was English, History, RMPS, Tech Studies, Craft and Design, Graphic Communication, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Modern Studies, Geography. As of this afternoon, only Geography, Modern Studies, Biology, Chemistry, and some of Craft and Design are still standing.

Still standing being used in the loosest possible sense! lol

Celo

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

That school has come against far worse than a demo digger. ME!

I wish...

celo · May 4, 2010

Just showed the photos to my girlfriend and she named all the people in the photograph of random students

Dieter_Schmidt · May 4, 2010

celo said:
Just showed the photos to my girlfriend and she named all the people in the photograph of random students

I recognised 4 of them!

Here's a pic i made of the school like a year ago.

RichardB · May 5, 2010

I wish my old school was being demolished

escortmad79 · May 5, 2010

RichardB said:
I wish my old school was being demolished

Give it time & I'm sure it will be

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