spooksprings
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Robertstown Nursery School
Opened c.1880 with Mandatory Schooling Act. Closure 4th Jan 2010.
50 kids 3-5 yrs Special Needs Unit 3-6 yrs. 1 Principal, 5 Teachers and 4 Ancillary Staff.
Victorian red bricked, slate roof building hidden away in the backstreets right next to the Cynon river. Roof is damaged in parts, but main building intact. Chock a block with school items. The council is demolishing most of these delightful buildings in favour of 'Tesco-type' schools. Seems this will be it's fate.
Access: 1. Danger: 2. Scariness: 0. Sadness:3. Owned by RCT Council. Permanently guarded. Guard will let you photograph if you chat nicely to his dog. Advise you ask council permission.
On first entering you'd think that there had been a hurricane through the site, and everyone had downed tools. Everything remains, books, toys, photos, clothes, untouched by vandals, but ravaged by time and weather. I felt saddened that they spent so much money on the kids, and then left the lot to rot. Barnados would have a store full if it was emptied.
The photo oppurtunities here were endless. Spent happy hours conducting the scenes. I was like a...child in a plagyground. Tried to avoid cliched setups but that's inevitable.
Somewhere over the rainbow...are kids without a school
Opened c.1880 with Mandatory Schooling Act. Closure 4th Jan 2010.
50 kids 3-5 yrs Special Needs Unit 3-6 yrs. 1 Principal, 5 Teachers and 4 Ancillary Staff.
Victorian red bricked, slate roof building hidden away in the backstreets right next to the Cynon river. Roof is damaged in parts, but main building intact. Chock a block with school items. The council is demolishing most of these delightful buildings in favour of 'Tesco-type' schools. Seems this will be it's fate.
Access: 1. Danger: 2. Scariness: 0. Sadness:3. Owned by RCT Council. Permanently guarded. Guard will let you photograph if you chat nicely to his dog. Advise you ask council permission.
On first entering you'd think that there had been a hurricane through the site, and everyone had downed tools. Everything remains, books, toys, photos, clothes, untouched by vandals, but ravaged by time and weather. I felt saddened that they spent so much money on the kids, and then left the lot to rot. Barnados would have a store full if it was emptied.
The photo oppurtunities here were endless. Spent happy hours conducting the scenes. I was like a...child in a plagyground. Tried to avoid cliched setups but that's inevitable.
Somewhere over the rainbow...are kids without a school
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