Doodle
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The old Pontefract General Infirmary was a general hospital and the place at which serial killer Harold Shipman began to murder his elderly patients. The original part (dispensary) is grade 1 listed and has now been completely sealed off, we got in a couple of weeks before that happened The hospital closed in 2010 after NHS cut backs, I'm not sure when demolition began but from what little information I can find, it stopped for a while after the rediscovery of the hermitage tunnels underneath the old dispensary. The majority of the Friarwood side has been demolished leaving only the Carlton Glen side to explore and that is becoming nothing very quickly. It's pretty stripped out and vandalised as you would expect but we still had a decent mooch. As it's a hospital, there are many long corridors so excuse me for the amount of pics of those but I had to do it. I've asked myself repeatedly why I did not know about this a few years ago, there would have been lots more to see! Anyway, on with the photos, hope you enjoy and the rest are on my Flickr page http://flic.kr/ps/2XP7nU
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P1060241 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050889 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050863 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050836 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050802 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050829 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050820 by doodle383, on Flickr
P1050874 by doodle383, on Flickr
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P1050952 by doodle383, on Flickr
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P1060012 by doodle383, on Flickr
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P1060068 by doodle383, on Flickr
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