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ImmortalShadow

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Last time I explored here, I didn't have a torch, wide-angle lens or a tripod with me meaning that I couldn't take any decent shots inside the basement.

So when I found my tripod, torch and wide-angle, I went back with a friend for company (far too scary to solo it!) and to get photos.

These are them...


Unit 4 by jessnphoto, on Flickr


Broken by jessnphoto, on Flickr


Bath & Trolley by jessnphoto, on Flickr

...and saving the best til last...


Tricycle by jessnphoto, on Flickr

Thanks for looking:)
 
Like the tricycle! You can just imagine hearing a squeeking noise behind you and looking round to see it comming to a halt :arghh:
Thanks! Hahahahaha, that'd creep me the hell out!! Imagine if no-one was riding it:exclaim:
 
Like the tricycle! You can just imagine hearing a squeeking noise behind you and looking round to see it comming to a halt :arghh:
Oh My Gods!!! I've got visions of seeing a lift with twin girls inside now!!! :eek:
You've got a scary mind, Gingrove. Well done! :mrgreen:

Great pics, Jimba. :)
 
Oh My Gods!!! I've got visions of seeing a lift with twin girls inside now!!! :eek:
You've got a scary mind, Gingrove. Well done! :mrgreen:

Great pics, Jimba. :)

I've got that vision, now! Thanks, Foxy :p

And thanks for the compliment, too!
 
Nice work and great pics:).

There are one or two spooky things down there and its like a timewarp from yesteryear,I remember that bike from when we went a couple of years ago,glad to see the old place has survived the best efforts of our local firebugs:exclaim:
 
Like the tricycle! You can just imagine hearing a squeeking noise behind you and looking round to see it comming to a halt :arghh:

I was thinking exactly the same thing - what an amazing pic - rather you than me..change of underwear anyone ???:wideeyed:
 
Nice work and great pics:).

There are one or two spooky things down there and its like a timewarp from yesteryear,I remember that bike from when we went a couple of years ago,glad to see the old place has survived the best efforts of our local firebugs:exclaim:
Thanks very much :)
We found so much junk in the basement it's unreal - at least 6 baths, a trolley, this trike, a broken computer and keyboard, bits of cars (not really surprising!) and other bits and peices. What other spooky things are there? I'm amazed it's still standing, too! Had a bit of a scary moment when me and the friend I was with heard people above us seemingly throwing stuff around so we packed up, but they had left by the time we were about to leave, which was good. They didn't spot us either ;)

I was thinking exactly the same thing - what an amazing pic - rather you than me..change of underwear anyone ???:wideeyed:
Thanks very much! When I first visited the basement and saw the trike, I had an image in my head of what I wanted the photo to look like, and it's pretty much spot on! I'm amazed that the torch light could reach as far down the corridor as it did, and the blueness!
 
It sounds like you found most of the stuff:),However we were not so well equipped back then and in poor light we picked out the skeleton of a car which just reminded us of the horror movie "Christine",however this was coupled with the background sound of "hissing"and upon further investigation we found that some moron had turned on one of the many propane cylinders down there.

Unfortunately the place is a magnet for mischief and vandalism,pleased to hear that it is "hopefully"going to be turned into something useful and functional soon according to local reports:exclaim:
 
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It looks like you found most of it:),However we were not so well equipped back then and in poor light we picked out the skeleton of a car which just reminded us of the horror movie "Christine",however this was coupled with the background sound of "hissing"and upon further investigation we found that some moron had turned on one of the many propane cylinders down there.

Unfortunately the place is a magnet for mischief and vandalism,pleased to hear that it is "hopefully"going to be turned into something useful and functional soon according to local reports:exclaim:

I can't imagine having a light worse than my torch - I'm surprised the photos turned out as well as they did (the second, brighter torch in some photos is that of my friend's). Seeing a skeleton of a car like that would scare me shitless haha. We saw many cylinders down there, what also amazed me is that the place hasn't blown up, and touch wood it won't.
I'm also glad that it's going to be turned into something useful and functional, I hope they put the basement space to good use!
 
I can't imagine having a light worse than my torch - I'm surprised the photos turned out as well as they did (the second, brighter torch in some photos is that of my friend's). Seeing a skeleton of a car like that would scare me shitless haha. We saw many cylinders down there, what also amazed me is that the place hasn't blown up, and touch wood it won't.
I'm also glad that it's going to be turned into something useful and functional, I hope they put the basement space to good use!

Ironic really,considering all the car junk down there,but they have plans to turn the basement into a 700 space car park to cater for the proposed development above ground:lol:
 
Ironic really,considering all the car junk down there,but they have plans to turn the basement into a 700 space car park to cater for the proposed development above ground:lol:
LOL seriously? You would've thought they'd have more commonsense (however, this IS Derby City Council we're talking about), and that Derby has enough carparks as it is.
I remember they were planning to make the Hippodrome a multi-story carpark, I'm glad that got refused!
 
I love these pictures. The way the torch has illuminated the objects gives it a very creapy feel. Nicely Done.
Thanks very much, I'm pleased with how they came out. I thought I'd need a brighter torch, but a long exposure and lightpainting helped a bit :)
 
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Haha we went today and that ticycle is still in exactly the same place, no one would touch it.... wierd?
 
Haha we went today and that ticycle is still in exactly the same place, no one would touch it.... wierd?
That IS weird! No-one I've been with into here has touched it either. I want someone to ride it...or maybe get a manniquin doll and place it on the trike and leave in there :lol: that would scare the crap out of others haha :mrgreen:
 
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That IS weird! No-one I've been with into here has touched it either. I want someone to ride it...or maybe get a manniquin doll and place it on the trike and leave in there :lol: that would scare the crap out of others haha :mrgreen:

Ahh now that would be funny but would be creepy if you randomly saw it lol, we accidently scared another group there today :)
 
Ahh now that would be funny but would be creepy if you randomly saw it lol, we accidently scared another group there today :)
It would be scary, I reckon someone should do that :) scaring people accidentally in these places is better than doing it on purpose! I remember scaring a group of friends in the Hippodrome by accident once. We managed to get 8 people in all at once, I failed to tell the 4 that went in before my group of 4 that we were heading in haha.
 

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