nickyw_uk
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I work at a leisure centre in the graphic design department, but today I got sent off to help pilfer a load of stuff from another leisure centre that's closed.
I've never been to this other leisure centre when it was open, so I thought it might be good fun to go and have a look round and see what things I could get my hands on.
As it was sprung on me this morning, I didn't have chance to take my camera, which was sooooooo annoying because the place was amazing!
There are two pools, one large one for regular swimmers and one smaller one for training purposes. The large pool had been completely drained, so I got to go down into it, but the smaller one still had water in it.
The building dates back to the 1920's and is listed. It's got loads of rooms and a HUGE basement area where the boilers are. I only had 2 hours to get everything out and also had the big boss with us, so I couldn't do too much exploring without getting into trouble.
I took these photos on my phone, so they aren't brilliant. I had to take some to show how cool the place is. I would love to go back there with my SLR, but I don't think we can go back. I think Nottingham City Council were closing it up for good after we'd finished.
The place has been bought by a climbing centre who are going to erect a climbing wall inside the pool. They are gonna have to do some pretty serious restoration to the interior of the building too, 'cause it's really run down. When they've settled in and open for business, I'll go and have a look round
I've never been to this other leisure centre when it was open, so I thought it might be good fun to go and have a look round and see what things I could get my hands on.
As it was sprung on me this morning, I didn't have chance to take my camera, which was sooooooo annoying because the place was amazing!
There are two pools, one large one for regular swimmers and one smaller one for training purposes. The large pool had been completely drained, so I got to go down into it, but the smaller one still had water in it.
The building dates back to the 1920's and is listed. It's got loads of rooms and a HUGE basement area where the boilers are. I only had 2 hours to get everything out and also had the big boss with us, so I couldn't do too much exploring without getting into trouble.
I took these photos on my phone, so they aren't brilliant. I had to take some to show how cool the place is. I would love to go back there with my SLR, but I don't think we can go back. I think Nottingham City Council were closing it up for good after we'd finished.
The place has been bought by a climbing centre who are going to erect a climbing wall inside the pool. They are gonna have to do some pretty serious restoration to the interior of the building too, 'cause it's really run down. When they've settled in and open for business, I'll go and have a look round