Hadleigh Garage (RJ Grimes), Coulsdon

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mookster

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This is more a memorial to this site than anything, to document the trip only. Back in June me and some friends had an utterly crap day exploring, with a failed trip to Colindale and a trip to Cane Hill being thwarted by firemen on the site but this little gem made up for it. Sadly this site much to mine and my friends horror was burnt to the ground in its entireity last month, too big a fire for a casual arson:confused:

From what I can gather on the internets, the garage used to belong to a Chrysler Group parts dealer, mainly Peugeot and Talbot stuff and suchlike. It appears it closed in 2002/early 2003, a planning application was made for flats on the site in 2006 but refused because of the trees and limited space. The site was made up of 2 houses (both trashed), the main garage building and much to our surprise a maze of corrugated iron and wooden sheds hidden from view, all built precariously on the sloped back garden. To say we expected to find what we saw inside would be a lie.....

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more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157622583443010/
 
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It was a pretty nice find. I wonder how big a part its exposure on the internet played in the fire.
 
wow all the spares left on the shelves,very surprising,you could make a fortune on ebay with them hee hee
 
Oh aye, I'm sure there are millions clamouring for Talbot indicators and Peugeot 505 steering wheels.
 
Oh aye, I'm sure there are millions clamouring for Talbot indicators and Peugeot 505 steering wheels.

saw a peugeot 505 estate the other day,must be last few left in britain and it was a heap,maybe he do with a visit there :lol:
 
Interesting little place. There was somewhere similar in Leicester, dunno if its still there now though.
 
ah sorry about the disappearance of the Flickr album, I was spring-cleaning my account a few months early and I think I deleted them:neutral:

Will reupload them when I get the time
 
Interesting looking place -loving all those un-used Avenger windscreens -all you need is a Hillman and you'll be in business! ;)

you can't see it in the photo but on top of one of the windscreens in that crate was the remains of a very old, very manky looking condom melted onto the windscreen :lol:
 

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