Sandwell College - Birmingham - 2012

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I had the fortunate experience of studying here in 2010, Adult Education FTW!!

The main building is such a nice construction, gloss tiled walls, an excellent reception area and beautiful stairwells.

The building was exited around March this year and has been stripped of virtually anything in value.

A few months ago I was talking to a teacher of the college and he said that it was used from June to August by the police for dog training which would explain the various dog sized holes around the complex (some are too small to get through due to my love of bread products!!).

According to the teacher, the majority will be demolished for housing, I am not sure what will happen to the older building, but the rest originate from the 70's.


Explored on my tod, 3 trips over 2 days (I was scared off in the morning of the 2nd day as I noticed what looked like a police dog handler doing checks of the courtyard, not wanting a bitten arm, I decided to get a pain au chocolat & a coffee and come back later).

Pics (there are a few)...

Exterior Shots...

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Shall we go inside??

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15. Double Dome?
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Continued in the next post...
 
26. Construction area (aka how to build a wall)
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27. Nice drawing, shame you can't use it!
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30. The film production building...
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31. Leaflets Circa 1999...
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32. The building was very dangerous, seeping floors all over. It seemed it had not been used in a long time,
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34. Boomin' Marvelous!!
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35. Letter Land!!!!!
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38. Back to the main building...
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48. Note the Projector room, I couldn't get in here due to Security sunbathing (Must try harder Sir!)
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50. Props
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53. Brand New MS-DOS 5!!
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And a sign from the force, doesn't he look fuffy!!

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This is what they have moved into...

Copyright Sandwell Council...
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D-UK
 
Whoa! You weren't kidding about the stairwells! Love it! Big kahunas for doing it alone, hats off to you. Really does look an epic explore! :)
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone. :)

Amazing building,whats ts future? great photos.

Sandwell College had a couple of other sites that have already been demolished for new housing, I think this has the same future. I'm not sure what will happen to the older blocks, but they may be converted into flats.
 
Wow that looks like an amazing place to visit!

So that's the "school holiday summer camp then for the police force's dogs" then??!!

Major respect for (a) doing it on your own and (b) it being a police training ground and you are right under their noses! :lol:

Are them brick walls in a construction skills type workshop?

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Wow that looks like an amazing place to visit!

So that's the "school holiday summer camp then for the police force's dogs" then??!!

Major respect for (a) doing it on your own and (b) it being a police training ground and you are right under their noses! :lol:

Are them brick walls in a construction skills type workshop?

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Yeah, construction skills.

The college was a technical college so did more than your average re-do your GCSE's type college.
 
I wonder if the message on the black board was written by a former student!
Definitely looks like they've moved up in the world.
I love reports on educational sites.
 
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