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Foxylady;10361; said:
Hi Simon
I really enjoyed your pics of this place. They show the bleakness that these kind of institutions engender.
Yeah, ironic really, when the so-called powers that be have run out of prison space!
Cheers
Foxy :)

Yes, excellentay pics Simon -very atmospheric!! :)

Typical Government short-sightedness......."we're running out of Prison spaces, so we'll knock some of 'em down!!!):rolleyes:

Ta for sharing these pics buddy!

Lb:cool:
 
Hi folks,

Still continuing my research on this place I have now read that the prison held 300 Young offenders and not 158 as I had read elsewhere, which I would think is about right judging by the cell blocks I saw before they were knocked down. phew thats a hell of allot of young people.

Oh and heres a link to the site on flashearth.com you will see what the place was like before it was knocked down.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=55.918019&lon=-3.911662&z=18.7&r=0&src=msl



Simon-G:mrgreen:
 
Woah!

So much for prisons being isolated -bit close to residential areas for my liking!
Thanks for the updated info & map link. Interesting little building with semi-circle in the south part of the site too.

Lb:cool:
 
Hi Lightbuoy,

At one time all these houses were for the prison officers but through time they ended up getting sold off. But yeh who would want to buy a house this close. Now the residents have succesfully had the village renamed from Longriggend to Uperton due to the stigma attached through the prison.


Simon-G:mrgreen:
 

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