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Hello Everyone,
I am pleased to bring you my report on SILVERLANDS! This has been on my list for some time, and with it being fairly close to me, why hadn't i done it before?!
Visited with MrDan, The_Raw, Extreme Ironing and Lenston!
Anyway, after hearing the stories about secca, alarms, CCTV, PIRs and loudspeakers at this place, it was about time we found out for ourselves.
Some history:
The Actors Orphanage was started in 1896 by Kittie Carson at Croydon and was established as The Actors Orphanage Fund in 1912.
In 1915 the Orphanage moved to Langley Hall at Langley (was in Buckinghamshire - now in Berkshire). The orphanage was both a home and a school to approximately 60 children. At ages 15–17 pupils sat the School Leaving Certificate of Cambridge University and if 10 subjects were taken to Matriculation.
The home and school was moved to Silverlands at Chertsey, Surrey in 1938 where it remained until 1940. In September 1940 the Orphanage was evacuated to the USA where the children were housed in NY City at the Edwin Gould Foundation, and the children were sent to local schools.
After the War ended the Fund established a home (once again at Silverlands, Chertsey). This arrangement ended in 1958 and The Actors' Orphanage ceased to exist.
It's recent history is more controversial, after having served as an orphanage and a nurses training college for much of the latter 20th Century, in 2001 plans were made to relocate patients from Wolvercote Clinic for convicted paedophiles.
With 23 schools located within 2.5 miles of the Silverlands estate, one primary school just 5 minutes down the road, this caused a local outrage, on Oct 26th of that year the first of many candlelight vigils were held outside Silverlands by protestors, these were repeated weekly between 17:00 and 19:00 for several months. During these events the buildings went under intense refurbishment and maintenance, the ultimate bill for this and the required security arrangements almost hit £5'000'000. In July of 2002 it was confirmed that Silverlands would not be utilised for the rehabilitation of paedophiles, however the building has been vacant for the most part ever since.
Sorry about the amount of photos but i took 121 here, these are just but afew.....
IMG_2098 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2101 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2103 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2107 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2109 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2120 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2121 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2128 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2135 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2136 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2142 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2148 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2155 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2156 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2162 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2164 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2174 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2176 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2191 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2192 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2198 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2204 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2210 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2212 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2219 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2227 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2195 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2230 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2099 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
What can i say, a fantastic building and a personal fave of mine i mjst say
Hope you enjoyed my photos
DirtyJigsaw
I am pleased to bring you my report on SILVERLANDS! This has been on my list for some time, and with it being fairly close to me, why hadn't i done it before?!
Visited with MrDan, The_Raw, Extreme Ironing and Lenston!
Anyway, after hearing the stories about secca, alarms, CCTV, PIRs and loudspeakers at this place, it was about time we found out for ourselves.
Some history:
The Actors Orphanage was started in 1896 by Kittie Carson at Croydon and was established as The Actors Orphanage Fund in 1912.
In 1915 the Orphanage moved to Langley Hall at Langley (was in Buckinghamshire - now in Berkshire). The orphanage was both a home and a school to approximately 60 children. At ages 15–17 pupils sat the School Leaving Certificate of Cambridge University and if 10 subjects were taken to Matriculation.
The home and school was moved to Silverlands at Chertsey, Surrey in 1938 where it remained until 1940. In September 1940 the Orphanage was evacuated to the USA where the children were housed in NY City at the Edwin Gould Foundation, and the children were sent to local schools.
After the War ended the Fund established a home (once again at Silverlands, Chertsey). This arrangement ended in 1958 and The Actors' Orphanage ceased to exist.
It's recent history is more controversial, after having served as an orphanage and a nurses training college for much of the latter 20th Century, in 2001 plans were made to relocate patients from Wolvercote Clinic for convicted paedophiles.
With 23 schools located within 2.5 miles of the Silverlands estate, one primary school just 5 minutes down the road, this caused a local outrage, on Oct 26th of that year the first of many candlelight vigils were held outside Silverlands by protestors, these were repeated weekly between 17:00 and 19:00 for several months. During these events the buildings went under intense refurbishment and maintenance, the ultimate bill for this and the required security arrangements almost hit £5'000'000. In July of 2002 it was confirmed that Silverlands would not be utilised for the rehabilitation of paedophiles, however the building has been vacant for the most part ever since.
Sorry about the amount of photos but i took 121 here, these are just but afew.....
IMG_2098 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2101 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2103 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2107 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2109 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2120 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2121 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2128 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2135 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2136 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2142 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2148 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2155 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2156 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2162 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2164 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2174 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2176 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2191 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2192 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2198 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2204 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2210 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2212 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2219 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2227 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2195 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2230 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
IMG_2099 by DirtyJigsaw, on Flickr
What can i say, a fantastic building and a personal fave of mine i mjst say
Hope you enjoyed my photos
DirtyJigsaw