The Actors Orphanage / Silverlands - January 2015 - Pic Heavy.

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Mockingbirds Moodiness Strikes!

So I have been sat on this nest egg since October, I know I know im so far behind... but hey what does it matter, with all the locations I had done throughout the year, an trips everywhere else I decided to ease off the forums and focus on other bits and bobs I had been working on, have to say all going well anyway nest egg where was I?

Oh yeah... so heard it was "open day" and every man and his dog had arrived inside on this day, counted 20 odd people including one "pro" photographer and his raunchy model, anyway I had met up with another explorer who does not post much on here anymore, and they decided they would be tour guide! despite it being rather simple to get in and out on that day.
So upon entering which could of been made easier if we had known it was "open day" or "seccas day off" we was inside and being shown around.
Splendid dodging the "strangers" who all came with cameras and us having to navigate around them, anyway the jigsaw man himself had messaged me and a guy I was with, so we told him where we was, next thing we know jigsaws messaging us "Someones called the police". 3 hours odd inside undisturbed by secca or police just more randomers strolling in we had seen enough.
Upon our way out we was meeting more people coming in unsure what happened to them, probably had longer than we did.

A lot of people had banged on about this place and failed attempts, I have to say the staircase isn't all that amazing once seeing it constantly on social networks for over a month, an after seeing the place I much preferred the company I was with on the day, than the hype many have given over this place, but the curiosity of trying the place was the intriguing bit....

Still a beautiful building going to rot and ruin and no one caring at all, an was a rather nice change from grotty cottages and odd things, which I had been doing mainly all year.
Hope I show something different from which you have seen before, but alas this is very difficult to do with little to offer apart from empty rooms and those bloody stairs!!!

Also secca is on the ball again in full force.

Some history followed by some moody shots below!

A stunning building unsure when was originally built, some reckon around the 1800's. The Actors Orphanage was started in 1896 and was both a home and school to approx 60 children, which later moved into this building, it has also been a nurses school for the opposite hospital, allegedly there is also two graves in the grounds, and a dead horse buried somewhere...


Seccas day off door wide open :lol::lol:

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Cheers for looking more to come soon - Mockingbird!
 
Fantastic report mate. Nice to see some different angles from this place. Yeah, the guy next door stopped me asking what I was doing, and then said hes calling the police so I made my way to a nearby morgue instead. And I went back afew weeks later and yes, I met the legendary secca lady, who infact was actually really nice and did not call the police :)
 
Fantastic report mate. Nice to see some different angles from this place. Yeah, the guy next door stopped me asking what I was doing, and then said hes calling the police so I made my way to a nearby morgue instead. And I went back afew weeks later and yes, I met the legendary secca lady, who infact was actually really nice and did not call the police :)

Cheers mate, yeah i only heard what you had txt shame... Think you was the only guy who couldn't find a way in that day! as a chap in his 70's walked in with a very compact camera smoking a little pipe, think he had his slippers on aswel! :lol:
 
Lol, sounds like a fun day out! Simply stunning photography as always Mockingbird, best I have seen of this place. Awesome.
Yeah I was passing this week, (it was too dark for photos so I had no intention of going in) but secca were 'peacocking' around making themselves very visble.
Anyhoo, top report sir, well done! :)
 
Nice report MB, I visited here in November and still need to sort out the report. Nice little place and enjoyed it... Was a long day though lots of miles driven :)

Dugie
 

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