Abandoned houses, Colthrop Mill (Thatcham, Berks) Nov 08

Just a quick one here, these houses, I assume used to be part of the paper mill complex situated next to the K&A Canal. It looks like they havent been lived in for a while and have been gutted and trashed...

View from the back garden. Note the metal structure in the left foreground, could have been an air raid shelter of some sort? It was made from inch thick metal and was originally covered in concrete.

Pebble dash. Yum.

What was one of the front doors

Front room

Kitchen?

Fireplace uncovered

Master bedroom

Missing floorboards!



Crispy

Everything had holes in it.
Only a short explore, but great fun and surprisingly, not a single needle in sight!

OH BLOODY HELL!look very carefully at pic number 8!the faces!

groundunder said:

OH BLOODY HELL!look very carefully at pic number 8!the faces!

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Okay normally I'm a complete sceptic, but that IS just spooky.

same here!

groundunder said:

OH BLOODY HELL!look very carefully at pic number 8!the faces!

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That is seriously freaking me out!

Does say anywhere about being a solo explore so im guessing its his urbex buddy rudely walking through his shot

nooooooooo we have to get Derek Acorah and Yvette fielding on the case lol

Good pics mate, shame the fireplaces have been ripped out, would have been nice to see what they looked like beforehand.

Cheers,

Sal

Jesus, No8 is pretty scary. You reckon that could be real? or just a mate? lol

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Does say anywhere about being a solo explore so im guessing its his urbex buddy rudely walking through his shot

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In the last pic there's someone taking a photo through a gap in the wall...looks a bit like the 'ghost'. Otherwise, that really is freaky.

Hehe, I asked her to get in the way for that one, It was a 10 sec exposure if I remember correctly and she just walked up the stairs slowly for me... It got the intended response!

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Hehe, I asked her to get in the way for that one, It was a 10 sec exposure if I remember correctly and she just walked up the stairs slowly for me... It got the intended response!

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Interesting, proves how easy it is to fake people out then because it really doesn't look 'human'.

Actually yeah it does, I was so concentrating on the face that I missed the rest of the body

It could be quite an interesting concept, Ill be taking loads of white bedsheets next time!
It does make you look at 'photos of the paranormal' in a completely different way once you understand it!

Superb.

I actually think that place would look lovely all restored.

Like the through the hole shot.

mmmm, these are lovely. i love the green room. freaky 'ghost' photo too!