Brigstock Camp - February 2011 (Pic Heavy)

[Priority 7]

First a bit of history ripped from a site elsewhere on the internet:

“Brigstock Camp built 1925 and over the years was used for an Emigration Camp, an Army Camp, ATS and Land Army Camp, US Army Training School, and in 1960 Stewarts & Lloyds Steelworks purchased Brigstock Camp for £23,000 at an auction. One hundred people moved from Scotland to work at the Steelworks and used Brigstock Camp for their living quarters and paid between £2.00 to £4.00 a week in rent and were allowed to stay up to nine months to allow them to find suitable accommodation. Many did so in the new expanding Corby.”

There have been several reports before and mention of dodgy floors, after checking out a few of the huts it was obvious we would be snapping mainly the externals....

and a few Panoramic's for good measure:

 

[mookster]

Was a really interesting place to visit, I thought I'd seen some dodgy floors in places before but these were something else entirely!

Will dump a few pics of my own from today in here soon

 

[Priority 7]

Was a really interesting place to visit, I thought I'd seen some dodgy floors in places before but these were something else entirely!

Will dump a few pics of my own from today in here soon

Yeah apologies forgot to mention Mookster was my fellow explorer on my batch of explores.

 

[klempner69]

Great shots indeedy but it looks so clapped out it looks like a good gust of wind would level it!

 

[Priority 7]

Gust of wind more like a hefty sneeze bud

 

[Foxylady]

I really like this site. Some great pano's, M.

 

[Priority 7]

Cheers Foxy, if want a full size pano I can sort one out but they are large

 

[MD]

nice work dudes
we went for a look today too
the floors have gotten really bad since i went last time !!

did you find the tramps nest?

 

[Priority 7]

MD was that in the brick building near the front of the camp?

 

[DubbedNavigator]

Pffft, that tramps nest is nothing compared to what we bumped into today eh msaunder?

 

[MD]

MD was that in the brick building near the front of the camp?

yes

through this door

 

[Priority 7]

In which case you got lucky cos that wasnt there when we went lol. Normally things go missing, not added

 

[mookster]

yes

through this door

Was wondering what was through there, the floor in the room where that was taken from has disappeared completely...



Here are a few more of my pics from the visit











More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157625915804473

 

[Em_Ux]

Looks an interesting explore...thanks for sharing

 

[Doering]

Wow, not much longer in time for some of those structures. Considering they are pulling close to 100 years of weathering, just shows you the resilience of wood in some parts of those buildings (especially the roof truses).