Derby Police Station & Magistrates Court - May 2008
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Top pics, good explore even if I shed blood around....again!
And yes, love your new signature crashmatt
I am so daft!
And yes, love your new signature crashmatt
I am so daft!
I think I'm more of a candidate for a padded cell. Especially as I seem to still follow you every time you say "we could climb up there"
I haven't been wrong yet, though, have I?
Some of my photos from the last few days.
View of the Magistrates Court and the Police Station from the riverside. From left to right - The brick building to the left is the Court; linked to what appears to be a recreation block (contained a kitchen, bar and a room where ID parades were carried out). There is then another linking corridor (see below) which links to the entrance hall (also see below) and the main admin block. The concrete structure behind the bushes on the right is the garages.
The court is to be retained but the Police station will be demolished soon to make way for a new glass and curtain walling multi-storey building (which in 20 years time we'll all probably be complaining how crap it looks next to that nice art-deco building.....)
The entrance hall. This was full glazed on 3 sides and lit by natural light. It's now all boarded up as when the Police left it appears people took revenge; there's lots of smashed glass now (who thought a glass Police station was a good idea!!).
The linking corridor which runs all the way to the Court, (well boarded up now - not a way in!), and more broken glass.
Moveable screens with mirrored glass which were used for ID parades. Disappointed there wasn't a proper line up room - wanted to do some Usual Suspects style lineup shots
The garage.
A basement roof light and eerie green light cause by sunlight shining through the undergrowth outside.
I'll add my pictures of the Magistrates Court soon.
View of the Magistrates Court and the Police Station from the riverside. From left to right - The brick building to the left is the Court; linked to what appears to be a recreation block (contained a kitchen, bar and a room where ID parades were carried out). There is then another linking corridor (see below) which links to the entrance hall (also see below) and the main admin block. The concrete structure behind the bushes on the right is the garages.
The court is to be retained but the Police station will be demolished soon to make way for a new glass and curtain walling multi-storey building (which in 20 years time we'll all probably be complaining how crap it looks next to that nice art-deco building.....)
The entrance hall. This was full glazed on 3 sides and lit by natural light. It's now all boarded up as when the Police left it appears people took revenge; there's lots of smashed glass now (who thought a glass Police station was a good idea!!).
The linking corridor which runs all the way to the Court, (well boarded up now - not a way in!), and more broken glass.
Moveable screens with mirrored glass which were used for ID parades. Disappointed there wasn't a proper line up room - wanted to do some Usual Suspects style lineup shots
The garage.
A basement roof light and eerie green light cause by sunlight shining through the undergrowth outside.
I'll add my pictures of the Magistrates Court soon.
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Wow, what a funky, funky staircase in the Magistrates Court. I like the police station too but love the court especially. Can't get over those stairs...and the cute skylight...and the basement skylight. 
Fab pics guys.
Fab pics guys.
Here are my offerings from today.....
Nice photos mate,love those old skylights.I see the "bulk buy" tea lights came in handy at last
Nice photos mate,love those old skylights.I see the "bulk buy" tea lights came in handy at last
Thanks chap, but no tea light trickey, all the lights actually work in there!
More funky skylights! Love 'em!
Third visit today, and the most er, exciting.
Went in with Ashless and Kaputnik and took a few photos. Turned on some of the lights and such. Had a good wander around. Had to run like fuck when Ashless set off the panic alarm. Thankfully, I had an idea of where to reset the alarm, and I was right. Then we heard sirens, which continued past us. Bit of a heart racing moment
Anyway, pictures from the last two visits.
The main entrance behind the boarding
Cell through the inspection glass
Call button inside a cell
Cell block with call lights active, Ashless in the background
Court two
Thermometer on the wall behind the judges bench in court 2
Ornate radiator cover
Cool curvy skylight
Nice angled staircase
No plastic stick on signs here, proper signwrighting on the doors
More stairs
Interview room
Helicopter poster
Went in with Ashless and Kaputnik and took a few photos. Turned on some of the lights and such. Had a good wander around. Had to run like fuck when Ashless set off the panic alarm. Thankfully, I had an idea of where to reset the alarm, and I was right. Then we heard sirens, which continued past us. Bit of a heart racing moment
Anyway, pictures from the last two visits.
The main entrance behind the boarding
Cell through the inspection glass
Call button inside a cell
Cell block with call lights active, Ashless in the background
Court two
Thermometer on the wall behind the judges bench in court 2
Ornate radiator cover
Cool curvy skylight
Nice angled staircase
No plastic stick on signs here, proper signwrighting on the doors
More stairs
Interview room
Helicopter poster
Really enjoyed my visit here with Ashless and Crashmatt,
Ashless kept us on our toes by pressing something which caused a strange alarm to go off! then we heard a police car's siren on the street (totally unrelated, but we didn't know at the time) which added to our panic!
an amazing place to have a look around though, the rooftop view was really cool as well
Ashless kept us on our toes by pressing something which caused a strange alarm to go off! then we heard a police car's siren on the street (totally unrelated, but we didn't know at the time) which added to our panic!
an amazing place to have a look around though, the rooftop view was really cool as well
Thanks chap, but no tea light trickey, all the lights actually work in there!
oops sorry,must clean my glasses
Kaputnik said:
crashmatt said:
Aw c'mon it was an accident!
Don't take me anywhere with power next time!
Great that the lights work; they make some good pictures. I love the Art-Deco rooflights; hopefully they'll be kept in future.
I'm going to have to go back and take more pictures.......(again)
Not much for me to add; so here's a B&W cell shot.
Remember kids; respect the law and you won't get to see one of these
I'm going to have to go back and take more pictures.......(again)
Not much for me to add; so here's a B&W cell shot.
Remember kids; respect the law and you won't get to see one of these
some of my pics of the court appearance....
One of the very photogenic skylights...
'Do you see the person here today, who commited this terrible crime??'
YES!! that's 'im in the corner wot done it!
'Let the records show that the witness has pointed out ASHLESS!!'
thanks to crashmatt for the invite to this brilliant place, (i was the only one who wore a smart shirt for the court appearance!)
One of the very photogenic skylights...
'Do you see the person here today, who commited this terrible crime??'
YES!! that's 'im in the corner wot done it!
'Let the records show that the witness has pointed out ASHLESS!!'
thanks to crashmatt for the invite to this brilliant place, (i was the only one who wore a smart shirt for the court appearance!)
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