The highways agency or whoever does this sort of thing is currently widening a large stretch of the A1 between Leeming and Dishforth. I drive this stretch of road every day and have watched as a boundry line was established along side the Southbound carriage way. It became clear that all the buildings inside this line were going to be demolished to make way for the new carriageway. One of these buildings was an old GPO exchange/repeater shed, not very exciting but I'd always wondered what was in one, and knew if I didn't stop and have a look I'd be gutted when it was gone. I knew before I stopped it would be crap and it was, but this started me on my mission to try and record all the interesting buildings that are going to be lost forever under the tarmac. Over the last couple of weeks I've managed to record the older and more interesting buildings along my route. There are a lot more, but flatpack petrol stations and Little chefs are crap and can be seen all over the country. So here they are, on their own not particularly interesting but as a group worth a look. Anyway in my head I thought it was important to record these familiar sights, seen and forgotten by thousands of people everyday, before they are gone forever.
The GPO building that started it all,
Demolished 30 Sep 09
A Victorian or older? Farmhouse,
Demolished May 09
This next house will be a very familiar sight to anybody who travels this road. Abandoned as long as I can remember, it never crossed my mind to stop before,
Demolished July 09
This place was really eerie and I didn't like the feel of the place at all,
Now this room really freaked me out, loads of big rusty metal hooks in the ceiling with a dead stuffed toy hanging from one,
The cellar steps,
Southbound view,
Demolished 30 Sep 09
A Victorian or older? Farmhouse,
Demolished May 09
This next house will be a very familiar sight to anybody who travels this road. Abandoned as long as I can remember, it never crossed my mind to stop before,
Demolished July 09
This place was really eerie and I didn't like the feel of the place at all,
Now this room really freaked me out, loads of big rusty metal hooks in the ceiling with a dead stuffed toy hanging from one,
The cellar steps,
Southbound view,
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