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<blockquote data-quote="Simon" data-source="post: 15203" data-attributes="member: 1798"><p>One of my urban exploring friends is absolutely obsessed with Marchington Camp. </p><p></p><p>He first explored in in the late 1980s when the site was relatively unsmashed and there were still lots of artifacts and bits and pieces lying around. He's still got the pictures so I've suggested a then-and-now comparison tour of sorts. I'll probably do that in the next couple of months.</p><p></p><p>By the late 1990s, he was increasingly despondant over the state of vandalism, natural decay and asset stripping going on. So, after getting permission from the owners, he's recused, restored and resued all sort of items from the location: his house is now turning into Marchington Camp.</p><p></p><p>The windows are from the camp; the doors are from the camp; the floors are from the camp. He recently rescued a 1940s bathtub from the old RAF timber buildings and shipped it to Ireland to get it re-enamelled. Lights, heaters, radiators - all repaired, stripped, reassembled and now in his house.</p><p></p><p>There used to be a bar in the RAF buildings. And yes, he rescued the whole thing. One of the rooms in his house is now the bar from Marchington Camp. Completely restored to its original 1950s look. And as he doesn't live far from Burton, he's got loads of old brewery memorabilia in there as well. It's pretty unbelievable to see.</p><p></p><p>Moving on to your site, it's a little fiddly to scroll around the thumbnails, but some good shots there. I'm surprised there's still stuff to see as my last memories of the place was stripped out shells of buildings. </p><p></p><p>Surprised you didn't see the grafitti someone's sprayed up there. In general I hate grafitti, but this had something to say, some nice sentiments. (You can see some of it at <a href="http://www.simoncornwell.com/urbex/about.htm" target="_blank">http://www.simoncornwell.com/urbex/about.htm</a>).</p><p></p><p>All the best,</p><p>Simon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon, post: 15203, member: 1798"] One of my urban exploring friends is absolutely obsessed with Marchington Camp. He first explored in in the late 1980s when the site was relatively unsmashed and there were still lots of artifacts and bits and pieces lying around. He's still got the pictures so I've suggested a then-and-now comparison tour of sorts. I'll probably do that in the next couple of months. By the late 1990s, he was increasingly despondant over the state of vandalism, natural decay and asset stripping going on. So, after getting permission from the owners, he's recused, restored and resued all sort of items from the location: his house is now turning into Marchington Camp. The windows are from the camp; the doors are from the camp; the floors are from the camp. He recently rescued a 1940s bathtub from the old RAF timber buildings and shipped it to Ireland to get it re-enamelled. Lights, heaters, radiators - all repaired, stripped, reassembled and now in his house. There used to be a bar in the RAF buildings. And yes, he rescued the whole thing. One of the rooms in his house is now the bar from Marchington Camp. Completely restored to its original 1950s look. And as he doesn't live far from Burton, he's got loads of old brewery memorabilia in there as well. It's pretty unbelievable to see. Moving on to your site, it's a little fiddly to scroll around the thumbnails, but some good shots there. I'm surprised there's still stuff to see as my last memories of the place was stripped out shells of buildings. Surprised you didn't see the grafitti someone's sprayed up there. In general I hate grafitti, but this had something to say, some nice sentiments. (You can see some of it at [url]http://www.simoncornwell.com/urbex/about.htm[/url]). All the best, Simon [/QUOTE]
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