Secondary School, Highlands, July 2008, Part Two

[zimbob]

So we returned today...

There was still a good few bits to see, including the main building.

On with some pics :

Science bits we missed t'other night :

Good up-to-date poster !

Robot arm

Down towards the main building, lovely red and pink corridors here

Found the main hall and stage :

Looking down from the Projector room :

Upstairs we went :

And found the 'Bra Room' as we called it

We found these

Bryag strikes a pose, had to be done

Minty Loos

More odd stuff

Back downstairs, to the kitchens :

A couple of random minty room shots :

Including this exam room with serious lighting

Looking out :

And lastly some rather cool old murals in the original building, these dated to the fifties :

I want the train on my wall Sadly these'll be gone soon

Another good day, sorry about the amount of pics, but there was something so photogenic about this place.
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[smileysal]

WOW, I thought the other pics on the other thread were great, but these are even better. What a fantastic place. That school hall reminds me of my and my teens old high school,looks exactly the same, apart from the projection room (we didn't have one of those ).

Must have been a posh school to have the fencing equipment and masks (we never had those either :'( )

Can't believe the amount of equipment still in there, the fencing stuff, all those computers and love those murals on the walls. The corridors look great and really bright and airy (mine were a horrible grey colour ).

Excellent pics and an excellent explore. What are they doing with the school? and all that equipment? hope some of it is saved, it looks great.

Cheers,

Sal

 

[Neosea]

The train is too cool to be on a wall. Thanks for the photo's

 

[zimbob]

Must have been a posh school to have the fencing equipment and masks (we never had those either :'( )

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Belive me, it's not a posh town it serves

The school is getting demolished during the holidays, work started on Monday, half the slates are off the roof, the new PFI school was built on the playing fields in front of this one, so I imagine once it's flattened the new playing fields will be on it's site.

 

[ThenewMendoza]

Wow! What a place, thought we'd found a minter when we did Henbury High in Macclesfield last year but this one is untouched.

The err, 'bra room'...errm..lol...

Mendo

 

[fire*fly]

brilliant, its hard not to feel nostalgic when you see an old school, even if it wasn't your school.....I went to a girls school & we never had a 'bra room' maybe thats why, we keept them on

 

[batroy]

That stylised locomotive is the prototype Deltic!

Futuristic object of desire, 50s style.

 

[Fish '78]

They are wicked pictures! That place is brll..............such good condition!

 

[spikey]

Nice pic mate cant believe how much stuff left in there

i take it there gonna strip the rest of place as those stage lanterns are prob worth about £200 and you cant buy them any more

 

[Goldie87]

Great pics and an excellent site

i take it there gonna strip the rest of place

Wouldn't surprise me if the lot ends up in a skip.

 

[Richard Davies]

I was thinking that train was either the original Deltic or an American loco.

 

[spacepunk]

Wow! Fantastic site mate.

 

[Bryag]

A few of mine, in no particular order


Demo for copper

Kitchens

Whoops!

This one reflects the proximity of neighbouring houses

Some Sciencey bits

Bunsen Burner

Computers

Circuitry

Power

Vintage Low voltage

Gas

Stop! Hammer Time!

Strange liquids

Enclosed Courtyard

Examination Room

Stairs

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[Bryag]

Schools are always good for corridors, and this one did not disappoint

Basement

Tuck Shop

Gym

Various Classrooms

Broken Window

Room with a view

Stage Fright

Pole Dancing room (perhaps this explains the Bra Room!)

Teacher Humour

Final few shots

Finally, found this on the wall of the school dark room....and it so clearly was!

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[Virusman26]

Utterly bloody ace!! It looks like the kids could start coming back in the door any time now!!! Just amazing!!

 

[herts_urbex]

the room with the serious lighting they look like pars but there not was there anay pa equipment in there?

 

[Bryag]

the room with the serious lighting they look like pars but there not was there anay pa equipment in there?

Yeah, to us they looked like professional stage lighting, but there was no stage or even a sliding wall to a stage. It was strange. Maybe they just had some left over and decided to put them there

 

[zimbob]

Sweet mate, pics are looking good

Fun and games there tonight, had to hide from the rozzers in some rather nettley bushes for a while

And me in my shorts too

Demo has moved on at a surprisingly fast rate, if anyone else wants to see this one they'd best be quick

 

[lost]

I visited the Academy with zimbob (cheers for showing us around) and Alir147 last night. It is an amazing site, it's just such a shame the demolition boys are ripping through it so quickly.

These vintage Tannoy speakers were in almost every room in the school, they're wonderful!

"The work of a diseased mind" (©zimbob)

In the gym

Near the Home Economics department were some murals depicting 1950s domestic scenes. Class!

The flying man

The fencing room

Superb natural lighting over almost all the school

Test tubes

 

[no1rich]

Thats one fantastic school. The murals are weird, like going back in time.
Love the Bra Room, we never had one of those.
Although we did have a sick room with ex-army beds...