Entertainment & Sport
Skanky Swimming Pool
A truly nasty collection of oily water and debris sat at the bottom of this pool.
Lovely graf everywhere.
Would have been a lovely building with pretty curved stairways.
Abandoned Equestrian Centre
Quite easy to picture the young kids trotting their stuff around this arena. It was a complete wreck, but there were a few details still left to be enjoyed. I was particularly mesmerised by the plastic chairs in various states of decay and vandalism. Fantastic views over to a power station accross the estuary.
Smashed Up Spanish Night Club
This huge beast sits roasting in the middle of one of the Spanish Islands. Used to have big wild cabaret shows. Shame I can’t fine photos of it when it was in action.
It was once a grand place with thick carpets & decor, that attracted dozens of coach loads from all over the island. It had 2000 people at capacity, but went bankrupt and closed in 1993.
Since its closure, it has a dark history. Attempts to reopen have failed, and as it is 4 stories deep in places, a few people have fallen to their deaths.
Nice big open space with some very nice street art.
Obviously a base station for homeless and junkies.
Someone got murdered insde here over a dispute a couple of yeara back. So I kept my eyes about me.
"El Gallego" was dead. He'd been killed, so the Guardia were to reveal. A brother and sister, also "residents" of the ruin, face a homicide charge. In the building where Julio Iglesias had once performed, the dance had stopped for the Galician.
Dolls House - Sports Pavillion
This was an interesting little caper. A quick walk over in a local park whilst waiting for my car key to be coded and I spot this little derelict sports pavilion. Of course, I had no choice but to climb the Heras fencing and get through a broken window.
It was fairly dull with empty changing room after empty changing room.
Most of these places have one stand out feature and this one was walking around the corner to spot this at the end of the corridor. Birds were flapping about as I turned the corner making it feel very alive.
I had a huge fright and my imagination went from naked squatters, to dismembered murder victim. Quickly I worked out what it was though and with a racing heart, I got on to enjoy the photogenic scene.
Another dismembered body was around the corner in one of the rooms but I was prepared this time.
Memories Of The Silver Screen
Very stripped cinema.There were some nice art deco features still left in-situ though
Rotten Bowling Alley and Crystal Maze
This was a chance find on my recent trip to Wales.
It was pitch black inside and so I had to quickly learn my dark photography skills.
There was some good stuff inside, including a bunch of nicely vandalised slot machines. Quite striking in the torchlight.
Lots of nice bowling shoes, but none seem to fit me.
Ladywell Baths - An Old Public Swimming Hall
Big room, funked up up with some very bright graf. Not much else to be honest
Looks like the kids have so much fun in here-Beer cans and paint cans mixed up, empty sudafed packets and a make-shift football court. Very striking colours.
An Old Cinema
This one was exceedingly fetid.
The lower area was very dank and burnt out but so dark that I didn’t get a decent photo.
I adored the rows of scarlet covered chairs.
I real didn’t press the shutter button enough in here.
Derelict Sports Club
Got loads of little folders of pics of dereliction that I visited whilst out and about that are not as exciting as some of my bigger adventures. I’ll post a few of them up anyway. This place was trashed but surprisingly eerie. The third picture shows a room full of junk and I’m positive to this day that at the back there there is an armchair with someone sitting in it. I have played around with my photos trying to enhance the area but its too grainy. Dead or alive. It was very dark in there and so I didn’t probe and simply moved on, keeping an eye on my back. I actually spotted this place with its trash spewed around the outside from the airplane coming back off my sunny hols.
I also became obsessed with the old Mercedes and watched it over a few months slowly decay.
Asylum Social Club
I really like how this ugly prefab building sat in its isolated and distant spot away from the main action over at the asylum. I can picture the staff leaving through the main security/gate and then piling into here for cheap frivolity and snooker, de-stressing before going home, only to come back on campus the next day.
CHILDRENS SUMMER HOLIDAY RESORT
This facility used to be a massive vacation resort for children. On the huge compound with a total area of 13,000 square meters up to 230 children could be accommodated at the same time. But only in summer. The remaining year the holiday camp was closed.
The facility belonged to the social insurance institution of the Italian mailing company. They built this building complex for one and a half billion Italian lira. As a result, postal employees and their children should be ensured a relaxed break during the summer months.
Between the years 1970 and 1974 the summer camp was built. In 1975, the first families were guests here. While the children were housed in the big main building, the parents were living in the hotel next door.
An extensive hospital ward was also part of the summer camp.
Over the course of time the condition got worse and worse. Furthermore there was also a terrible accident here in 1997. While playing a little girl fell of a wall. Despite the big hospital ward nobody was able to help and she needed to be transported to the nearest clinic by a rescue helicopter. This was the final straw and this facility was closed permanently in the very same year. For over 20 years now the compound is rotting away.
Mafia Night Club
This super tacky looking night club is located extremely remotely in the Italian mountains. Apparently it was Mafia owned and attended. The place was very cheap and amusement park like but the one lounge area was quite spectacular.
Sports Pavillion #3
Here we go again. Another trashed and painted up sports pavillion. The day was beautiful and the rural location was a lovely contrast. A place where I could imagine having a picnic
The Festival Club - Ibiza
Once a vast big night out venue hosting club nights and live music. Now a quiet ruin in the mountains, sprinkled with a few abandoned cars
North London Painted Sports Pavilion
Yes, another sports pavilion.
These seem pretty common.
This was a wrecked shell, but the lucky golden hour sun on top of the layers of paint made it a pretty site to behold.