I went to Bradford today to take a peek at an abandoned Fire Station. As it turns out, it’s nailed up tighter than a tight thing and is rather inconveniently located right next door to a rather large police station. Fortunately, the ever knowledgeable Mr. Lester came up with the goods once again, leading us instead to an semi-demolished mill complete with an attached office block.
Fire had ravaged a large part of the mill near the back of the building, which was a shame because it destroyed what could have been some interesting offices and a staircase as well as charring the support joists for the floor above. Finding a different way up via the original stone stair-case revealed a myriad of bird carcasses and incessant dripping of water from the leaky roof, not to mention the veritable woodland scene growing from the floor in a very post-apocalyptic manner.
The attached office block was pretty standard - destroyed light fittings littering the floor, and the ground floor void of everything but a large amount of rubble strewn about the place. It did however have a cool basement, accessible from near the front entrance, filled with old files and empty crates amongst other things.
Good fun to explore, but the floors were starting cave in some places, so close attention is necessary to avoid falling through. This will only be exacerbated over the coming weeks and months as rain water seeps in. If this forecast snow appears it might be interesting to drop by and see what it is like then - my guess is that it will only look better, especially in the roof/attic space.
No comments yet.