Chair of Doom229 viewsOMG TEH CHAIRZ OF DOOM!!!!!!111 eleven.
Sorry.
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Dead Turboz447 viewsOh yeah, copycat asshole!
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Dead Plastic Del354 viewsI had an explorer friend called Del, but he died.
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Enter The Mortuary383 viewsOk, let's get in shall we?
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Mortuary Lit Up353 views
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Looking Towards Exits291 views
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Entrance262 viewsWow, we made it inside!
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Mortuary Units257 views
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Slab No Body372 views
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Sink236 views
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Spiros482 viewsARGHHHH!!! This spider was... well... pretty big.
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Switches256 views
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The Slab292 views
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Viewing Suite250 views
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K PD Willie202 viewsRight, well, we have seen some excellent shots of HartWood at night... Well, it's time for a slightly more risky daylight exploration!
Knowledge -- PlasticDel -- Oor Wullie
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Reception Corridor143 viewsMore the worse for wear since our last visit.
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The Model Map42 viewsIf every cloud has a silver lining - this site's is that the sales centre (where they are desperately trying to flog off their new houses) has very detailed models and maps of where we are!
We talk with the salesman for a while, he tells us that when the project first started each flat was for sale for at least £140,000... Today he was pushing us to take one for £100,000 and I got the impression we could have talked him down. Economic Recession = a buyer's market.
Anyways, looking at this cute wee model (with the listed buildings in white), I identified the following:
1 - The original administration building
2 - The medical superintendent's residences
3 - The kitchens
4 - The original X-Ray pavilion and wards (http://www.turbozutek.f2s.com/thumbnails.php?album=60)
5 - The Acute Admissions (Triage) building
6 - The Panda Centre
7 - The Women and Children Unit
8 - Ross House (the subject of today's assize)
* - Fuck knows, these currently don't exist or have been knocked down.
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Villa186 views
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Behind The Back of the Admin Wing116 viewsBack again! Our goal this time is something we never thought would be possible; we are going to try and get a look at the Imposing Admin. Wing - and climb at least one of those towers!
Previously, our attempts to do this had been blocked by the building being used as security HQ, Security Dog HQ, the Staff Canteen and then locked up tighter than fort-knox. Let's try our luck today, hey!?
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Merchiston Insignia30 viewsThe Merchiston Family Crest! This marks the beginning of the boundaries where the old Merchiston House used to stand - a fairytale castle of a building which was unfortunately demolished to build the 70's prefab 'village' we are about to explore.
Trashing old and substantial buildings to assemble tat in its place is clearly nothing new then!
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Outside Hospital172 viewsSecurity are very present and ever vigilant - so we come in over the abandoned football / cricket pitch. Hopefully we should be able to get in without being noticed.
Oor Wullie is radio-man today and is relaying security's every move from a position just south of here.
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A Good Cook127 viewsI have a sore head... Make me a pie!
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Villa Closer215 views
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Main Door106 viewsThis is the main front door to the Administration Wing. We are inside... After nearly four years!
So, after we did a little happy dance, we set out to explore the rest of this amazing building!
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Nitshill Tyre Recycling Scheme106 viewsI see the pile of tyres is still in Award Winning condition!
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The Gutting Hook103 views7 Metres in the air and looking very fresh and sharp, no one was tempted to get a photo hanging from the gutting hook!
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Outside Walking to Hospital196 viewsWith Wullie having given the 'all clear', we head up towards the hospital and our entrance.
There's a good two minutes walking to be done here, we could be spotted at any moment... I realise I've been holding my breath for thirty seconds.
Breathe, idiot!! :-))
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Kitchen142 viewsHygiene is key in any good Hospital Kitchen.
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Entrance240 viewsWelcome to the Cursed ward!
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The Canteen145 viewsThe Left-Most waiting room - now used as the builders' canteen!
Looks like someone has been practicing their brick laying skills here, that's a nice piece of wall... If a little out of place!
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The Red Flats108 views
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Tower Damaged233 viewsUh oh - there's been some glass damaged up at the top of the tower here.
Now, a few panes being smashed you could maybe put down to dozy birds flying into the glass... but this many could only be the work of neds!
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Meal Trolley RCD119 viewsHere is where the heated electric meal trolley would be plugged in.
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Dedication Plaque255 viewsIN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF
JAMES WATSON ALLAN, M. B F R F P S C
MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THIS HOSPITAL FROM 1878 TO 1893
AND AS A TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH THEY HELD HIM
AS
PHYSICIAN AND FRIEND
THE RESIDENTS OF HIS TIME
HAVE PLACED THIS TABLET AT BELVIDERE
JUNE 1928
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Inside Door215 views
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RedBrea Inside392 viewsThis is as far as our man dared enter - the floor is in a bad way and we know for a fact there is a seven foot drop to Terra firma.
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Death Star Answering Machine134 viewsIt might be dusty, but this 1980's style black plastic answering machine is in VERY good nick (and you know it's cool because it has MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL)!! I can only think this was left over from the buildings' Security HQ days as the phone-line it's hooked to has long been removed.
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Construction112 viewsWork started in October 1970 and the plant closed in 1988. The plant operated at full output ONCE in that time!
Man, not much of a return for investment, eh?
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Daylight Kitchens176 viewsSo we made it in unmolested!
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Dining Hall171 viewsDinner's almost ready!
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