Here we have the old BOD academy.
Went to school here in the 70's and have fond memories of it. The building was originally the main school for the BOD area and as the area went huge after the 70's oil boom it was largely redundant as two new academies (Bridge of Don and Oldmachar) and several primaries (Glashieburn, Forehill, Middle Park, Greenbrae etc) were built in brand new estates nearby. I only went there as a child because my new school, Glashieburn primary, was not finished in time for the new term. Used to have to walk down to the unfinished one, get on a bus and drive the 5 minutes down the road to the old one. I forget how long that went on for but I'm guessing only a few months, at any rate that was around 1978.....ish.
Once it was redundant as a school it was later used by Aberdeen College as a pheripheral centre, possibly in conjunction with the Gordon Barracks across the road which is still used by the college to this day, mainly for musical studies. I can't remember what the school was used for but a friend remembers doing an exam there and he did some form of media thing early on so it fits in. An ex-girlfriend also did media studies there for a few years in the 90's.
Late 90's I think they gave it up and it closed for good. Since then it has been the obvious target for dodgers but has survived pretty well until a couple of months ago when it was set on fire in the west side. The council have obviously decided it is now to much of a risk and have started demolishing it. I initially though they would only knock down the fire damaged part but after they started taking the slates off the roof last month i knew the whole lot was coming down and that was going to be the end of an era in BOD.
There is a fair bit of activity during the day so I went in at night, alone. Problem with that is I was shitting myself and didn't hang about long enough to explore fully and couldn't take any outside shots. If the mods are happy enough to leave the thread open for a while I will take day shots of it as it slowly gets destroyed.
Enough waffling.........
On fire.
Firemen move in, took a good five hours to put out.
beastie that is doing the damage.
Half demolished west wing.
Up the stairs to the first floor.
Slates have been off for a few weeks now so plenty of water damage.
Water damage here looks more like the windows ahve been letting it in.
Signage on first floor.
Library....no bookshelves strangely.
Back down stairs near front door.
signage downstairs
Gym hall, I remember climbing on the bars as a kid in gym class.
Changing rooms.
Anyone know the book?
Corridor back to the west side.
Random rooms
Well that's all for now. Like I say if I get a chance I will take some more outside pics in the day to give you an idea of the size of the place. Sadly the creepy gardeners shed out the back was knocked down some time ago........was the stuff of legend when I was five.
Hope you enjoyed.
Went to school here in the 70's and have fond memories of it. The building was originally the main school for the BOD area and as the area went huge after the 70's oil boom it was largely redundant as two new academies (Bridge of Don and Oldmachar) and several primaries (Glashieburn, Forehill, Middle Park, Greenbrae etc) were built in brand new estates nearby. I only went there as a child because my new school, Glashieburn primary, was not finished in time for the new term. Used to have to walk down to the unfinished one, get on a bus and drive the 5 minutes down the road to the old one. I forget how long that went on for but I'm guessing only a few months, at any rate that was around 1978.....ish.
Once it was redundant as a school it was later used by Aberdeen College as a pheripheral centre, possibly in conjunction with the Gordon Barracks across the road which is still used by the college to this day, mainly for musical studies. I can't remember what the school was used for but a friend remembers doing an exam there and he did some form of media thing early on so it fits in. An ex-girlfriend also did media studies there for a few years in the 90's.
Late 90's I think they gave it up and it closed for good. Since then it has been the obvious target for dodgers but has survived pretty well until a couple of months ago when it was set on fire in the west side. The council have obviously decided it is now to much of a risk and have started demolishing it. I initially though they would only knock down the fire damaged part but after they started taking the slates off the roof last month i knew the whole lot was coming down and that was going to be the end of an era in BOD.
There is a fair bit of activity during the day so I went in at night, alone. Problem with that is I was shitting myself and didn't hang about long enough to explore fully and couldn't take any outside shots. If the mods are happy enough to leave the thread open for a while I will take day shots of it as it slowly gets destroyed.
Enough waffling.........
On fire.
Firemen move in, took a good five hours to put out.
beastie that is doing the damage.
Half demolished west wing.
Up the stairs to the first floor.
Slates have been off for a few weeks now so plenty of water damage.
Water damage here looks more like the windows ahve been letting it in.
Signage on first floor.
Library....no bookshelves strangely.
Back down stairs near front door.
signage downstairs
Gym hall, I remember climbing on the bars as a kid in gym class.
Changing rooms.
Anyone know the book?
Corridor back to the west side.
Random rooms
Well that's all for now. Like I say if I get a chance I will take some more outside pics in the day to give you an idea of the size of the place. Sadly the creepy gardeners shed out the back was knocked down some time ago........was the stuff of legend when I was five.
Hope you enjoyed.
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, inside has been done so a few pics of outside.
