Yeh I know Harperbury seems to be my second home recently. But a while ago I did an explore with SammiLeigh (who's Step Mum worked there) and managed to see a whole lot more than I'd seen so far. I'm hoping/guessing there's stuff here that other people havent seen either as this stuff I've not seen posted anywhere before...
It's a bit of a long post, but I've kept pics low res to help. 3 stages to this one...
Firstly we started at the pool building, I wont post stuff we've seen before, but these were new to me...
This doll had been at the site for ages and I'm amazed it's still there...
Now this building I was VERY lucky to find open, it's always been very well secured up until now. The ground floor was shot and I didnt dare walk far into it, but upstairs was fine, and it made such a nice change to find a building in relatively good condition.
But what made this great was the contents in the downstairs area. Loads of kids toys, loads of percussion instruments (like we all played with in infants school), and something that looked like a big plasma ball. Also laying around was loads of padding... Not to mention some wooden benches and even a pool table!!!
Upstairs it was nice to see unbroken sinks, mirrors and windows...
The famous sofa had been kicked upside down so we put it back in it's original location AND found the cushions so make it whole again...
Then Samii took us to this old building, on face value didnt seem too interesting but round the back we found 2 underground boilers, and what may have been the start of some of the tunnels we've heard about...
After this we went to an old bar/club house that was right in the middle of the live area. This is the bit where security decided to come and have a chat with us, but luckily we were in and out before they got to us, we were just getting back in the car when they pulled up and asked us about ''our mission''
This slanty bar isnt a dodgy photo, the room really had sunk in the middle, those doors are never going to close ever again!
And finally a nice old fountain in the bar gardens...
Thanks for looking and for bearing with me through my Harperbury obsession (and bucket-loads of photos), but I really do think it's finished now. I'm happy I carried on a bit longer with this site, and thanks to Samii for showing me a few more bits that I didnt even know existed.
Steve
It's a bit of a long post, but I've kept pics low res to help. 3 stages to this one...
Firstly we started at the pool building, I wont post stuff we've seen before, but these were new to me...
This doll had been at the site for ages and I'm amazed it's still there...
Now this building I was VERY lucky to find open, it's always been very well secured up until now. The ground floor was shot and I didnt dare walk far into it, but upstairs was fine, and it made such a nice change to find a building in relatively good condition.
But what made this great was the contents in the downstairs area. Loads of kids toys, loads of percussion instruments (like we all played with in infants school), and something that looked like a big plasma ball. Also laying around was loads of padding... Not to mention some wooden benches and even a pool table!!!
Upstairs it was nice to see unbroken sinks, mirrors and windows...
The famous sofa had been kicked upside down so we put it back in it's original location AND found the cushions so make it whole again...
Then Samii took us to this old building, on face value didnt seem too interesting but round the back we found 2 underground boilers, and what may have been the start of some of the tunnels we've heard about...
After this we went to an old bar/club house that was right in the middle of the live area. This is the bit where security decided to come and have a chat with us, but luckily we were in and out before they got to us, we were just getting back in the car when they pulled up and asked us about ''our mission''
This slanty bar isnt a dodgy photo, the room really had sunk in the middle, those doors are never going to close ever again!
And finally a nice old fountain in the bar gardens...
Thanks for looking and for bearing with me through my Harperbury obsession (and bucket-loads of photos), but I really do think it's finished now. I'm happy I carried on a bit longer with this site, and thanks to Samii for showing me a few more bits that I didnt even know existed.
Steve