Cane hill trip 2003

[odeon master]

thought you'd be interested in these cane hill pics from around 2003.
i went with noisemetalrich and mr. ben.
wont go on about the history as its been done to death !

enjoy

this shot actually taken in 1998

this one 1998

start of 2003 tour the admin block

a real marble fireplace in a office

this room was an aladdnins cave for electrical equipment ! record players, records, radios,hoovers,phones,to name but a few.

a 1960's dancette record player.

the famous piano in the ward block. a recording exists of me and mr. ben doing a set on it

this room in engineering was where the clock synchronizing equipment was, it kept all the clocks in the hospital at the same time. as you can see the power went off at 10 to 2

need we say more !

this office was still locked , and the shot was took through a corridor window. this room therefore has never been entered in 16 years !

ODEON MASTER climbing up onto the projectionists box attached to the back of the main hall

rooftop view of the chapel

another rooftop shot to the chapel

derelict city ! every where you looked you could see derelict buildings. i'v never seen anything quiet like it before. it had a great atmosphere up there , you got a real sense of the huge size of the place up here.

showing the burned out remains of the great hall. i believe it burnt down sometime in 2001.
has anyone any photo's of the hall inside before it burnt down?

noisemetalrich and mr.ben in the great hall.
it looked like a scene off doctor who !

 

[MD]

great pictures mate
nice to see some really old stuff from there.
didnt they have security in those days?

 

[mr_bones]

Superb! Hats off to you, these are really nice especially as most photos i have seen of the hill from that era are a lot lower quality - i know mine were!

The first shot is really very good because it is pre-metal fence and it also shows Vanbrugh and Vincent wards before the fire that wiped out the roof. Distinct lack of broken windows, too!

 

[odeon master]

Superb! Hats off to you, these are really nice especially as most photos i have seen of the hill from that era are a lot lower quality - i know mine were!

The first shot is really very good because it is pre-metal fence and it also shows Vanbrugh and Vincent wards before the fire that wiped out the roof. Distinct lack of broken windows, too!

cheers mr. bones.
just re photographed all this lot off gloss prints with my digital camera the smorning !
it works quiet well considering . infact most of the photos i'v put up on this site so far have been scanned in this way as most of my pics are on prints.
didnt know that old shot in 1998 was of a ward that burnt down, that was my first siting of cane hill round the edge with fellow explorer simon

does anyone have a shot in the great hall before it got destroyed with fire?

 

[Goldie87]

Excellent stuff, always enjoy seeing older pics of the hill

 

[lost]

Great work! I love the retro feel to those pics. Would be a lot better if I didn't have to tilt my head to see some of them though.

 

[fire*fly]

great photos & a good neck workout too

 

[Richard Davies]

That small balcony is strange, I think Simon commented about it on is site.

I'm sure I've seen that portrait of a woman somewhere else.

I've not seen any pictures of the "aladdins cave" there's some police dog signs in there.

 

[chelle]

Great stuff mate

These are brilliant trully,as you have seen the place pre-big time security etc..if ya got more,please put em up cos we luv em.

 

[noisemetalrich]

i'll post my documentary when i get time. there was security, we got chased!

 

[Pete]

does anyone have a shot in the great hall before it got destroyed with fire?

There don't to be any online - I've seen one once and I think another (by Lilimouse) has been located in archives but isn't available to copy. It's a pity, as shots of recreation halls that survive the life of the hospital aren't usually that difficult to locate.

 

[King Al]

Nice Pics OM, its so sad how bad the place has gotten in such a short amount of time One observation though: Is it just me or is there something very odd going on in the 3rd pic from the bottom?

 

[odeon master]

Nice Pics OM, its so sad how bad the place has gotten in such a short amount of time One observation though: Is it just me or is there something very odd going on in the 3rd pic from the bottom?

not quiet sure what you mean king al,but it could be my reflection in the shot as it was retaken off a gloss print with a digital camera. if its something else thats goin on, please tell me

 

[krela]

not quiet sure what you mean king al,but it could be my reflection in the shot as it was retaken off a gloss print with a digital camera. if its something else thats goin on, please tell me

The chimney is at a rather odd angle...

 

[odeon master]

The chimney is at a rather odd angle...

arr, yes
i see now, that would be due to the gloss print bending as they tend to do that.

 

[Simon]

great pictures mate
nice to see some really old stuff from there.
didnt they have security in those days?

Between 1991 and 2001 security were based in the Administration Block. Some of the interior corridors were also boarded up (as the hospital closed) so getting around inside during those early days was difficult.

I'd forgotten Odeon Master had a camera with him when we first walked the perimeter. I believe it was 1999 or 2000 however. But it certainly looked different back in those halycon days.

All the best,
Simon

 

[Lightbuoy]

Nice to see some pics from CH when it was in better nick

Lb:jimlad:

P.s. -got a bit of a sore neck looking at some of ya pics though!

 

[tucker]

Very nice mate, love seeing old pictures of Cane Hill. Ive only visited twice since demo started, so its good to see what it used to be like.

This is what the main hall looked like last week, in your pic its bare!

 

[mr_bones]

Odeon Master's photos rotated and re-uploaded by me with his permission! Enjoy.

 

[Winchester]

95% of the reports I've seen from here are 2005 onwards, so it's great to see some older stuff from here.

Any idea if there are any photos floating about the internet of the main hall before the fire?