County Hospital Morgue!
Early in the morning and I end up in here
Having been talking to a close friend of mine up the country, she really wanted to experience going into some abandoned buildings, so what better way to introduce her than travel 7 hours, drag her out of bed and head here to see how she handles it (very well surprisingly) she had been wanting to model for me for sometime, so why not kill two birds with one stone. This little gem became do-able a few weeks before we set off. Massive thank you to Lavino for the info here!
(Much appreciated mate)
The Durham County Hospital was constructed in the middle of the 19th century and began operation as a voluntary hospital. The hospital saw growth in the 20th century due medical advances, the growth of the city and the construction of a nearby railway viaduct. In total 5 major phases of building works have seen new buildings been added to the hospital in the 20th century to keep pace with demand. The hospital closed in 2010 and several proposals to turn the hospital into housing.
The long drive up to durham, dealing with the 13th hour and singing lessons, having the most sour tasting coffee of my life, I was glad to pick up my friend and get inside here, I think every explorer has this one category they love the most, some people love asylums (taboo and all) others prefer industrial and churches, many people would think I prefer houses, but AHA you are wrong. My first "love" has been mortuaries/morgues way before I began using a camera I came across a white slab in a hospital near Essex, since then I had always wanted to photograph one! Sure I have photographed metal ones, but never a porcelain one until now! as we stood inside this old morgue, I said nothing for the first few minutes, see I had a personal vendetta with this place having travelled here last year, an never finding it after walking the grounds for a few hours and getting caught, I instantly felt satisfied to be staring at what had bugged me for over a year.
After we got our photos of the place, I then decided it was model shoot time before we left, while the 13th hour left the building and had a drink and smoke outside, I quickly got to work on some ideas I had discussed, once I was finally satisfied we decided to join the others, but as we was about to head back to the car, Mr security looks up the pathway, a few minutes crouched down and he is none the wiser and we make a swift exit.
Thank you everyone in advance for your feedback and getting to the end of this report, now I have to promise no more reports till end of October, you guys will become sick of me posting soon!
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