Kings Hall Southall
A Tour Bus destination but what a place.
Visited with my usual partner in grime Brickworx the day started at silly o'clock for a good reason this is a seriously busy location with 24 hr buses stoping right outside regularly. Parking for free in a side road even at 4am was difficult but we found a space and we started towards the front of this great building.
Kings Hall was built in 1916 for the Uxbridge & Southall Wesleyan Mission which operated it as a cinema screening religious films right up till 1937, when presumably the peoples appetite for the usual biblical gore fest movies had dwindled as did its economical viability. After 1937 the building served as a Methodist church serving the largely Urdu speaking congregation and then later the West African, Pakistani and British congregations. Ultimately a building of this scale supported solely by parishioners would become unsustainable and despite a protracted campaign closed in 2014.
An interesting but not unsurprising document on the closure can be found herehttps://oimts.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/2013-6-smith.pdf
On with the explore. Up over the fence we went. I slipped a bit ripped my trousers cutting my leg a bit on the metal rods on the top (or so I thought)but not enough to dampen the mood.
It was still dark when we got in so up to a room overlooking the high street to wait till daylight where we met 3 others Lavino and two of his mates who were quite surprised to see us. About an hour later with the help of the streetlights we started the explore.
Round corridors and the green tiles rock.
Round the bend. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Wiff-waff and other healthy pastimes.
Wiff-Waff. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Fight foot and mouth with faith. You gotta love the delusional!
Fight foot and mouth with faith says bishop. by stu8fish, on Flickr
The Rotunda.
Rotunda. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Part of the seating for 300
Be seated. by stu8fish, on Flickr
The Gods.
The Gods. by stu8fish, on Flickr
The obligatory urbex piano shot.
All the right notes. by stu8fish, on Flickr
The view from above.
Top view. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Looking at the view.
Clown. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Paperwork.
Scored. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Peelings
Peelings. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Raze. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Corridoor
Step up. by stu8fish, on Flickr
The Office
The office. by stu8fish, on Flickr
All the right notes
Keys by stu8fish, on Flickr
The round window.
The round window. by stu8fish, on Flickr
Now the time has come to leave.
No by stu8fish, on Flickr
The headline banner.
Bannertwo by stu8fish, on Flickr
The exit was as comical as the entry with at least 20 people watching us drop from height into the bus stop que. Southall is a seriously busy place and this was my attempt at the required urbex external shot.
Explore bus project. by stu8fish, on Flickr
And the final shot is slightly gruesome but necessary.
My little slip on the fence was a little more serious than I first thought. Early in the day I suffered some discomfort and although its not recommended with people you met on the internet I had too drop my trousers and ask Brickworx to look at the scratch to check if it needed stitches. His response was "its just a scratch let's get on exploring!"
2017-12-04_08-07-18 by stu8fish, on Flickr
Two days later I thought the scratch should have stopped hurting so I visited the minor injuries clinic of my local hospital. Six nights in the hospital and 2 sessions under the knife leads me to think it was more than a scratch.
Owwee Owee Owee. by stu8fish, on Flickr
You gotta have a little adventure in life.
Big thanks to the Dr's and Nurses of the Royal Surrey for their work and good humour in sorting my leg out and hope they get the funding and pay that is needed to make the NHS the best in to world.
A Tour Bus destination but what a place.
Visited with my usual partner in grime Brickworx the day started at silly o'clock for a good reason this is a seriously busy location with 24 hr buses stoping right outside regularly. Parking for free in a side road even at 4am was difficult but we found a space and we started towards the front of this great building.
Kings Hall was built in 1916 for the Uxbridge & Southall Wesleyan Mission which operated it as a cinema screening religious films right up till 1937, when presumably the peoples appetite for the usual biblical gore fest movies had dwindled as did its economical viability. After 1937 the building served as a Methodist church serving the largely Urdu speaking congregation and then later the West African, Pakistani and British congregations. Ultimately a building of this scale supported solely by parishioners would become unsustainable and despite a protracted campaign closed in 2014.
An interesting but not unsurprising document on the closure can be found herehttps://oimts.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/2013-6-smith.pdf
On with the explore. Up over the fence we went. I slipped a bit ripped my trousers cutting my leg a bit on the metal rods on the top (or so I thought)but not enough to dampen the mood.
It was still dark when we got in so up to a room overlooking the high street to wait till daylight where we met 3 others Lavino and two of his mates who were quite surprised to see us. About an hour later with the help of the streetlights we started the explore.
Round corridors and the green tiles rock.
Round the bend. by stu8fish, on FlickrWiff-waff and other healthy pastimes.
Wiff-Waff. by stu8fish, on FlickrFight foot and mouth with faith. You gotta love the delusional!
Fight foot and mouth with faith says bishop. by stu8fish, on FlickrThe Rotunda.
Rotunda. by stu8fish, on FlickrPart of the seating for 300
Be seated. by stu8fish, on FlickrThe Gods.
The Gods. by stu8fish, on FlickrThe obligatory urbex piano shot.
All the right notes. by stu8fish, on FlickrThe view from above.
Top view. by stu8fish, on FlickrLooking at the view.
Clown. by stu8fish, on FlickrPaperwork.
Scored. by stu8fish, on FlickrPeelings
Peelings. by stu8fish, on FlickrRaze. by stu8fish, on FlickrCorridoor
Step up. by stu8fish, on FlickrThe Office
The office. by stu8fish, on FlickrAll the right notes
Keys by stu8fish, on FlickrThe round window.
The round window. by stu8fish, on FlickrNow the time has come to leave.
No by stu8fish, on FlickrThe headline banner.
Bannertwo by stu8fish, on FlickrThe exit was as comical as the entry with at least 20 people watching us drop from height into the bus stop que. Southall is a seriously busy place and this was my attempt at the required urbex external shot.
Explore bus project. by stu8fish, on Flickr And the final shot is slightly gruesome but necessary.
My little slip on the fence was a little more serious than I first thought. Early in the day I suffered some discomfort and although its not recommended with people you met on the internet I had too drop my trousers and ask Brickworx to look at the scratch to check if it needed stitches. His response was "its just a scratch let's get on exploring!"
2017-12-04_08-07-18 by stu8fish, on FlickrTwo days later I thought the scratch should have stopped hurting so I visited the minor injuries clinic of my local hospital. Six nights in the hospital and 2 sessions under the knife leads me to think it was more than a scratch.
Owwee Owee Owee. by stu8fish, on FlickrYou gotta have a little adventure in life.
Big thanks to the Dr's and Nurses of the Royal Surrey for their work and good humour in sorting my leg out and hope they get the funding and pay that is needed to make the NHS the best in to world.
...I can't moan now! 
