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Abandoned, Disused & Ruined Places

Swifty said:
A Knights Templar cave has just been found via a rabbit hole .. or so I'm told?: (with pictures)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39193347
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Amazing find!
Perhaps used as a hiding-place for knights during the time when they were persecuted?

I keep meaning to go to the Royston Cave, but so far haven't got round to it.
Perhaps in the summertime, when it's dry.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Amazing find!
Perhaps used as a hiding-place for knights during the time when they were persecuted?

I keep meaning to go to the Royston Cave, but so far haven't got round to it.
Perhaps in the summertime, when it's dry.
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JamesWhitehead said:
Fascinating but, as with the Royston Cave the association with the Knights Templar is purely speculative. :rolleyes:
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A the title was a bit misleading.

The article says Historic England suggest the caves were made in the 18th and 19th century so that's at least four hundred years after old Jacques made his final alleged curse.
 
The Mirror have picked up the story and confidently asserted the caves are 700 years old and were used as a hideout by the Templars.:fckpc: One for the abysmal journalism thread.

Also what is this 'rabbit hole'? It must be a very small photographer who can crawl down one of those.
 
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graylien said:
The Mirror have picked up the story and confidently asserted the caves are 700 years old and were used as a hideout by the Templars.:fckpc: One for the abysmal journalism thread.

Also what is this 'rabbit hole'? It must be a very small photographer who can crawl down one of those.
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Maybe it was Alice ?
 
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Naughty_Felid said:
The article says Historic England suggest the caves were made in the 18th and 19th century so that's at least four hundred years after old Jacques made his final alleged curse.
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That's disappointing if true.
But they do look a lot older than 18th or 19th century.
 
Checking into New York’s Lost Holiday Resort

Hidden away in upstate New York, about two hours north of Manhattan, lies a forgotten holiday resort. Fifty years ago, it would have been the height of luxury for well heeled New Yorkers to come here, escaping from the Metropolis to the seclusion of the Catskill Mountains, to a place called Grossinger’s.
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Then:

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Now:

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http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/03/21/checking-into-new-yorks-lost-holiday-resort/
 
Tudworth... I read Turdworth!! Anyway, Pathetic motorway is a great name! Geekery at its most delightful, indeed.
 
cpm82 said:
Why did the resort close?
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Cheaper flights made Florida the preferred holiday destination for New York's Jews. The Catskills were originally a respite from the stifling heat of the city in summer. Hotels there catered for the Jewish market at a period when there was open discrimination in affluent WASP hotels and clubs. The Catskills are remembered now as the nursery of generations of Jewish entertainers.

I have seen several galleries of decaying hotel complexes there but the scale of Grossinger's was amazing. It was the beneficiary of a fashion - almost a cult - which died.

This fascinating piece attributes their decline to assorted factors, including air-conditioning at home! :)
 
Northern Exposure – An Irishman’s Diary about McCarthy, Alaska

Hiking in eastern Alaska some time ago, Dublin photographer Paul Scannell chanced upon a small town called McCarthy, where he was so charmed by the ambience that he skipped his flight home and stayed for five months.

The locals took him to heart during his visit. They even elected him “prom queen” at one point, which may sound a bit irregular. But bear in mind that while McCarthy is at the centre of America’s largest national park – two-thirds the size of Ireland – the township itself is not extensive. It has a population of 28.

Anyway, Scannell eventually abdicated his monarchical responsibilities to return home. And next week in Dublin, he opens an exhibition of pictures both from McCarthy itself and the Wrangell-St Elias national park that surrounds it. The show runs at the Powerscourt Gallery from March 29th.

Like many former mining towns, McCarthy used to be bigger than it is now.

Named after one Irishman, the philanthropist James McCarthy, it was made possible by another, a railroad contractor named Michael “Big Mike” Heney.

The Canadian-born son of immigrants, Heney made his fortune building the infrastructure required by the Klondike Gold Rush and other mining booms of the 1890s onwards, in the process of which he too earned a regal title, “The Irish Prince of Alaska”. ...


http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/n...shman-s-diary-about-mccarthy-alaska-1.3022294
 
I get a really sad feeling when I see things like this.
I'm amazed they didn't sell it all and didn't sell the shop.
 
Time was when the A55 took you through Holywell on the route to the North Wales coast. The road was streamlined in the eighties, making the journey a lot faster but bypassing places like Holywell, Conwy and Colwyn Bay.

Mind you, I would assume the customers for a toy shop were mainly local. :(
 
Re the toyshop: The article says that the owner retired, but I wonder if the continued abandoned state of the place is a subsequent issue with probate. Some years back when I was helping a friend who was hunting for workshop space I looked at trying to rent an old retail outlet which had been unoccupied for several years. It had been a hi-fi and TV shop, but very old-school, and the place was still crammed with big boxy sound systems and darkwood clad TV sets (the rumour had always been that the old chap who owned it also sold under the counter porn).

Anyway, a solicitor told me that every town seemed to have at least one property like this - and that, often, the issue was to do with probate, and centred around either contested, or non-existent wills. It kind of makes sense: stock is a portable asset - if you voluntarily pack up shop you are going to have the connections to offload old stock as part of the process; if you go bust, for the liquidators shifting the more portable of the disposable assets is a relatively easy part of the process.
 
This is not a 'place', but it is abandoned - photos on page:
Rotting BMW hasn't moved for so long there are weeds growing round it
By Lauren_Herald | Posted: April 11, 2017

An un-taxed car has been left to rot on a Plymouth street.
The blue BMW 3-series coupe hasn't moved from the same spot for more than a year and is now decaying and mouldy.
Located in Fleetwood Gardens, Southway next to a children's play area - residents fear the owner has 'abandoned' the car and moved away.
One local, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "The car is falling to bits; it's a danger to the children as it's right at the entrance to the park.
"Plants are starting to grow around it, it's not on private parking either – it's just on the side of the road".

Residents in the area are said to have contacted authorities on various occasions, yet still have no answers as to how long the car will remain until it gets removed.
The vehicle has not had an MOT since 2015 where it passed but had five advisories – such as new brake discs, a noisy exhaust and an oil leak.
The bonnet has been covered in a black carbon-effect wrap which has surrendered to the sun and there is rust on the front wheel arches.

One said: "Nobody seems to take responsibility for it – the police, council and DVLA have all been informed yet nothing happens. It really does look abandoned".

Residents say they've contacted the council and DVLA but nothing has been doneA spokesman for the DVLA shared, "We have no record of the vehicle ever being clamped. If the vehicle has been abandoned it's a local authority matter".

Plymouth City Council have been approached for comment.

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/rot...ing-round-it/story-30261281-detail/story.html
 
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