125 Comments Posted by caroline

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holy shnikees Mr. Motts! Are you a bat, hanging by your feet when you took this shot?
Just how DID you do it???
Promise all of us you'll be careful. We need you.

Mold, dust, um...don't forget asbestos.
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The irony is delicious :P
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you guys crack me up
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Holy Cow! Excellent, Motts! Thank you for risking life and limb for us disabled folk who can live vicariously through your walks. You don't know how much it means to me (us).
Does anyone agree with me that this staircase is iron? Maybe one piece? If so, again I say, Holy - Cow!
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ooooo, motts! I want heaven to be lit just - like - this!!
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oh, motts, just lovely. thank you.
Is the tree pointing the way out?
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Look closely at the backrest of the chair. See the old mustached and bearded man with a russian-type hat??? Yes, sir, Mott! Another great spooky photo!!
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Is it me, or does it look in like in the hole in the ceiling, there is an owl like creature standing there?
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I absolutely love this picture...would make an amazing wallpaper (hint, hint).......and I must ask...out of all these galleries...which is your favorite?
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Your photos are absolutely amazing...I've been on this website for hours now..can't stop looking and admiring.
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If I had that view everyday, I may of just wondered off to go look. Well that's just me. Abandoned places interest me greatly.
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This photo is stunning I wish they weren't going to demolish it thank god there are still hospitals like this one that have been saved I am thankful to you for recording this place in so much detail maybe you could visit other places like this one before they are destroyed so we will never forget that they existed
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I agree it should've been renovated but it's past repair now and it would cost a fortune to sort it - believe me if i had the money I would buy the place right now. I thought Prince Charles wanted to save the grade 2 listed buildings they've saved other hospitals like this one admittedly they generally end up as housing but at least they're kept for posterity
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I visited this website after spending the past week watching most haunted on living tv's halloween special who visited the hospital to search for the paranormal. The photographs are amazing but sad at the same time I hate seeing beautiful buildings like this go to waste when they could've been transformed into something of use instead of being left to rot like this and the cost to renovate them now would be too much for anyone to consider buying them without demolishing the buildings for the land alone. As a child I went to a school opposite a hospital just like this one that had been closed I often used to wonder at the age of 10 what could be done with it even back then. they have kept the listed buildings and turned the site into housing which is not ideal but better than losing it altogether. I suffer from epilepsy and take medication which controls it but it sends a shiver down my spine to think that 100 years ago instead of going to school opposite I would've been sent to High Royds to endure the pain of shock therapy and not come out. I think it is important to keep the memories of places like this alive as a tribute to the people who lived and died there. I for one will not forget. I suggest you visit their site at www.highroyds.com
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That is an amazing photograph. A book is an awesome idea.