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BEEP BEEP RITCHIE!

that is funny

The lose of two thirds of the kirkbride is a major tragedy, but Avalon Bay is doing a great job on the remaining part of the kirkbride. The roof looks fantastic, without the beautiful chemneys of course. It will look awsome when they rebuild the center tower to it's former glory. The old brick work of that portion of the hospital remains and it will look almost as it did in better days. Have any of you been to the Danvers construction web cam to watch the construction there. For any interested, go to.... Google and type in (Avalon Bay Comunities,) then to the link, (comunities under construction,) and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on, ( Avalon Danvers Construction Webcam.) I tryed to post the url, but I couldn't get the code right to post it.

oh my goodness.

putos gringos!!!!!!!

Here's something odd. The playgrounds that the children play on, on some of the Army bases look very preety much like this playground.

Way too much plastic if you ask me !

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.

i was here last night. messed up. had to leave

oops!! 1877 sorry Motts

Motts You are the most talanted photographer
I know. This work is FANTASTIC!!

This estate was built in 1904 and was the Harold Irving Pratt Estate

I live on Pratt property and have been obsessed with the remains of the old estates. You are a wonderful Photographer. I spent the day in Welwyn yeaterday photographing some remains that I found I don't thing anyone knows about these. I would love to show them to you. I would love for you to photograph them also, I think you would like this place..Avocet15@optonline.net

wind could have been a factor to how it burned.

Watch the magnificent buildings disappear as the bulldozers move in.
There is less each time I drive past.

My gran worked at Whittingham as a senior nurse for over fourty years and my grandad worked in the giant furnace rooms.
I remember going as a child to work at summer fairs and being with the patients and when I asked my gran what each had done, she would say "better not to know".
My dad as a child was taken to the cinema in Longridge with school and the children would be locked into the cinema with Whittingham patients. Hands would sneak over the childrens' shoulders and pinch their sweets.
I have lots more tales from Whittingham and am thinking of writing a book!

I used to work here and we used to swim in this pool on nightshift in the dark with just the pool lights on!