February Photography Thread
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Vintage Paw
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Finally got my scanner, spyder and cs3 sorted on my laptop.
Will look through thread at others in a bit.
Will look through thread at others in a bit.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Taken today, on the way to Derby on't train. Obviously. iPhone shot. Not quite level. Whatever.
It is a 5.30am start for some of us, we meet and check our gear is working, power supply, torches, the mobiles in credit and charged, ropes checked and we are off, walking in the early rain of a Feb daybreak. All four are nervous, that's a good indication of how serious we are taking this, the last time 2 of us were here was 1994, on a charge of theft by finding, back then it was not named urban exploration, it was just an interest in empty spaces, we should have left the carpet tiles, but lessons learned..
We arrive at Sheffield Crown Court, former Town Hall, our access made more mad due to overnight rain, we was not going to wait for another chance, it was now as we had waited 2 weeks for the snow to go, we are inside and head torches on.
We do a walk round, suss out the lay out of the building, we joke in our hyped up state, then gather back where we began, now for some images we slowly go through the former Crown Court, a lot has changed since this last exploration, junkies and other low life had begin to take this grand old lady apart, aided by the decay of time and Mother Earth.
Under foot is not of ease, we walk with care checking each other, The Clock Tower a temptation was there before us but sometimes you resist such delights and there might be another day, the rain had added to the post society feel of this place.
We do the cells, and we all find them to be more at ease than the rest of this place, back up to our access point and exit, it is now 9am, 1 hour and half since we got in, we go for coffee and talk about our little exploration, three years in the waiting for this one and we had done it.
Thanks to friends in Sheffield, other urban exploration people for the info advice and support and we all know we must have been a pain last few weeks, but seeing the images we hope you understand the addiction and need in all of this.
Anyhow, some back ground to this Grand Lady..
The building was commissioned to replace Sheffield's first town hall, which had opened in 1700 to a design by William Renny. This first structure stood by the parish church, on a site with little prospect for extension.
The Old Town Hall was built in 1807–8 by Charles Watson, and was designed to house not only the Town Trustees but also the Petty and Quarter Sessions. The initial building was a five-bay structure fronting Castle Street, but it was extended in 1833 and again in 1866 by William Flockton (1804-1864) of Sheffield and his partner for the project, Abbott; the most prominent feature was the new central clock tower over a new main entrance that reoriented the building to Waingate. At the same time, the building's courtrooms were linked by underground passages to the neighbouring Sheffield Police Offices.
The first Town Council was elected in 1843 and took over the lease of the Town Trustees' hall in 1866. The following year, the building was extensively renovated, with a clock tower designed by Flockton & Abbott being added.
By the 1890s, the building had again become too small, and the current Sheffield Town Hall was built further south. The Old Town Hall was again extended in 1896-7, by the renamed Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton, and became Sheffield Crown Court and Sheffield High Court. In the 1990s, these courts moved to new premises, and since at least 1997 to present, the building remains disused. In 2007, it was named by the Victorian Society as one of their top ten buildings most at-risk
The Images:
We arrive at Sheffield Crown Court, former Town Hall, our access made more mad due to overnight rain, we was not going to wait for another chance, it was now as we had waited 2 weeks for the snow to go, we are inside and head torches on.
We do a walk round, suss out the lay out of the building, we joke in our hyped up state, then gather back where we began, now for some images we slowly go through the former Crown Court, a lot has changed since this last exploration, junkies and other low life had begin to take this grand old lady apart, aided by the decay of time and Mother Earth.
Under foot is not of ease, we walk with care checking each other, The Clock Tower a temptation was there before us but sometimes you resist such delights and there might be another day, the rain had added to the post society feel of this place.
We do the cells, and we all find them to be more at ease than the rest of this place, back up to our access point and exit, it is now 9am, 1 hour and half since we got in, we go for coffee and talk about our little exploration, three years in the waiting for this one and we had done it.
Thanks to friends in Sheffield, other urban exploration people for the info advice and support and we all know we must have been a pain last few weeks, but seeing the images we hope you understand the addiction and need in all of this.
Anyhow, some back ground to this Grand Lady..
The building was commissioned to replace Sheffield's first town hall, which had opened in 1700 to a design by William Renny. This first structure stood by the parish church, on a site with little prospect for extension.
The Old Town Hall was built in 1807–8 by Charles Watson, and was designed to house not only the Town Trustees but also the Petty and Quarter Sessions. The initial building was a five-bay structure fronting Castle Street, but it was extended in 1833 and again in 1866 by William Flockton (1804-1864) of Sheffield and his partner for the project, Abbott; the most prominent feature was the new central clock tower over a new main entrance that reoriented the building to Waingate. At the same time, the building's courtrooms were linked by underground passages to the neighbouring Sheffield Police Offices.
The first Town Council was elected in 1843 and took over the lease of the Town Trustees' hall in 1866. The following year, the building was extensively renovated, with a clock tower designed by Flockton & Abbott being added.
By the 1890s, the building had again become too small, and the current Sheffield Town Hall was built further south. The Old Town Hall was again extended in 1896-7, by the renamed Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton, and became Sheffield Crown Court and Sheffield High Court. In the 1990s, these courts moved to new premises, and since at least 1997 to present, the building remains disused. In 2007, it was named by the Victorian Society as one of their top ten buildings most at-risk
The Images:
Jodie
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
great Scaling...can't see the joins atall. 
Youwhat? 
tom_craggs
Well-Known Member
Old one converted to B&W from Velvia
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
it shouldn't make you cry i think. i can understand why it might but at the same time there is so much love and joy in that photo.
look forward to more pics, as long as they make you happy and not sad
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
it shouldn't make you cry i think. i can understand why it might but at the same time there is so much love and joy in that photo.
look forward to more pics, as long as they make you happy and not sad
It's because my dad's dead. Makes me sad to see new photos of him. New photos of him and mum together. Photos of something that won't ever be again. It makes me happy too. I tend to smile through my tears.
I haven't got over my dad dying. Nearly 13 years ago.
Then that made me cry .My kids dad is dead and I smile through the tears when I think of him too.
Funnily enough we were at his parents today and some old photos were bought out . Him as a child , his brother and his parents the wonderful J and M . It was lovely to see them as youngsters in love .A cheeky grin here a twinkle in the eye there. It helps me to see them as the whole people they are and not just as the all knowing olds . There were pictures of their parents too . We've promised to get together again to put names to faces and stuff ,before we leave it to late and its lost forever .
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I'm realising it's very important to hold on to old photographs and the knowledge/history that goes along with them. My resolution this year is to take more photos of those I know and love, print them out and get them in an album. We all perhaps take more photos these days because of the cheapness of digital photography, but how many of us print out our family snaps? I know I don't.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Anyway, another photo:
Roadkill
I like those train photographs a lot - especially the last two taken in the station itself.
Here some more of my usual stuff:-
I like those train photographs a lot - especially the last two taken in the station itself.
Here some more of my usual stuff:-
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I lost my Dad a little over 2 months ago and I'm in bits now
I love seeing him in the old photos we have stashed away, he was a brave man when he was younger and I wish I'd been able to spend more time with him like this instead of when he was lingering under the spectre of depression and alcoholism in the late 80's and 90's
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