Having left ‘The Not-So Paranormal House’ on a high, we continued on the road to Crewe, looking left and right and hoping for something else that could keep the spirits high.
One such 'farm' did arise complete with a house and empty window, but on climbing through I could not even find one shot worthy of a little space on my phone. @anidiotexplores ended up taking some shots, but this was strictly below the waistline.
Now I am showing my age with phrases such as this…, 'I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine’, google it if you want to learn more.
The surrounding houses and trash were equally boring with one caravan secured. What a downer, we continued on the road toward the 'Electricity Works', which according to my Google flyby was a strictly 'C' class exploration.
Trying to get past all the shit, metal fencing, gorse, nettles (even winter ones), and boards plastered onto the many past holes created was getting frustrating until one of us noticed this.
Why not go straight for the jugular and stop farting around the edges? It was in front of both our noses and yet we failed to see it.
With three metal bars removed, even the fattest bastard explorer could have gotten through there, and we spotted the logo in the distance. Little did we know that the custom colourfully tiled ‘Crewe Electricity Works’ signature was about as good as it was going to get.
Walking down a gravel path it became obvious this building had been severely neglected and the route inside was one of many. ‘Scottish Power’ it said on the side, one of the ‘Big 6’ as they are named here.
This is the ‘Cartel’ of large Electricity and Gas suppliers who have us all over a barrel, that phrase meaning they can charge what the fuck they want, and we have to pay or do without.
Inside, it was a derelict mess of broken stones, partial floors with massive holes, and sporadic graffiti.
Looking out over the edge, I couldn't see any evidence of what may have been down there. I am guessing the right edge used to adorn windows which have since been bricked up.
Standing on the beams is always a wise move, but you can't always tell where they are. Any part of the floor I was standing on here could collapse at any moment, yet I felt strangely comfortable. You tend to get a feel of if the floor is going to collapse, or not.
The door on the far side must have gone somewhere once, but even a desperate leap onto it now only resulted in a 12-foot drop on the far side. I weighed up the possibility of such an action and decided it probably should not be tried.
While there was a metal staircase to descend, getting to it would require a feat of acrobatics I no longer have due to no floor as well as broken rungs to stand on, so we exited and made our way around the blue, tin-looking building, and entered that way. Why make it hard?
A little crouching brought us here; another large area with barely anything to see besides ‘E-Quality’ graffiti drawn by the local morons.
Now you can see why the stairs should be avoided. They chose metal but with wooden slats that had all but vanished or worn away with the ravishes of time.
'Fuck you cunt' and 'Shag me' were as exciting as it comes in 'Crewe Electricity Works'. We came all this way, for this bullshit?
As ever, I tried to make the best of what we could see, the descending stairway, the double ropes on the left which if adjusted could be used for synchronous suicide attendees, and the overhead old pulley system which was all that was left of the old industry.
Honestly, ‘Keep Out’, how fucking original. Are there no decent artists in Crewe? This one must rank at almost the lowest number of shots I have taken per location.
FOOTNOTE: I jest about the ropes; this is but sardonic satire, and not to be taken seriously. The recent spiralling costs of Electricity and Gas are almost enough to send someone here to do it and to send a message to those greedy fuckers making record profits.
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Ahem, such quality graffiti!! Where are the artists man!
And I hate to say it but I had to Google the kicks above the waistline malarkey, lol!
In Sheffield, they all live there in a squat I think 😀
LOL, you looked. The waistline term was often used as an indicator of the shag-ability of chicks in those days. The clubbing days, you see...
I do remember the clubbing days with fondness!!!
Hehe, I always have to look to check these things out, you never know what you will find out! 😀
It was Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for a while, despite working on Friday. I had a lot more go then!
Those were the same big nights here. I was always in a state in work on Friday. Thursday was the big student night and drinks were cheap cheap cheap!
Not one bit of scrap metal left, looks like the pikeys got there first
Nice and easy access, and next door to your house. You could go there and find some graffiti I missed if you are bored?
If the weather holds off I am gonna hit Ynys Mon ( lol ) this week, if all fails I might get some good seascapes at South Stack
This one seems to be cleaner than many of the others.....maybe from being a little further from the city?
You may have to sponsor a movement to invest in more talented graffiti artists! There are some neat angels and such but MalWANKer needs to up his game!
So wild to see hydro costs on the steep rise and an incredible boom in the price of homes around these parts. Imagine not being able to afford to operate or live in a place but be sitting on it as a huge capital asset. Not exactly sure I will see many more abandoned places up here but hopefully some of them get scooped up and repurposed into lower income housing.
What the hell was I talking about? Oh yah! Awesome new abandoned adventure old friend. Keep those tetanus shots up to date!
It was close to the middle of a large industrial town.
I think they all live in Sheffield, not even a bad drawing worth speaking of!
I'm itching to get out again, but the weather is dire here. One storm after another.
What? This place was in Bangkok? Seems a bit out of the way for you :)
It might have been warmer there at least! Driving from my place, could take several weeks. 😀
That's a long drive just to spend one night :)
the puns are getting worse!
Cheezy line with opening on a songs words, kinda like explains the place all in all,fail!
Electricity works used to be highly guarded well maintained, the path taken.... No comment!
We had to take what was given, Crewe did get a little better. Got to get the crap stuff out first!
Always get worst out first, still effort getting there leaving a little disappointed!
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I’m coming to your neck of the woods. @steevc and I talked. I gotta see if any of it is true!! 😹
I hope you don't mean London, my neck is probably not as long as @steevc's 😀, but even that's stretching it for me. I'm always up for meetups, as for the humour, well thanks but in the flesh I am not a very outgoing and confident person, so you may well be disappointed. Hit me up on discord.
The electricity works sign is quite impressive. Pity about the state inside. It's a poor find when the graffiti turns out to be the highlight!
It was about the only thing worth seeing!.., but as we were here, it's a case of having a look anyway.
I like the design on those side windows, but why are they bricked up? Is it something that was done to prevent intruders after the place was abandoned?
The diamond ones.. It would be a lot of effort to brick them up with a design, maybe they were always like that?
Yes...curious...indeed
Ohhhh the thrillof exploring abandoned places like this makes me curious. It's like going onto another world, even it feels spooky. Seeing those hidden spots it's cool though. The graffiti makes the place like a modern culture to the old setting. STAY SAFE WHEN YOUR EXPLORING ABANDONED PLACES. I loved to see your blogs like these.
Not so spooky this one, it was barely indoors so having the wind howl around you doesn't create much of an atmosphere.
I sometimes get curious on what happens to abandoned buildings, and this one was very educational. Apart from the expected graffiti and trash, seeing how it deteriorates is interesting. The metal, cement, and bricks are still going strong, but the wood is giving out.
It limits where we can go, the stairs collapsing. I see it all too often.
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I wonder why this kind of large cartel of electricity and gas suppliers will be abandoned
This kind of place deserves to keep functioning. I’m just saying that though
It hurts me when I see that places like this are abandoned because we’ve got so many people who are in need
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Too bad, it looked like it had potential from the outside. As long as the floor doesn't collapse you call it a good day!
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