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Explore #75: Greenbank Drive Synagogue, aka The Ark, Liverpool – July 2014

August 19, 2014

Explore #3 of the Quality>Quantity aka Crimes Against Photography Tour After our successful explores at Tower X and The Royalty Cinema our intrepid gang then hit the exploring doldrums for a few hours, as we failed to gain access to the next site, and found the one after that to still be very active and had to be aborted for another day. But we pressed on through the fatigue, and by mid-afternoon we had made our way to Liverpool and…

Explore #74: The Royalty Cinema, Harborne, Birmingham – July 2014

August 15, 2014

Adam X

Industrial & Commercial Sites, Leisure Sites, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights, United Kingdom

Explore #2 of the Quality>Quantity aka Crimes Against Photography Tour Fresh from the euphoria of our success at Tower X we pressed on through the night, and arrived at the outskirts of Birmingham to explore this abandoned cinema just as dawn was breaking. History The Royalty Cinema was built in the Art Deco style for local independent company Selly Oak Pictures Limited, and opened on 20th October 1930. Built during the early years of cinema exhibition with sound, the Cinematograph…

Explore #68: The Porn House, Norfolk – June 2014

July 22, 2014

Adam X

Farms, Country Cottages and Smaller Houses, United Kingdom

I had been meaning to visit this small abandoned house in the Norfolk countryside for ages, so it was good to finally pay it a visit with Urbanographer one sunny summer’s evening after work. It is nicknamed The Porn House due to the number of, ahem, gentleman’s magazines which are scattered amidst the other general detritus – although for some reason I rather neglected to photograph many of them! There is no history on this place, but it has clearly…