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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 #70: Silo D of Millennium Mills & London Pleasure Gardens, London – June 2014

July 27, 2014

Adam X

High Stuff, Industrial & Commercial Sites, United Kingdom

After exploring Rooftop X earlier that night Dan, Peter and I then had a fail whilst scouting out another location, so as dawn was breaking we headed to Millennium Mills. Unfortunately we were unable to gain access to the main mills this time, so instead had a mooch around the Grade II listed grain ‘Silo D’ which formed part of the main mill complex, and what remains of London Pleasure Gardens. History You can find a full history of Millennium…