Hellingly Lunatic Asylum

ominousnews · 8 Jul 2009 at 20:20

Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing =) Love that shadow and the edit works too.

MuGeN · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:00

gotta say, there's no way i'd go in there on my own :eek:

shots 1 & 7 are awesome in my opinion... not loving 3 as much as most people though to be honest there's something a bit cheesy about it?

what lenses did you use for these shots?

ScarySquirrel · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:04

MuGeN said:
gotta say, there's no way i'd go in there on my own

shots 1 & 7 are awesome in my opinion... not loving 3 as much as most people though to be honest there's something a bit cheesy about it?

what lenses did you use for these shots?

Mostly my Sigma 17-70mm and Sigma 10-20mm I believe.

Jimmy1983 · 18 Jul 2009 at 20:05

Wow nice, tempted to go but it would be take over an hour and a half for me to get there-any idea if there are any buildings like this near Portsmouth way?

mark66 · 18 Jul 2009 at 20:16

How quiet is this place? From the looks of it and the graffiti etc I would expect it to be quite popular with kids messing about, vandals, drug addicts etc etc? Nowadays most places places like this are fully boarded up I would thought, I am quite amazed that you can just walk in and that it hasn't been burnt down?

Certainly looks like a very intriguing place!

Yarde · 18 Jul 2009 at 22:45

If its anything like any of the other abandoned asylums around the currently, it'll be quite heavily guarded.

Fr0dders · 18 Jul 2009 at 23:16

really dislike the phrase "lunatic asylum"

not everybody sectioned under the mental health act is a "lunatic"

Dup · 19 Jul 2009 at 00:34

MrLOL said:
really dislike the phrase "lunatic asylum"

not everybody sectioned under the mental health act is a "lunatic"

Yeah, half my family including my girlfriend work in a secure unit and have done all my life. Met some very different people and these big old buildings are very creepy when they're occupied, never mind abandoned.

Loving the photos, great work

MuGeN · 20 Jul 2009 at 09:21

MrLOL said:
really dislike the phrase "lunatic asylum"

not everybody sectioned under the mental health act is a "lunatic"

you are sort of right... but the actual definition of "lunatic" is simply someone not of sound mind... so the phrase "lunatic asylum" is perfectly accurate its just used these days as more of an extreme phrase which makes it sound worse than it is.

mark66 · 20 Jul 2009 at 16:21

mark66 said:
How quiet is this place?

From the looks of it and the graffiti etc I would expect it to be quite popular with kids messing about, vandals, drug addicts etc etc? Nowadays most places places like this are fully boarded up I would thought, I am quite amazed that you can just walk in and that it hasn't been burnt down?

I would be interest to know this if the OP could answer?

ScarySquirrel · 21 Jul 2009 at 15:58

mark66 said:
How quiet is this place? From the looks of it and the graffiti etc I would expect it to be quite popular with kids messing about, vandals, drug addicts etc etc? Nowadays most places places like this are fully boarded up I would thought, I am quite amazed that you can just walk in and that it hasn't been burnt down?

Certainly looks like a very intriguing place!

When I went for these shots I didn't see anyone.

Last time I went I saw about 3 groups of other people exploring. The place is huge though so there could have been more.

MrLOL said:
really dislike the phrase "lunatic asylum"

not everybody sectioned under the mental health act is a "lunatic"

Sorry.

Apopcalyptic · 21 Jul 2009 at 16:02

mark66 said:
How quiet is this place? From the looks of it and the graffiti etc I would expect it to be quite popular with kids messing about, vandals, drug addicts etc etc? Nowadays most places places like this are fully boarded up I would thought, I am quite amazed that you can just walk in and that it hasn't been burnt down?

Certainly looks like a very intriguing place!

Places like this always attract scrubs. The last place similar to this that I went had fire damage, loads of needles/tin foil junk and we bumped into other explorers too. The majority of sites like this (specifically asylums/hospitals) have security too.

denyerec · 21 Jul 2009 at 16:12

Great stuff, makes me want to summon up the balls to go breaking into derelicts

Apopcalyptic · 21 Jul 2009 at 16:52

denyerec said:
Great stuff, makes me want to summon up the balls to go breaking into derelicts

Don't break in - That leaves you open to arrest. Just go through the holes that the scrubs have already made! If you're in the manchester area, I've got a trip planned on Thursday...

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