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This used to be my playground.
My old primary school has be closed since last September due to a new super school being built nearby.
I found out last week it is to be demolished this September so I made a journey back in time.
This is the gate I walked through every day for 6 years as a child.
And this was the small playground that used to have a sand pit up the top used for sports days long jump.
This was the larger playground, all overgrown now.
I found out last week it is to be demolished this September so I made a journey back in time.
This is the gate I walked through every day for 6 years as a child.
And this was the small playground that used to have a sand pit up the top used for sports days long jump.
This was the larger playground, all overgrown now.
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Odd, isn't it Jols..
Did you find yourself wanting to touch the posts for old times sake?
Recently my old High School was demolished ( where I met my husband long time since) and the Hospital wing where my mother died 2 years ago.
Mixed emotions.
Nice pics .
Did you find yourself wanting to touch the posts for old times sake?
Recently my old High School was demolished ( where I met my husband long time since) and the Hospital wing where my mother died 2 years ago.
Mixed emotions.
Nice pics .
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Originally Posted by jols
I would love to get inside..........we peeped through the windows and all the books are still there and pictures that children have drawn still on the walls...........
ASK!!!!
Would be a shame to miss it for all time and they may let you in to take a few shots..can you contact the local press?
Am sure they would be interested in a feature article.
Go on Jols, you can do it.
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I have written to the education authority.....................watch this space.
Glad you are pursuing it .
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It's always spooky going back to places isn't it.
My sister's kids all attended the big old primary school that I attended as a child and over the years I've been back quite a few times to pick them up at the end of the day etc.
Eventually, after years of pondering - they brought the whole shooting match to the ground and built a nice new building on the same site.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richie.wells/index
When I go back now - (possibly because I live 4 hours away and don't see the new building every day) I walk through the same old gates and still 'see' the old school building in my mind - and in incredible detail too.
My sister's kids all attended the big old primary school that I attended as a child and over the years I've been back quite a few times to pick them up at the end of the day etc.
Eventually, after years of pondering - they brought the whole shooting match to the ground and built a nice new building on the same site.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richie.wells/index
When I go back now - (possibly because I live 4 hours away and don't see the new building every day) I walk through the same old gates and still 'see' the old school building in my mind - and in incredible detail too.
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Love this set Jols - great PP treatment. Looks like it would be fab to get inside for some atmospheric shots - fingers crossed they let you!
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nice pictures
my primary school is still going,but the playground is now a car park for the teachers etc
wonder what the kids do now
my primary school is still going,but the playground is now a car park for the teachers etc
wonder what the kids do now