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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:56 am
by Fraz13
Note the "ghost" checkin oot the car....

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:46 pm
by John
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:51 am
by potatojunkie
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That sky! Was that from early October last year? I found myself out and about without a camera that day, and I could've wept.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:14 pm
by katherine
[quote="JohnR"]Image

That's an amazing shot. Where was it taken?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:38 pm
by John
potatojunkie wrote:
JohnR wrote:Image

That sky! Was that from early October last year? I found myself out and about without a camera that day, and I could've wept.


I have just checked the original photo and it was taken on 3rd of October so very well spotted.

This was a snatched shot. I was in the process of getting dinner and saw that the sky was looking very strange so rushed outside to grab any photograph I could. My back garden isn't very inspiring so the sunflowers were the best I could manage.

John

PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:41 pm
by John
katherine wrote:
JohnR wrote:Image

That's an amazing shot. Where was it taken?


Thanks Katherine. This is the old Langside Hill Church taken in 1992 while it was still a ruin. It is now a bar.

I actually climbed the steps you can see in the photographs to take photographs from the partially collapsed 1st floor.

I photographed this building several times and fell completely in love with it. At the risk of boring everyone again you can see several photographs on my flickr sets here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-rober ... 182482734/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-rober ... 184922671/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-rober ... 201340287/

Cheers

John

PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:11 pm
by gordon
Belter!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:52 pm
by cataclyzm
The Langside ex Church is stunning. The Architecture is perfect and inspired. I have a thing for greek and roman porticos and must have looked at hundreds - but that is damn near perfect.

The curved side stairwells are flawlessly integrated. We did classical architecture so well in Scotland - took it to a different level really.

The Langside Church is very original and so well executed it could float away in your photographs.

great stuff!

but do you like it better restored or as a ruin?

robert

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:55 pm
by cheesemonster
doonunda wrote:Image

great shot!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:58 pm
by John
cataclyzm wrote:The Langside ex Church is stunning. The Architecture is perfect and inspired. I have a thing for greek and roman porticos and must have looked at hundreds - but that is damn near perfect.

The curved side stairwells are flawlessly integrated. We did classical architecture so well in Scotland - took it to a different level really.

The Langside Church is very original and so well executed it could float away in your photographs.

great stuff!

but do you like it better restored or as a ruin?

robert


I loved it as a ruin but I do appreciate that it would have eventually been completely lost. I am glad this beautiful building has been rescued and is in use once again.

I wish I had taken a bit of the stained glass as a souvenir but followed the urban explorer's code and didn't take anything away from the building.

John

PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:06 pm
by John
Who is this lurking in the shadows?

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John

PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:52 pm
by HollowHorn
Martyr's School.
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