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Courage Brewery, Reading
The Berkshire Brewery was built in 1979 at Worton Grange just outside Reading. It was fete was almost sealed from the day it opened, as around that time consumption of beer in the UK started to decline. On the 12th February 2008 Scottish & Newcastle announced its intention to close its Berkshire Brewery Operations by [Read More]
Clapham North Deep Level Shelter
Clapham North is one of 8 Deep Level shelters built under London during WWII. Post war the intention was to incorporate them into an express rail route through the middle of London, but these plans were quickly abandoned and the shelters were progressively leased off to companies for storage purposes. All except Clapham North that [Read More]
Fullers Earthworks, Redhill.
This earthworks was operated by LaPorta Industries in it’s laterdays, but was formerly operated by Fullers Earth Reunion Ltd. Fullers Earth Union Ltd was incorporated on 21 March 1890 amalgamating a number of quarries in Surrey and near Bath, Somerset. The Surrey works included Cockley Works, Park Works and Copyhold Works, Nutfield, and Chertfield Works [Read More]
Asylums and Hospitals
Benenden Hospital, Kent
The organisation that is now Benenden Healthcare was founded in 1905 to help Post Office workers suffering from tuberculosis. At that time TB was rife, especially among sorting clerks. It was killing [Read More]
Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone
This hospital has been known by several different names in its time, Folkestone Dispensary (1846-1863) Folkestone Dispensary and Infirmary (1863-1890) Victoria Hospital (1890-1910) Royal Victoria [Read More]
Leisure
Buckmore Park, Rochester
Bit of a tradgedy this place. Buckmore Park Leisure Centre was only open for 2 years, from 2001-2003 when it was forced to close, mainly due to financial reasons. Their troubles were not helpded by [Read More]
ABC Cinema, Tunbridge
The ABC cinema in Tunbridge Wells started life as a Ritz Cinema in 1934, and was billed as “Kent’s most luxurious cinema” with 1600 seats. It then become the Essoldo in 1954 and it [Read More]
Underground
Clapham North Deep Level Shelter
Clapham North is one of 8 Deep Level shelters built under London during WWII. Post war the intention was to incorporate them into an express rail route through the middle of London, but these plans [Read More]
Wenallt AAOR, Cardiff
I couldn’t really write a history of anti aircraft operation rooms for this site, as it would be to long. The best place to look is the Sub-brit Website Well this one is royally trashed, [Read More]
Other
The Curious House
This place is exactly what it says, a very interesting little house in the middle of a town absolutely jam packed with stuff. I’m not relvealing where this is as I know it will become a target [Read More]
Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham
Visited April 2008 The Darnley Mausoleum, designed for the 3rd Earl of Darnley in 1783 by James Wyatt, is one of the finest Neo-classical buildings of its age in England. The Mausoleum stands on the [Read More]
Industrial
Courage Brewery, Reading
The Berkshire Brewery was built in 1979 at Worton Grange just outside Reading. It was fete was almost sealed from the day it opened, as around that time consumption of beer in the UK started to [Read More]
Fullers Earthworks, Redhill.
This earthworks was operated by LaPorta Industries in it’s laterdays, but was formerly operated by Fullers Earth Reunion Ltd. Fullers Earth Union Ltd was incorporated on 21 March 1890 [Read More]
Military
Wenallt AAOR, Cardiff
I couldn’t really write a history of anti aircraft operation rooms for this site, as it would be to long. The best place to look is the Sub-brit Website Well this one is royally trashed, [Read More]
Cliffe Fort
Visited March 2008 Cliffe fort was constructed in the mid 19th Century as part of the defence of the Thames against invasion. It is noteable as one of the launch sites of the Brennan Torpedo, which [Read More]
Public Buildings
Bedgebury School, Nr Hawkhurst
The school occupies what used to be the Lillesden Estate Mansion, built at the estate (south of Hawkhurst) in 1855 by the banker Edward Loyd, who moved there after marrying. The house and estate [Read More]
Police Station, Rochester
Visited March 2008 Rochester police statiion was built sometime in the 50′s, and is surprisingly small inside for a major town police station, you can see how they really crammed people into [Read More]