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There's probably not a lot everyone doesn't know about this place, considering it seems almost everyone has been in here at some stage or another, but a little history on this fantastic explore -
The Royal Haslar Hospital had a long and distinguished history in providing medical care to the Royal Navy for over 250 years and more recently to all three Services and Civilians.
After submissions to King George ll by the admiralty planning for the hospital commenced in 1745, Haslar was to be one of three proposed hospitals to provide hospital care for Sailors of the Fleet. The building of the hospital took 16 years and was completed in 1762, but due to over expenditure the fourth side was not completed.
During the many wars of the 20th century, Haslar continued to grow in professional and technological ability in the treatment of its patients. In 1954 the word Naval was formally included in the title of the hospital only to be removed again in 1966 when Haslar became the core Tri-Service hospital.
Stolen from here- http://www.haslarheritagegroup.co.uk with much more info on that building on the website
On with the explore -
This one had been way up the top of my list of places I was drawn to since I first got into all this, so I could not have been more excited when I finally got to see it with my own eyes! Explored with TheVampiricSquid and a couple others from other forums (my first time meeting other explorers too which was great
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A very early morning drive over, but well worth it! In with no problems, then time to chill and wait for the light to creep in. Had a bit of a scare when we started shooting, convinced that secca had seen us through a window, at which point we legged it to a safe spot and kept our heads down for a while... (TheVampiricSquid falling over and cracking their camera slightly in the process! :roll: haha) Deciding eventually we should be safe, we headed round the building and gosh, what a building. I'd seen so many pictures, so knew what I was in for but wow, this place is huge! All the beds are unfortunately gone now (though hopefully put to good use!), along with much of the seating and bits and bobs, but there is still so much to see, and obviously we didn't manage to get round every single room in just the morning, but managed to get round a fair few of the best bits Definitely my top explore so far by a long way, and a fab day all round!
I'm still getting to grips with the camera if I'm completely honest, and probably could have done with a tripod but regardless -
Taa for looking ^.^
The Royal Haslar Hospital had a long and distinguished history in providing medical care to the Royal Navy for over 250 years and more recently to all three Services and Civilians.
After submissions to King George ll by the admiralty planning for the hospital commenced in 1745, Haslar was to be one of three proposed hospitals to provide hospital care for Sailors of the Fleet. The building of the hospital took 16 years and was completed in 1762, but due to over expenditure the fourth side was not completed.
During the many wars of the 20th century, Haslar continued to grow in professional and technological ability in the treatment of its patients. In 1954 the word Naval was formally included in the title of the hospital only to be removed again in 1966 when Haslar became the core Tri-Service hospital.
Stolen from here- http://www.haslarheritagegroup.co.uk with much more info on that building on the website
On with the explore -
This one had been way up the top of my list of places I was drawn to since I first got into all this, so I could not have been more excited when I finally got to see it with my own eyes! Explored with TheVampiricSquid and a couple others from other forums (my first time meeting other explorers too which was great
)A very early morning drive over, but well worth it! In with no problems, then time to chill and wait for the light to creep in. Had a bit of a scare when we started shooting, convinced that secca had seen us through a window, at which point we legged it to a safe spot and kept our heads down for a while... (TheVampiricSquid falling over and cracking their camera slightly in the process! :roll: haha) Deciding eventually we should be safe, we headed round the building and gosh, what a building. I'd seen so many pictures, so knew what I was in for but wow, this place is huge! All the beds are unfortunately gone now (though hopefully put to good use!), along with much of the seating and bits and bobs, but there is still so much to see, and obviously we didn't manage to get round every single room in just the morning, but managed to get round a fair few of the best bits
Definitely my top explore so far by a long way, and a fab day all round!I'm still getting to grips with the camera if I'm completely honest, and probably could have done with a tripod but regardless -
Taa for looking ^.^
