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An abandoned prison in Northern France, constructed in 1906 and used until 2005.
Despite stories of this place becoming more and trashed by the day I've still always wanted to see it for myself. Arrived late morning with maniac, merry prankster and elliot5200. We avoided the gypsy camp on the way in which was a slight worry beforehand but needn't have been, they seem to be past caring now that there's nothing left to salvage. We only made it into the men's side of the complex as the less trashed women's section was sealed on this occasion. The main wing has suffered from the worst damage, tagged from top to bottom and anything that can be ripped off has been trashed. Aside from that the rest of the joint makes for a good wander. Yes there is still tagging but also some decent graff dotted around, peely paint galore, and ultimately loads of prison cells in various states of decay. It's certainly a fun place to photograph and a novel place to have a picnic.
Anyway we spent 2 or 3 hours in there until we felt we'd done our time..... :tumbleweed Onto the pics....of which there are quite a few
Despite stories of this place becoming more and trashed by the day I've still always wanted to see it for myself. Arrived late morning with maniac, merry prankster and elliot5200. We avoided the gypsy camp on the way in which was a slight worry beforehand but needn't have been, they seem to be past caring now that there's nothing left to salvage. We only made it into the men's side of the complex as the less trashed women's section was sealed on this occasion. The main wing has suffered from the worst damage, tagged from top to bottom and anything that can be ripped off has been trashed. Aside from that the rest of the joint makes for a good wander. Yes there is still tagging but also some decent graff dotted around, peely paint galore, and ultimately loads of prison cells in various states of decay. It's certainly a fun place to photograph and a novel place to have a picnic.
Anyway we spent 2 or 3 hours in there until we felt we'd done our time..... :tumbleweed Onto the pics....of which there are quite a few
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2. Main wing
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4. At one point we thought Indiana Jones had joined us but sadly it was just boring old Maniac....
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6. Heading for the smaller wings
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11. Pics of cars on the wall, perhaps looking at page 3 cut outs gets a bit much when you're facing years of celibacy....
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13. The impressive dome roof at the centre of the complex
14. Each wing had different coloured walls
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17. Over grown prison yard with basketball court
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19. The most intact cells we came across
20. Above one of the small wings
21. Some cool bits of graff about the place amongst the other garbage
22.
23.
24.
25. Watch Tower
26. The women's side, sadly it was sealed on this trip but there's always a next time. Elliot's already signed up for pole vaulting tuition.
Thanks for looking
2. Main wing
3.
4. At one point we thought Indiana Jones had joined us but sadly it was just boring old Maniac....
5.
6. Heading for the smaller wings
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. Pics of cars on the wall, perhaps looking at page 3 cut outs gets a bit much when you're facing years of celibacy....
12.
13. The impressive dome roof at the centre of the complex
14. Each wing had different coloured walls
15.
16.
17. Over grown prison yard with basketball court
18.
19. The most intact cells we came across
20. Above one of the small wings
21. Some cool bits of graff about the place amongst the other garbage
22.
23.
24.
25. Watch Tower
26. The women's side, sadly it was sealed on this trip but there's always a next time. Elliot's already signed up for pole vaulting tuition.
Thanks for looking
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