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[Alan Cynic]

There used to be some great photos of Aberdeen gone by in the This Is North Scotland ex-pat's chat forum (I was impressed by some ace ones of Carnegie's Brae, looking form almost exactly outside the Tunnels back towards Markies, but waaaaaay before Markie's was built.) There was also a whole thread about lost Aberdeen lavvies, which Jake would've liked! I never knew there was one at the corner of Broomhill Road/Holburn St (not the one opposite the Holburn Bar, a different one). It drew my attention to the one almost opposite R'n'B music, which I'd never noticed before.

Sadly aberdeen Journals closed that forum down last month.

There's a new one called 'Fit Like Aiberdeen' which is trying hard to replace it, but they're careful about copyright, so no old photos unless taken by board users.

Fit like, Aiberdeen! :: Index

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Jake Spike

There's an even higher quality bog under the Castlegate that you just walked down into from pavement level but they bricked it up years ago with everything left intact.

I too have a weird interest in derelict buildings, I love looking around in them for signs of life, how they were used, that kinda thing. I was fucking raging when they demolished the old house at 62 Skene Square and rebuilt it, there's some bizarre recent history in that building, including a suicide. That was the first place I ever got shit-faced in.

Same thing happened in Fraserburgh town square, there were underground bogs there for years then during the towns 400th anniversary celebrations in 92 they just bricked them up and put a cement riser over the top cos the queen was visiting and they needed somewhere to put here to watch the parade. So they set up her tent thing on top of the old bogs. As far as I know the lavs are still there under the Saltoun Square, which is now a car park.

[Laura@TMB]

Originally Posted by Elwood Cobra Kai

Very impressed by this one, no idea there was such a quality shitter in Aberdeen

I remember these bogs well from the late 80's! I believe the owner of Cafe 52 on the Green has recently expressed an interest in leasing/buying the site from the Council and opening a bistro there. Would be good to see it happen imo.

Cues Alan Cynic for some lavatorial-themed menu items for said premises...

[Lucky Rathen]

Like Poop of the day? Pish and chips? Bakewell Fart? Chelsea Bums? Cock-a-leekie soup? Fried Brown Trout? Cheese and air biscuits?

[Swingin' Ryan]

Originally Posted by Laura@TMB

I remember these bogs well from the late 80's! I believe the owner of Cafe 52 on the Green has recently expressed an interest in leasing/buying the site from the Council and opening a bistro there. Would be good to see it happen imo.

They must have definitely still been open up until the early 90's because I remember them quite vividly, infact I didn't realise they'd been boarded up, I just assumed they'd be packed with junkies and rent boys so I've avoided them. As public toilets go, they are beautiful.

Following one of the links from a girl on that forum I noticed she had her own website of derelict photos and they are incredible. Some of them do involve her in her underwear strapped to rank medical equipment which I'm sure is great stuff if you like that, but I was mainly amazed at how incredible some of the places she's found are. The mental hospital ones are particularly chilling.

CONTAMINATION ZONE - Urban Photography

[Alan Cynic]

Originally Posted by Laura@TMB

Cues Alan Cynic for some lavatorial-themed menu items for said premises...

Damn!!...Just off out to the Triptych launch......will try tomorrow!!!

[Spoonie]

yeah i totally remember them too. had a really vivid flashback looking through the pictures.
i love urban exploration websites.

[Mouse]

I was gonna post the Satrosphere ones the other day. I'm a member on 28dayslater but haven't been in there yet

[daveofficer]

so do folk normally break into these places or do they track folk down and get keys? i don't have the balls to try and get into these places but it would be cool to snoop around and get some photos.

[Swingin' Ryan]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

so do folk normally break into these places or do they track folk down and get keys? i don't have the balls to try and get into these places but it would be cool to snoop around and get some photos.

I've spent ages looking at these sites today and from what I gather they just break in on the whole as a lot of them talk about being chased by security. Although to be fair, from the looks of most of these places I can't imagine it requires much breaking in. Some of them have been totally empty for decades, there's probably no locks.

I'd love to have a roam around in some of these places, there's something really amazing about totally preserved and abandonded areas. The idea of breaking into an abandonded mental hospital is off-putting though.