November 23, 2010
Blog ArchivesVintage Magazines Photographed in Abandoned Victorian Reform School
Photographer Tom Blackwell snapped these vintage magazines resting on a work bench inside the abandoned Eastmoor Reformatory. They include a May 1960 edition of Practical Woodworking, and would have been used to help young offenders gain vocational skills.
Eastmoor Reformatory: Deserted Secure Unit for Victorian Youth
Since it was abandoned in 1973, Eastmoor Reformatory is no longer as secure as it once was. In this series of images, photographer Tom Blackwell takes us on a virtual tour of the building that once housed 160 young offenders within its walls, in a bid to put their lives back on track.
8 Abandoned Hospitals, Hotels and Schools
Hotels, hospitals and schools are three institutions that rely on guests, patients and pupils to keep them functioning. Take those elements away and the buildings cannot survive for long, leaving only peeling walls and crumbling corridors to remind us of their past.
Castle of Mesen: Spectacular Photos of a Haunting Ruin
It is strange how deserted buildings that are stripped of their internal features can be such magnets for the adventurous types among us. But the human imagination doesn’t need archives and relics to point out the direction of the past. The Castle of Mesen is so impressive and unique that it’s impossible not to be drawn into its weird world.