The Majestic Cinema, Cradley Heath
Another from the archives. Visited with @WhoDaresWins and Callum who has been inactive for so long his account has gone.
After a long day looking at a few bits around Birmingham, and failing at every single one, we were getting a bit low on morale. This was a back up that we had mentioned we'd look at if we had time, but it turned out to be the only fruitful poke of the day. Getting in was fairly straight forward, albeit a bit obvious to neighbouring properties but that just makes it more interesting. We had been told about a rather loud alarm that supposedly tells the entirety of Cradley Heath that you're in there, so the first few minutes were spent trying to locate that one bastard PIR. After spotting it, we knew where we had to stay clear of and we were away!
The auditorium was still full of cycle parts from the local manufacturer Hawk Cycles who had used it for storage, but looking at the state of things had long gone bust. Situated directly in front of the stage was an old Christie organ, which was pretty cool. More Speed's area of expertise than my own, but was certainly able to appreciate it. For some reason, I didn't take any photos at ground level in the auditorium... doh. It looked very pretty though
Sun was setting as we left, so naturally the next focus was our stomachs and indeed the nearest fast food outlet
Window still fairly intact surprisingly:
PIReallyannoying is just out of shot here:
Auditorium:
Projection room:
And a few random ones from the basement:
Another from the archives. Visited with @WhoDaresWins and Callum who has been inactive for so long his account has gone.
After a long day looking at a few bits around Birmingham, and failing at every single one, we were getting a bit low on morale. This was a back up that we had mentioned we'd look at if we had time, but it turned out to be the only fruitful poke of the day. Getting in was fairly straight forward, albeit a bit obvious to neighbouring properties but that just makes it more interesting. We had been told about a rather loud alarm that supposedly tells the entirety of Cradley Heath that you're in there, so the first few minutes were spent trying to locate that one bastard PIR. After spotting it, we knew where we had to stay clear of and we were away!
The auditorium was still full of cycle parts from the local manufacturer Hawk Cycles who had used it for storage, but looking at the state of things had long gone bust. Situated directly in front of the stage was an old Christie organ, which was pretty cool. More Speed's area of expertise than my own, but was certainly able to appreciate it. For some reason, I didn't take any photos at ground level in the auditorium... doh. It looked very pretty though
Sun was setting as we left, so naturally the next focus was our stomachs and indeed the nearest fast food outlet
Window still fairly intact surprisingly:
PIReallyannoying is just out of shot here:
Auditorium:
Projection room:
And a few random ones from the basement:
so unsatisfactory at the minute need to go back !!! Let me know how you got in 
