Blairs Theatre

Been trying for almost 7 months to see this little Theatre in Aberdeenshire, on probably the 10th visit here, the door was open.  The Theatre is part of Blairs College / Seminary and has sat unused since the late 80's and surprisingly there is quite a lot of items left inside.

Luckily the theatre has been fairly well sealed, protecting it from the elements, however on this visit it was mighty cold inside!  From the outside the building does not look very promising, but the treasure lies within!  For being such a small theatre there is a real sense of drama inside.  The architecture inside is not of a grandeur style, a simplistic style with the red cloth seats and domed ceiling give it a excellent setting to explore!

It was re-modelled in 1827 by John Gall, under the supervision of Rev Gordon and John Menzies.  John Menzies was a very wealthy Catholic Laird who gifted the land for the college construction.  The Older Seminary is situated behind the very impressive new college which is partly used as a museum.

Blairs Theatre




Fire exit with a nasty rotten floor!


Theatre stalls




The Stage








Quite a few music accessories left behind.






No Seminary explore is complete without a picutre of the one they call their saviour!


Think the bottom one is pretty good!




Not a proper explore without a piano in the corner.


Loved this domed ceiling!

Echt ROC Post

My first ROC post explore with V70, thankfully he was there or I would never have gotten in to have a look at the post.

Being my first explore I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised with this one! Ended up spending a lot of time down here for such a small room. There was lots of items left behind, unfortunately the Teletalk has gone walkabout since the last report I read in 2009.

Was a beautiful day, but very windy!

Glen o' Dee, Banchory - August 2012

The original building was built in 1900 and started its life as Nordrach on Dee Hospital, a sanctuary for tuberculosis patients. When TB died down it served as a luxury hotel (when it became "Glen O' Dee"), but was taken over during the war to serve as a billet for troops. It reprised its role in contagious diseases when the typhoid epidemic hit nearby Aberdeen in the 1960s, but its last use was as a residential home for the elderly. The original building closed in 1998, when a new purpose built building was built on the same site.

  

 

Rob Roy Caravan Park

Rob Roy Caravan Park has been a local attraction to explorers around Aberdeenshire for a while, the site consists of approximately 100 static and mobile caravans left lying to rot away.  The site is regularly maintained by the owner who tends to the cutting of the grass and trimming of the vast amount of hedges and trees around the site.

My first visit was in the dead of night, to say its spooky is an understatement, many of the caravans are in serious disrepair, but thankfully not completely trashed and ransacked.

Enjoy!