Abandoned Village

jeffn · Post by **jeffn** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 1:56 am

cannaeoldgeezer wrote: isnt that Eastmoor School in Adel? I dont see what the big mystery is! So is it said school?

cannaeoldgeezer · Post by **cannaeoldgeezer** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 2:06 am

jeffn wrote: cannaeoldgeezer wrote: isnt that Eastmoor School in Adel? I dont see what the big mystery is! So is it said school? aye, the old borstal. residents of adel should know about it anyway, theres planning permission to turn it into a housing estate...http://www.adelassociation.org.uk/4.6.2 ... 6&Itemid=1

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 10:33 am

it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop.

cannaeoldgeezer · Post by **cannaeoldgeezer** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 10:55 am

fevlad wrote: it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop. thanks for all of the info, i didnt realise it had been on the Royal. Any idea what episode?also i didnt mean to offend but approved schools and reformatories were what were commonly known as borstals....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorstalI wasnt using it as a derogatory term, just how it was described to me by several locals, all of whom have colourful stories about the place.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:12 am

cannaeoldgeezer wrote: fevlad wrote: it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop. thanks for all of the info, i didnt realise it had been on the Royal. Any idea what episode?also i didnt mean to offend but approved schools and reformatories were what were commonly known as borstals....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorstalI wasnt using it as a derogatory term, just how it was described to me by several locals, all of whom have colourful stories about the place. I didn't think you were being derogatoryI taught at the secure unit which is still on the Eastmoor campus(but now separated from it) for 15 years-so I know the difference.Borstals were run by the prison service and dealt with older boys, approved schools/community homes were run by the local authority and dealt with a younger client group. So I was just maybe being a bit pedantic.there is a swimming pool in the old building which is one of the oldest in the country.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:22 am

fevlad wrote: cannaeoldgeezer wrote: fevlad wrote: it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop. thanks for all of the info, i didnt realise it had been on the Royal. Any idea what episode?also i didnt mean to offend but approved schools and reformatories were what were commonly known as borstals....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorstalI wasnt using it as a derogatory term, just how it was described to me by several locals, all of whom have colourful stories about the place. I didn't think you were being derogatoryI taught at the secure unit which is still on the Eastmoor campus(but now separated from it) for 15 years-so I know the difference.Borstals were run by the prison service and dealt with older boys, approved schools/community homes were run by the local authority and dealt with a younger client group. So I was just maybe being a bit pedantic.there is a swimming pool in the old building which is one of the oldest in the country. Back in the Youth Training Scheme days, I worked as an instructor on a Leeds scheme. We took a good number of the Eastmoor lads over the years, placed there for a variety of reasons, some non too pleasant, but I can say the rarely failed to show us anything but respect and goodwill - on the whole they were keen, tried it on a bit of course, but rewarding to work with.I still wonder how they and others from the scheme got on over these years since then.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:31 am

I meet lads I taught at the scure unit from time to timesome have done ok some notI like to think that at some point in their lives in whatever situation they find themselves in the blads I taught will reflect and think I helped them.however retirement is sweet!

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:42 am

fevlad wrote: I meet lads I taught at the scure unit from time to timesome have done ok some notI like to think that at some point in their lives in whatever situation they find themselves in the blads I taught will reflect and think I helped them.however retirement is sweet! From time to time, I have come across one or two of the lads, always remembered, always a smile. It was hard work, but I know what you mean when you say you hoped you influenced them

ExplorerRich · Post by **ExplorerRich** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 2:04 pm

fevlad wrote: it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop. So why all the silence about where this village is, and why is it totally deserted if nothing untoward went on?It all seems abit odd to me but it's somewhere I have known about but never found the whereabouts of for a while now and I't looks a really good place to gain some good photos

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 2:32 pm

ExplorerRich wrote: fevlad wrote: it wasn't a 'borstal'it's the site of the old Eastmoor community home with education', previously known as eastmoor approved school, beforte that eastmoor reformatory.Agfter it shut as a community home it was used as student accommodation, and then closed down as not fit for purpose.The site has been bought by Barratts and is to be redeveloped the template for the redevelopment is Harewood village.The chapel(later used as a gym) is to be retained, the rest is to be demolished, but the stone and slate recycled into the buildings.the other buildings are residential blocks, education blocks and an air training corps building.it is frequented by doggers, drug users and vandals.The 'factory' on the picture is actually part of the educatiob lock.It was used in an episode of 'The Royal' and mocked up to look like a factory. The episode featured a major fire and the burnt out buildings were a useful backdrop. So why all the silence about where this village is, and why is it totally deserted if nothing untoward went on?It all seems abit odd to me but it's somewhere I have known about but never found the whereabouts of for a while now and I't looks a really good place to gain some good photos it isn't/wasn't a village.I've explained what it was.after it closed as a community home with education it was used as temporary student accommodation. Then the students left and the site was put up for sale.IT closed because the accommodation was obsolete and because changes in government policy regarding young offenders.The secure unit built in 1980 is still in operation.by the way just so's you know if you enter the site you are trespassing.