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After years of planning and public consultations, the rumours about the impending demolition of this site were finally confirmed in December 2006. With plenty of time away from college over the Christmas period, we decided to head back to Chinnor for a second, and final, visit.
On arrival at the site, we found lots of new fencing had been erected around the buildings. At first it looked like it would prevent access, but both of us managed to squeeze underneath it, getting covered in mud in the process!
After an undisturbed few hours, our cue to leave came in the form of security guards arriving to patrol the site.
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Looking across the vast expanse of chalk and slag towards the buildings. |
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The view from the machinery hut on top of the slag silos. This serves well as a hiding place when security guards arrive! |
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A cracked window in the machinery hut. |
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One of the huge cement kilns - the heart of the works. |
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The incident-report station in the kiln hall, and a series of cards giving the bearer permission to shut down various machines. |
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One of the kiln hall control rooms which doubles as a staff-room. |
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The lockers in the staff-room, complete with posters of skimpily clad models! |
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A row of levers in another of the control rooms. |
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Another lever, stuck in the 'on' position... but it stopped serving its purpose long ago... |
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The overhead crane and huge grab-bucket in the coal storage warehouse. |
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Police tape wrapped around the base of a rusty ladder. Sadly, this marks the point where a teenager fell to his death in 2004. |
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A corridor leading into the kiln hall, scattered with rubbish and debris. |
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