As the author of the original report from 2014, I'd like to make a few observations.
Its interesting to note the exponential difference in attention this post has received compared to mine, mainly due to Kyle_Urbex and his efforts in self publicity. This is so true of the current state of urban exploring as the old saying 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' is so alive and kicking.
Its also worth pointing out, if anyone's interested, that the publicity drive goes beyond clothing - the location and story has been sold off to Leeds-Live and will pop up on Internet news feeds all over.
I'll be honest, one part of me does feel aggrieved that even though I was there documenting this 6 years ago, and dare I say making an effort to produce superior images, my input is effectively ignored. This perfectly shows the difference between urbex then and how it is now. I'm so glad to be part of the older generation who were not flagrantly in it for personal gain, the bottom line was we did it because we had a genuine passion for the places we explored. The desperate craving for social media likes didn't exist. We enjoyed, we documented, we celebrated places for what they were. That's it. End of.
In the unlikely event that anyone's interested in the original version, the search function always available to use.
Its interesting to note the exponential difference in attention this post has received compared to mine, mainly due to Kyle_Urbex and his efforts in self publicity. This is so true of the current state of urban exploring as the old saying 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' is so alive and kicking.
Its also worth pointing out, if anyone's interested, that the publicity drive goes beyond clothing - the location and story has been sold off to Leeds-Live and will pop up on Internet news feeds all over.
I'll be honest, one part of me does feel aggrieved that even though I was there documenting this 6 years ago, and dare I say making an effort to produce superior images, my input is effectively ignored. This perfectly shows the difference between urbex then and how it is now. I'm so glad to be part of the older generation who were not flagrantly in it for personal gain, the bottom line was we did it because we had a genuine passion for the places we explored. The desperate craving for social media likes didn't exist. We enjoyed, we documented, we celebrated places for what they were. That's it. End of.
In the unlikely event that anyone's interested in the original version, the search function always available to use.