January 12th, 2010
During my time at University, myself, Sarah Blick, Tim Rowe, and Alex Blazewicz started a little possie called “Forgotten“. We planned to go and explore tons of abandoned buildings and photograph them. We only got so far as Bristol Post office with the full intention of picking it up after University. Well, finally, 3 years later, Forgotten has returned, this time, with the help of Andrew Rose and Lee Stannard.
Our subject would be The Spiller’s Millennium Mill out by Canning town. It was pretty immense. The snow was heavy and it was freezing cold but we soon cheered up once we got into the ground, which wasn’t too hard (although my ripped jacket would argue otherwise). Unfortunately we weren’t able to gain access to the main Millennium Mill but we did manage to get into the Rank Hovis Mill at the back. I’d like to go back and try again to get into the main Mill and check out the abandoned barge that lies in the ground as well as the silo.
I’m hoping this spurs the full-time return of Forgotten and that we fulfill the goal we set all those years ago. Alex? Tim? Sarah?
Hopefully, with the help of the fellas over at 28dayslater.co.uk we can find some old places to explore.
For more photographs from the exploration click here.
