The Goods Yard, Stoke-on-Trent - November 2023

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To quote the developer Capital&Centric:​ We’re creating a new community next to Stoke-on-Trent’s main train station, turning an unloved industrial site into a vibrant urban quarter. The Goods Yard will be a major new destination for residents, locals and visitors… a place to live, work Read more

Savoy Cinema/Metropolis Nightclub, Newcastle-under-Lyme - October 2016 / The Met - October 2019

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Now the building that used to stand on this site was originally a cinema, it later went through the fairly standard conversion into a bingo club, before getting a bit of snooker and a smaller cinema, finally ending up as a nightclub. For the majority of my life time it's been shut and it was Read more

Sky Gardens Nine Elms, London - April 2016

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It's been quite a while since I've done anything, but I was down in London with work recently so thought it would be rude not to do something. After some messages we ended up here. It's always a good night in London and this was no exception. Fairly straightforward entrance and some nice views from Read more

New Years Eve in London - December 2014

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I had been meaning to do something on New Years Eve for some years, finally this year I managed to get out and about in London. Read more

Various Heights, Kingston upon Thames - Summer 2014

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Over the last two years I've been visiting Kingston on an almost fortnightly basis, I thought it was about time I started making the effort to take advantage of what it has to offer. I warn you now there's nothing really epic in this report, and most of the photos have been taken on my compact with Read more

240 Blackfriars Road, London - September 2013

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Stop number 2 of a great night out, after one of the most uncomfortable car journeys I've ever experience, leaving SJP and Elliot to get the bus, minor confusion and some good exercise on the stairs we were on the roof and later on up one of the cranes. A really enjoyable experience, and was a good Read more

Opal 3, Leeds - October 2012

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Another from the Leeds meet, shortly after visiting Queen's Hotel we ventured across to Opal 3. Easy enough to get in thanks to Fudge's blagging skills. Some really nice views from here, shame it started raining. Read more