when i first heard about this nearly 12 months ago http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...2534-23462156/ i knew it was going top of my list
St malachys' was my old primary school housing the nursery & infants in one block and the juniors in a seperate block with school church attatched to the side of the juniors
i knew i couldnt let this one slip me by and as the time grew near i knew i had to see inside again so i was privileged to to be allowed to see inside before closure
i never really thought on doing a report at that time just seeing inside and getting a few pics was good enough for me but then i thought maybe i could explore the place while empty and compare the before and after shots so set about a plan to try and get the shots i was after
i knew the church was totally out of the question being closed for the last 9 yrs and secured to death but im told its been stripped and theres nothing inside but having many family funerals in there and made my communion in there so i couldnt really care whats left, again just to see inside for one last time would do me.
so after my first visit a few weeks rolled on and time was called and the bell was rang for the last time http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-26895816/ i couldnt believe it after 100yrs it was closed and demolition threatened as little as 2 days after closure.
so off i went to chance a solo explore and it paid off i once again found myself standing inside but this time it was really strange the walls stripped of kids paintings, classrooms empty just memories remained the lights were out and i was home for one final time.
enough babble ill let the pictures do the talking ive gone for a before and after shot on most pics although they may not be in exactly the same place but you get the idea..
this first pic isnt mine it was taken from the website its basically so you can get a view of what it was like instead of posting various external shots and i think it was taken from the roof of the opposite mill view heights or one of the balcony's the junior block is the one connected to the church and infants/nursery is the one nearest with both school halls connected to eachother aswell ,also the priest house which is now demolished sat next to the church on the left....also many moons ago the school used to have a football pitch and playground on the roof with boys and girls toilets at either end thats the reason for the high walls on the roof
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...25012_1471.jpg
ill kick off where it all started for me the nursery...this was wierd the nursery was moved into the infant block and this room was now called the sonas project and apparently the only one in liverpool it housed kids who couldnt cope with normal school life and i was quite shocked to find out the old cloakroom was now a padded cell for when these kids were naughty to kick **** out of it (i think it only had 6 kids in total in the class)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...fants/cell.jpg
as it looks today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2578.jpg
the once nursery classroom sonas project classroom
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1906.jpg
and as it stands today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2568.jpg
now we move onto the infant block
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1957.jpg
again 4 weeks after my allowed explore it now looks like this (looks more like a hospital with its wide corridors)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2562.jpg
various before and after classroom shots (again not exactly in the same spot)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1961.jpg
the after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2548.jpg
play area
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1949.jpg
after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2558.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1968.jpg
after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2550.jpg
the library and reading area
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1948.jpg
after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2519.jpg
the infant assembly hall (didnt manage a before shot but nothings really changed in the last few weeks)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2563.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...CF2555copy.jpg
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now its time for the junior block some good times were had in my yrs here met so many good people some whom im still in contact today just like the infants it was 4 classes very large classes infact and various other rooms which i will explain as i go on and like said before it used to have the playground and football pitch on the roof which i never got to see when i was there all those yrs ago but today i seen it up close
again ill do some before and after shots maybe not in the same spot but as good as
the lower floor corridor leading to the heads office and staff room with the library in the middle to the left
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1999.jpg
again the after shot some 4 weeks later was quite shocked to see the place like this and this was the first thing i seen when entered the building
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...54copycopy.jpg
the once trophy cabinet in the middle
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1864.jpg
now empty
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2445.jpg
class one
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1861.jpg
after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2450.jpg
the once staff room
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1762.jpg
and as it stands today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2437.jpg
upper floor class 4
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2149.jpg
and today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2469.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1813.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2468.jpg
computer room
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1972.jpg
and today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2485.jpg
upper floor corridor
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2175.jpg
and today
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2493.jpg
library
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1868.jpg
and as it looks now
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2440.jpg
storage room just before the roof access
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1990.jpg
and now empty
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2492.jpg
class 3 (with the art room in the middle)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1752.jpg
and the after shot
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2461.jpg
one last look at my last class before leaving
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1975.jpg
and the return pic
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2503.jpg
the juniors assembly hall (i had my first piano lesson in here)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF1891.jpg
and now its empty
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2513.jpg
if your wondering wheres class 2 it was now used as a music room ill add a couple more pics to the end of this including the roof shots and other various pics
---------- Post added at 05:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 PM ----------
i also found some old pictures from 22 yrs ago and retook them hoping to blend new with old
firstly this is my brother im in the background with my sister
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2100.jpg
then one taken while the police horses came into the school im the blond one looking at the camera (if you can make me out)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2404.jpg
and finally a pic with my mum in it original pic taken 1946
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCF2408.jpg
