View from the Copthorne Hotel over North Cross
Uni: A Wander Around the Campus, Plymouth, Devon - 18th December 2005
It's the morning after the reunion, and Nosher wakes up with a start at nearly midday, realising that there's only 15 minutes before it's supposed to be checkout time. After a quick exit, and forgoing plans to document the urban decay of Union Street, it's off to the university (formerly Plymouth Polytechnic) for a look round. Every visit reveals more building, and less and less of the original fabric remains. There's also the sad remains of Kirkby Stores, on Kirky Place, near the James Street Vaults: in the late 80s, student magazine "Fly" had its offices a few doors up, and it provided a handy source of pasties, crisps and cans of pop - everything for a balanced diet. There was also Sunday morning bar work in the Students' Union, which, apart from the early start, was something of a privileged job which included stocking up, cellaring and the most important mission of the day, which was to head over to Kirkby Stores for enough rounds of legendary bacon sandwiches to feed all the bar staff. Fly moved its offices into the SU in the 90s, and there was obviously no-longer enough demand and the place closed down.
next album: Pre-Christmas Roundup: Wigs, Beers and Kebabs, Diss, Norfolk - 24th December 2005
previous album: A Wander Around Hoo Meavy and Burrator, Dartmoor, Devon - 18th December 2005
The GTB, now known as the Babbage Building
The old General Teaching Block
The Coburg Street Villas, seemingly untouched
The re-skinned Engineering and Science Blocks
Up the hill past Engineering and the GTB stairs
Babbage/GTB entrance
Kirkby Stores and the James Street Vaults
Kirkby Stores entrance
The sad fate of Kirkby Stores
Bill posters free-for-all
A broken and exposed bulkhead light
Looking up Kirkby Terrace and the old Fly office
The JSV actually has a Wimpy in it
The Fitzroy Building, previously Maritime Block
The road past the Electron Microscopy Unit
The back of the LRC and SU
Looking down to engineering
Back of the Students' Union, and the Science Block
What used to be the entrance to the LRC (Library)
The dude walking out of the LRC wall
The SU pyramid and remains of an 80s Nightline ad
Entrance to the SU: mostly the same as it was
Looking down past the main hall to North Hill
Maritime and Business Studies block, Endsleigh Place
The link building between Engineering and Science
Looking back up on the way back to the hotel
The Coburg Street Villas
The University of Plymouth logo on the GTB wall
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View from the Copthorne Hotel over North Cross
View from the Copthorne Hotel over North Cross
The GTB, now known as the Babbage Building
The old General Teaching Block
The Coburg Street Villas, seemingly untouched
The re-skinned Engineering and Science Blocks
Up the hill past Engineering and the GTB stairs
Babbage/GTB entrance
Kirkby Stores and the James Street Vaults
Kirkby Stores entrance
The sad fate of Kirkby Stores
Bill posters free-for-all
A broken and exposed bulkhead light
Looking up Kirkby Terrace and the old Fly office
The JSV actually has a Wimpy in it
The Fitzroy Building, previously Maritime Block
The road past the Electron Microscopy Unit
The back of the LRC and SU
Looking down to engineering
Back of the Students' Union, and the Science Block
What used to be the entrance to the LRC (Library)
The dude walking out of the LRC wall
The SU pyramid and remains of an 80s Nightline ad
Entrance to the SU: mostly the same as it was
Looking down past the main hall to North Hill
Maritime and Business Studies block, Endsleigh Place
The link building between Engineering and Science
Looking back up on the way back to the hotel
The Coburg Street Villas
The University of Plymouth logo on the GTB wall