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

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

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