Tales of the Urban Explorer: Co-Operative Distribution Warehouse
“Within the last year, there has been a fire destroying several motor vehicles that were housed inside the former Co-Operative distribution warehouse”
From what little history I can find, that surmises what we were about to see. Sometime between 2021 and 2022, a total of at least nine cars were stored in the facility by an adjacent business, 'Steel City Motors'.
A word of advice; never ever store your shit (or used cars) inside anywhere that is deemed derelict. The worst that can happen is smashed windows and /or slashed tyres and the worst…, need I say more?
It was mid-afternoon when we pulled into a dodgy-looking car park close to the "Co-Operative Distribution Warehouse”. At the time I was unaware of the history but fully aware of another business next to our target.
A bloke was mulling up and down, possibly having a smoke break and causing us to delay down a long alley with a walkway.
…“Could you please fuck off somewhere else and enjoy your fag?”…
Eventually, he did, and we snuck into a side entrance and within minutes were plunged into thick shrubbery. We figured there was a way in having been tipped off, but it wasn't this side of the building.
Barred windows were our initial reward and we struggled to get past hanging trees, and thick brambles eventually made it around the back of the large building, which joined into another one.
At some point, a sharp branch caught my ear, which started bleeding. It happens and this is all part of the 'experience'.
The back of this adjacent building looked like a bomb had hit it and we were soon jumping through a large gap filled with lots of debris.
When you see so many chucks of concrete slabs on the floor, you need to ask the question, ‘what the fuck happened here?’
Armchairs can be used to take handy breathers, but make sure someone has not had a piss on it first.
'Shhh…' I motioned to my comrade. We could both hear talking from somewhere. The adjoining business staff could have been 'Steel City Motors' who no doubt were wallowing in grief about these losses... or someone else.
Whoever it was, they would not likely be amenable to us stamping all over this debris which contained large metal sheets. If you have ever tried to sneak across noisy metal sheeting you will know it's an impossible task.
This was not a supermarket, but a former storage warehouse. The staff still need to eat and the Co-Op did provide a restaurant; how thoughtful.
The 'Internal Memo' looks a little out of place; where did that come from?
Green Clowns love cock I suppose. There was little graffiti to speak of in the “Co-Operative Distribution Warehouse”.
Are distribution centres that noisy? It was quite an open area we were in, but ear protectors?
Now came the challenging part; how to cross this mess in silence. After a few tries we simply gave up and start making a lot of noise trampling over the masses of metal sheeting and corrugated iron sheets.
This is where the cars were housed. A Nissan Note, Saab 9-3, Renault Megane, and a Ford Focus I have been told. All were now rusted orange wrecks, ravaged by the English rain during the previous winter.
It could be possible to identify the models if one looked hard enough and knew about body shapes. I wasn’t going to bother.
We did find some offices on the other side of the wrecks. I wonder who wrote the notice, some other explorer, or was it created by a partially illiterate ex-employee?
Ignoring the terrible grammar scrawled on the ceramic tiles we entered the ‘office’, an office piled with old newspapers and a fucking awful smell.
“Is that piss, or shit, or both?”, I asked @anidiotexplores. He didn’t stick around to respond having an aversion, particularly to the latter, and would miss all the coming excitement.
While I don’t indulge in the practices of either Coprophagia or Urophagia, I was intrigued to see what else I could find in this pungent, shit stinking office.
2015; is that when this place closed down? They moved to a newer larger complex and simply left this one derelict.
Rectal ointment; what did I tell you about that juicy treasure? Everyone suffers from a little 'Piles' every now and again. Eat more fibre and stay off the Big Macs for a while.
…or is this problem due to other factors? It could have been ‘Larry’s Anal Pleasures’ on that old VHS tape for all I know.
I wasn’t going to insert the VHS tape and hit play to find out; I can only hold my breath for so long.
I exited the foul-smelling, fetid office gasping for breath and took a large pull of derelict but otherwise slightly-off oxygen into my lungs.
Lamenting and cursing over my poor breath-holding techniques, I spotted a bunch of old receipts all dated 2015. Everything was pointing to that year when this building was abandoned.
Like many, someone is or has been living here. For once there is a mattress at least, it must be cold.
The other rooms on the far side of the car wrecks were mostly empty, and little was to be seen besides this list of numbers. I wasn’t going to call any of them.
It was a case of scrambling over all that shit once again and with it a whole lot of noise.
The smokers positioned on the other side of the outside wall must have heard us, but by this time we were making for the exit. It didn’t matter anymore.
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This is really painful to see a motor being save destroy by fire I de look for one car to manage
They were all destroyed, and while quite photogenic.., need scrapping (for rust).
This kind of abandoned house can actually house those homeless people..just need some cleaning and renovation
They probably need to replace the wall around the back, as it's kind of missing. The blast from the cars could well have made it when they exploded.
Not literally the whole ara, just some part to give them a roof to stay, especially in the cold season.
The roof on this one was intact, the cold you can't escape. In there, at night during winter would not be fun.
Useless then haha
Man it was like you were bulls in a china shop. Except, there was less breakable stuff and more broken already.
It seems this place was cleared out better than some of your other explorations. That fresh rotting doesn’t sound pleasant and makes me think people were there recently.
Do you ever run into the people who are living in these places? I have read dozens of these adventures and can only recall you running into impromptu security guards and nosy neighbours.
It will be the homeless lot taking a dump. As there are no shitters to speak of, the floor tends to be used. You do have to watch your step.
It's very rare, they tend to try it once and find it too creepy to sleep and leave all their stuff behind. If there was a market for used decaying sleeping bags/ mattresses/ filthy blankets I would be very rich.
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Every time I see an abandon building like this, I am wondering about many things and part of it are the creepies and crawlies, hehe. About the very abandoned cars, at first glance it is so hard to identify each one but surely it would take a lot of time to know the brand and type of engines. But I assume that they are vintage cars. What a great exploration once again Sir. Have safe travels and take care!
The cars are likely to be 10+ years old, but not vintage stock. Insects don't tend to be in abundance, maybe they also don't like the surroundings?
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Thanks man, my ear recovered long ago, this was early last summer. I figured I would use the 'preview option' in Peakd, seems like a good move!
The cars were quite surreal, being in numbers.
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As though there had been an earthquake in the warehouse.
Yeah, perhaps the explosion from the burning cars made the hole in the warehouse?
Could be
I enjoy this post as the others, usually telling a story that at times makes me imagine the place, I have never seen a car in that condition, I though you were calling the number on the wall, what about the vhs tape did you take it? jajaja 😁 great post
I didn't but I suspect it was 'Debbie's Busty Adventures', you can't see it on the photo.., but it's a memory.
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Expected more reading the title. Still, it was entertaining. Ever thought to explore Chernobyl? They used to do trips there before the war.
Harsh critic, I try..
Not really, it's a little organised for my tastes. I like the freedom to go where like.
I love the photo of the rusty cars...but there's no way that I would stick around in that terrible smell. I know what hobo shit smells like and just the way you described it made me a little queasy.
Hope your ear heals up ok.
Sounds like you are more experienced than I thought! 😀
The stories I could tell you of the urban explorations I've been on but not documented, there are a fuck ton of derelict buildings that I've found along the way.
I'm glad you survived without retching too much 😉
I really had what everyone at the time was calling a "affinity" for doom porn or basically awesome photography of abandoned or desolate places with and HDR filter or actual HDR images with tone mapping and this just hit the spot!
Hopefully not overdone, I try and keep it toned down a little.
Slippers on a desk and rectal ointment, fun times there!!
You are so right about metal sheeting, the noise popped into my head as I read you say how you can't cross it quietly!
It's not just at that place but everywhere. I wince at the amount of noise we make at times.
Crunching glass, kicking things by accident and corrugated iron.., the worst of all. Nobody ever seems to come and challenge us though. I think I am a closet Ninja.
You are either a closet ninja or the people that hear you fear to go places where they can get their ears nicked on random branches!
I have done well to avoid ear injuries so far, and have seen some horrendous accidents with other explorers. Ripping earlobes and all that.. urgh..!
Gosh! The fifth picture made me switch to gallery mode and zoom in! Lol it looks like someone in the window or it was only me I saw like that?!
VHS! Back when I was a kid, I considered people having that at home well-off 🤣
It's just a reflection I think, I see what you are looking at.
The photo of the rusted cars (after this statement:all were now rusted orange wrecks, ravaged by the English rain during the previous winter) is outstanding. At first I thought it was a painting. Really I think it should be hanging in a museum. Stunningly expressive and beautiful.
I can't believe the places you go. And no, do not go to Chernobyl😅. Besides the small issue of radioactivity, it's not really a hidden, forgotten place. You take us where nobody goes.
Thanks @agmoore2, the software I use does enhance these but I take the time to frame things correctly.
Not for me, too commercialised and organised. I prefer the chaos of what I do. 😀
The homeless people in my country can actually move into the abandoned house even without the permission of anyone.
Also, I cannot cope in a very horribl3 smell. I will feel sick.
wow...
Ah, you climbed through all that brush for nothing? That sucks! So did the concrete come from above or was it hauled in there on the side? I'd be worried about getting crushed. Not as burned out as I thought it would be.
It's never for nothing, they are always fun to explore despite the lack of Edwardian Grandfather clocks and the like..., the concrete.. from the wall I think.., half of it was gone
Ah, okay. That makes sense. Still a bit scary!
Another fascinating adventure. It is rather sad to see all these derelict buildings but still they all have histories to tell. Where I live there are two huge textile mills which have been left to go to rack and ruin. It would be fascinating to see the inside of them hint hint ... lol.
I look forward to your next assignment.
Go have a look, if trespass is not illegal in your country.
EDIT: I see you are from the UK, and the north.. so free game.
Sadly, the mills are off limits to the public with barbed wire to keep people out. Recently, a group of travellers stayed a few days inside one of the mills and were served with a court order to leave!
That's where your legs come in handy. Use them to vault over the wire and start your trespassing career with a bang!
Another fascinating adventure. It is rather sad to see all these derelict buildings but still they all have histories to tell. Where I live there are two huge textile mills which have been left to go to rack and ruin. It would be fascinating to see the inside of them hint hint ... lol.
I look forward to your next assignment.
Another fascinating adventure. It is rather sad to see all these derelict buildings but still they all have histories to tell. Where I live there are two huge textile mills which have been left to go to rack and ruin. It would be fascinating to see the inside of them hint hint ... lol.
I look forward to your next assignment.
Another fascinating adventure. It is rather sad to see all these derelict buildings but still they all have histories to tell. Where I live there are two huge textile mills which have been left to go to rack and ruin. It would be fascinating to see the inside of them hint hint ... lol.
I look forward to your next assignment.
Another fascinating adventure. It is rather sad to see all these derelict buildings but still they all have histories to tell. Where I live there are two huge textile mills which have been left to go to rack and ruin. It would be fascinating to see the inside of them hint hint ... lol.
I look forward to your next assignment.
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I bet Terry has been hunting high and low for that missing video.
I did read what was on the label at the time knowing my photograph would reveal the name. The glare took it away which is annoying.
look at all that asbestos sheet, hope you tip toed around it.
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Enjoy Big mac's just drink pints of fybogel!!!
After hundreds of these I figure I'm fucked already. McDonalds is definitely my last choice of fast food, I'm more of a KFC fan.
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