Tales of the Urban Explorer: Wedgewood Memorial College House

We had left 'The Limes' behind and were heading almost next door to a second helping of wondrous sights, but this one looked a little more secure.

@anidiotexplores had previously breached both ‘The Limes’ and ‘Estoril House’, but seemingly not this one which I don't quite understand. It could have been sealed the last time, and that is my only explanation.

Looking up at a possible entry it was looking dire. This is the same scene from inside ‘Wedgewood Memorial College House' after we got inside via a different route; a little much for me, unless there's a nice handy ladder available.

Some of this looked used and that's a large no-no. Guessing whether security cameras are operational or not can be just that, a pure guess. They looked a little worn but could be connected inside, and linked to an external source.

If we could get on that roof, then there was access through the open window. It was tantalizingly close and yet inaccessible.

While my comrade was prowling the grounds and starting to growl, I tried the front door which obligingly opened.

'Let's go, mate, we're in…', I yelled a little too loudly startling a family walking past the entrance on the far side of the herras fencing.

We were in but were also in a very small subsection. The building appeared to be cut into slices with walls barring entry into other areas that should be been connected. What a weird place this was!

The keys hit me right away. If I had any insight, I could have grabbed a few and tried some of the other doors. Taking things is not on my list of 'legitimate things to do while inside an abandoned property’ so it didn’t cross my mind at the time.

'Daisy Cottage', 'Poppy Cottage', we could have done many others if we only knew where these cottages were located.

I did note the ‘Estoril House’ back door key had been nicked. Someone had got in by an easy method. Still, other keys were present that I could have taken advantage of.

The address book looks very old; I should have taken more notice at the time. This place was making me edgy and causing us both to rush about. It looked too ‘nice’ inside for its own good.

An old date on the certificate but it's quite old. I have a feeling that ‘Wedgewood Memorial College House' closed its doors a lot later than the date shown in 2014.

Somebody's office and not in the least vandalized. Whoever had forced that front door didn't seem in the least interested in ransacking this place. My thoughts were still on the big lad, ‘Estoril House’.

Why is anyone’s guess? Yes, there’s a nice old piano in there, but no hidden stashes of used banknotes.

Well... possibly a little ransacking. There's little point in 'breaking in' and not checking out the goods. I want to emphasise, we DID NOT break in. That was some other guys.

The house in the centre looks suspiciously like 'The Limes. The staff that used to slave there I guess?

They are very conscious about the state of water; certificates were everywhere.

2015 but we are not moving very far forward. Cilla, our national treasure dead, I remember it well.

The dates of this go into 2017 and once again they are obsessed with checking their water. If I had noticed at the time, I would dare to have turned on a tap and sampled this 'famous water'.

Perhaps it would endow me with a permanent 12' inch cock, or grant me immortality?

The sub-section of ‘Wedgewood Memorial College House’ that we managed to access was extremely small. There was an upstairs section but it consisted only of the view shown earlier and this guy who was just sitting there doing nothing.

I found an interesting article dated the 9th September 2022 which coincides with the EXACT date we visited.

The author details a ‘break-in’ at Esperanto House. This was the one making us a little nervous which we avoided, or was it? Forensics, cameras.., jeez maybe we were lucky to get away cleanly but I suspect this was the house ‘next door’ which appeared sealed.

Good timing, no thieving, no vandalism, and just photographs. Stick to the plan and there cannot be any repercussions. Hopefully, the theory will pan out.

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