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I took some photos a while back on an adventure to Aldershot because I enjoy seeing dead malls and places that are going abandoned.

This is the shopping center. Unfortunately it was blocked off but through the gate I got a really great photo of the eerie liminal space beyond!

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[–] ruud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nice photo!

[–] Wilshire 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SAFETY FIRST...

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That red dog is begging you to save him

[–] Parsnip8904 3 points 1 year ago

Should have taken Clifford home.

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This whole thing is just abandoned? What? Why? That's insane.

[–] LillianVS@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

it's strange, baring in mind this was a few years ago but at the time I visited they had 1 side closed off to the public. Effectively the dead side with no shops or anything and only one small portion of it left that seemed to be very active.

I have deep facination for places on the cusp of abandonment. Another one I visited was the Swindon Tented Market. From my childhood I remember it being an incredible place but when it closed it was just empty. With nothing in it.

It's a shame, places have a lot of potential to be community spaces but they opt to just let it die...

[–] sprocket@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Man I'd love to go exploring in there.

[–] chaosppe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty liminal

[–] crucible@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great photo! It reminds me of the place Top Gear drove a Ford Fiesta through.

[–] skeletorfw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right?! Think that one was in Basingstoke? Festival Place iirc.

That said Basingstoke and Aldershot sorta have similar vibes to me.

[–] crucible@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, Basingstoke rings a bell, yeah!