Abandoned And Not Forgotten

Перевалово (Mulden) - Лютеранская кирха, originally uploaded by Wargen.

Perewalowo(Mulden) - Lutherischen Kirche
Perewalowo(Mulden) - Lutheran church

64-T, originally uploaded by Equinox27.

West of Clyde, Ohio on US 20. This was one of several old, abandoned houses and vehicles in a cluster on one property. The place had a strange, unsettled feeling. I passed by there another time and took some more pictures but was never too happy with any of them

Plaza Cinema - Port Talbot, originally uploaded by Southern Driver.

It had previously closed as a cinema in 1983, and was reopened as a bingo hall. However, the bingo hall closed itself in 1985 and the cinema again reopened with the Walt Disney film 'Peter Pan' and finally closed in 1999 with the screening of another Walt Disney film, this time 'The Prince of Egypt'

The ghost station of Manchester, originally uploaded by phill.d.

Manchester's forgotten railway station hides away behind the decayed and overgrown facade of this building.
This is Manchester Mayfield station that closed to passengers in the 1960's.
The overgrown platforms, buffer stops and station concourse are still to be found intact.

Mayfield station is on Fairfield street next to Manchester Piccadilly. A short viaduct diverts away from the Piccadilly station line into Mayfield.
Mayfield was built alongside Piccadilly in 1910 to handle the increased number of trains.
It was mainly used by suburban services to the south of Manchester, Buxton, Crewe and Macclesfield lines.
A number of main line services also used it during busy periods.

Mayfield suffered the effects of bombing during World War II.
The station had it's heyday for a brief period during the electrification and modernisation of Piccadilly Station in the late 1950s, many services were diverted to Mayfield whle the building work took place.
It was closed to passengers on 28 August 1960.

Since passenger closure it was converted into a parcels depot.
Mayfield had an overhead conveyor bridge which crossed to Piccadilly Station. The depot closed in 1986.
The tracks were lifted and no trains have alled at the station since then.

Piccadilly station is running to full capacity these days.
There are rumours that Mayfield could once again reopen as an overspill for trains in busy periods.
We shall see.