Abandoned And Not Forgotten

1971 Albion Clydesdale at rest., originally uploaded by fryske.

Last taxed in 1986 - this can't have been parked-up since then - it's not that rusty!

However, the base of the cab and the wings show quite severe rust and the seam of the roof panel has the typical LAD cab rot.

High Royds Asylum Admin Offices, originally uploaded by Urban~Spaceman.

The administration building, which is Grade II listed, is now considered something of a show piece at the former hospital, which is situated on a 300-acre (1.2 km2) site at the foot of Rombalds Moor.

It features an Italian mosaic floor in the main corridor which is intricately decorated with the Yorkshire Rose and black daisies - the latter of which provided inspiration for the title of a television screenplay, filmed at High Royds, as a tribute to sufferers of Alzheimers.

The hospital once contained a library, a surgery, a dispensary, butchers, dairies, bakers, a sweetshop, an upholster's, a cobbler's, spacious grounds, a ballroom and even a railway.

The asylum eventually closed in 2003 and is now under major redevelopment as housing and flats with the admin offices standing as the centre piece and an everlasting memorial to the sites previous historical use.

Smithfield Fish Market, London., originally uploaded by LiamCH.

Also known as Market D, this building - a former part of the much larger Smithfield Market, much of which is still in operation - combines the fish market - which appears to have been in use until around ten or fifteen years ago - with a refrigeration building known as the Red House, apparently the oldest surviving purpose-built refrigeration unit. That section appears to have been abandoned for at least thirty years or so.