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1QuirkyKiwi · 11-03-2011, 11:59 AM

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My first Victorian marble morgue slab at High Royds Asylum, Menston (yes that is me under the shroud)

I love the old marble slabs - not many left now. It's those horrible stainless steel ones........Ugh! They have no character....... and they're not great for sleeping on, either, lol!

funkyfemme · 11-03-2011, 12:08 PM

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11-03-2011, 12:23 PM

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My first Victorian marble morgue slab at High Royds Asylum, Menston (yes that is me under the shroud)

I love the old marble slabs - not many left now. It's those horrible stainless steel ones........Ugh! They have no character....... and they're not great for sleeping on, either, lol!

There are only a few left in the abandonments we photograph for sure. I loved this one because it was the first we managed to get into see...we also had to move a huge structure that covered it, it took 3 of us lil un's - Scary Mary, Muse & Dr.Doo - and huge big Magoo² to actually move the protective structure. Of course we put it back again when we'd taken all the shots we wanted. Many of the slabs have been vandalised. I will find a picture of the broken slab a Denby Asylum when I return from having tea with Tinkerbell.

1QuirkyKiwi · 11-03-2011, 12:29 PM

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There are only a few left in the abandonments we photograph for sure. I loved this one because it was the first we managed to get into see...we also had to move a huge structure that covered it, it took 3 of us lil un's - Scary Mary, Muse & Dr.Doo - and huge big Magoo² to actually move the protective structure. Of course we put it back again when we'd taken all the shots we wanted. Many of the slabs have been vandalised. I will find a picture of the broken slab a Denby Asylum when I return from having tea with Tinkerbell.

The slabs that have been 'saved' are in storage or Pathology Museums. There are a few (not many) Embalming rooms with marble slabs, but, they are rapidly being replaced with new modern ones. A shame in some ways, but, that's 'progress' for you, lol!

11-03-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 1QuirkyKiwi

The slabs that have been 'saved' are in storage or Pathology Museums. There are a few (not many) Embalming rooms with marble slabs, but, they are rapidly being replaced with new modern ones. A shame in some ways, but, that's 'progress' for you, lol!

Are you an urbexer or are you talking about slabs still in current use? The places we see are abandoned and/or being developed, sometimes quite derelict. One of my favourites could be said to be a graffiti art installation. Wonderful place.

1QuirkyKiwi · 11-03-2011, 04:38 PM

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Are you an urbexer or are you talking about slabs still in current use? The places we see are abandoned and/or being developed, sometimes quite derelict. One of my favourites could be said to be a graffiti art installation. Wonderful place.

I've been an Embalmer for nearly 20 years - I've seen many Embalming rooms (and Mortuaries) rennovated and the marble slabs that have survived have been sent to specialist Museums. Some Embaling rooms in the smaller Funeral Directors still have the marble slabs and 'old style' Embalming rooms, but, they are now being rennovated with the stainless steel tables (as they are now called).

11-03-2011, 04:46 PM

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I've been an Embalmer for nearly 20 years - I've seen many Embalming rooms (and Mortuaries) rennovated and the marble slabs that have survived have been sent to specialist Museums. Some Embaling rooms in the smaller Funeral Directors still have the marble slabs and 'old style' Embalming rooms, but, they are now being rennovated with the stainless steel tables (as they are now called).

Ahhhh now it makes sense.

I can definitely say that not all the slabs in the country have been saved. There are a few that will either be lost in demolitions or vandalised.

Denbigh Asylum
...this how we found the morgue

this is how it was not too long before we saw it...not my picture

11-03-2011, 06:35 PM

I'm dying to share my love of urbexing with y'all.

I love this just one of the split corridors at Severall's

The picture that I think is my best urbexing 'selfie'

This is at Hellingly which is pretty much a graf art installation...as well as a derelict asylum

Fancy · 11-03-2011, 06:41 PM

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