Legs and Borders

When arrived at the site the fence was wide open, but decided to wait for few people to catch their busses, as it's located right next to the bus stop, it was a good decision. After about two minutes three persons came out, guy dressed in a hi vis jacket and a couple looking like the owners, or people who want to acquire the site (currently for sale). After they left i made my way inside and spend good twenty minutes looking for a way to enter the building, as they made rather good job on sealing it, and eventually find one.  Fire that happened in may didn't affect the site much (and certainly not the front building), so it remains pretty much the same with all its dump and moldy corners  history: Summerlands Lodge was built in 1906 as a preparatory school called Doone House. The school was closed in the early part of the Second World War and the property requisitioned by the military as an officer's mess for nearby Manston airfield. In 1946 it became the headqua...

Visited solo just after Lillesden School, and must say that the difference was stunning.. place is in extremely bad condition, looks good from the outside though, and there are few interesting bits in the sheds next to it... Shame, as the place got some interesting history: In 1886, the largest Barnardo's home for orphans under six years old was built in Hawkhurst, and looked after hundreds of babies. It was known as Babies' Castle, and was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Teck (who later became Queen Mary, wife of King George V). The nine inspiring principles, known as 'The Nine Nos' of the Babies Castle, were: 1. No destitute child refused 2. No Race Barrier 3. No Creed Clause 4. No Physical Disability 5. No Age Limit 6. No Money Promise 7. No Voting 8. No Waiting 9. No Red Tape Got closed in 1965, then reopened as Hawkurst Castle and remain open until 1990s.