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mrd1990



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House left untouched for decades
A forgotten farmhouse in mid Wales, left untouched for years, has been captured on camera.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-31410140


Scroll down to see the photos including something very fitting Surprised
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ian series 1



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I saw this on the series 1 forum, (as there was one decaying outside)
As nice as it is, can't help feeling it's also a bit of a set up? Especially the jacket photos?
Still a nice find though, but where did the people go...? 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

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blackwolf



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There is a whiff of the set-up about it.

Interesting that depending on which of the many reports you read the place ws last occupied I 1914, 1936, 1940, or the 1950s, but then there's that series one with reflective number plates, which cannot be older than 1972.
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ian series 1



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Series 2 so they say!

After studying the photos closely something's seem a bit too clean? 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

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Looks like a series 2 by the panel that goes from the bottom of the grille to the bumper it was a folded item between 1958 and 1961 and a curved pressed item later on. 2005 Td5 90 XS

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ian series 1



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Correct! Thumbs Up
The rivet counter in me could tell you more..................... Laughing 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

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Very moving.
And a bit sad,....I wonder who lived there & what stories those walls could tell.
I wonder who the next occupants will be.
Pickles.


Last edited by Pickles on 11th Feb 2015 8:06pm. Edited 1 time in total
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blackwolf



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You're right, it is a S2. I should have looked more closely! Embarassed

Still must have been in use after '72 to get that plte though.
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Considering the house is supposedly abandoned, the roof seems to be in good order as is the glass being still intact in all the windows. It's amusing that some of the watches and the odd tin are rusted but there's newspapers, allright look old but intact and readable. Not a great deal of dust on the surfaces, there's more dust in my house and that only gets left for a couple of months between cleanings.
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ian series 1



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Glad I'm not the only one.
I would say this has been set up? Or at least touched up a bit to make it more of a story?

In one picture I have seen, a jacket hanging on a door looks almost new (too new)
The harder you look the more you notice Neutral 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

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so who knows where it is?
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ian series 1



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Question chances of it remaining intact, now it's been "advertised" are probably quite slim.
Unless it really is that inaccessible?? 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

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Pickles wrote:
Very moving.
And a bit sad,....I wonder who lived there & what stories those walls could tell.
I wonder who the next occupants will be.
Pickles.


Exactly what I thought.

But I like a good 'conspiracy theory'!!
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