Vacated
This office – Room 7540 – has been empty for months. The doors are locked and I have to take a photograph through the glass doors. It used to be a bustling place, filled with desks, journalists and everyday life. In the glass office on the right, editorial meetings took place every weekday morning. All that’s left now are a couple of abandoned printers in this shell.
I worked in this place for many years. The other occupants have moved to new showpiece premises in the centre of London, while my work keeps me close to the old office. It’s an empty, eerie experience walking past. BBC Television Centre is gradually winding down before closure next month. My place there enables me to capture abandonment and memories.
See Upstairs Downstairs, about a well-known staircase at BBC Television Centre
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The march of progress. So sad. Those pillars, what a wonderful tale they could tell. You gave them presence.
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Thank you very much. That room told the news and was full of its own stories. Strange to see it locked up and empty.
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Thanks for this, Mike. Sad to see.
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You’re welcome Gary. It is indeed a sad sight – this one photograph has prompted a lot of thoughts and memories from its former occupants.
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You’re ‘lucky’ to be in a position to do that! Keep ’em coming! :D
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I am, although it’s odd being one of the last to turn off the lights at Television Centre, as it were.
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Been there and done that, and it’s not a nice feeling! :(
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Ah… Memories. Keep posting them please! Xx
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More like ghosts. It’s a bit spooky there now. Am taking a fair few before I get chucked out next month!
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