Tales of the Urban Explorer: Attercliffe Radical Club

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“We’re not getting in there”

The mosque looked used and would have been a first. Neither of us had ever been inside an Islam Hall of Worship and by the looks of the worn, but not abandoned décor, today's visit was not going to change that fact.

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…but all was not lost, and maybe we were looking in the wrong direction.

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Why were these houses attached to the mosque very much derelict and what was that mess over the rough ground?

Attercliffe Radical Club, or "The Rads", known amongst the local community was a popular venue often hosting piano nights, discos, bingo, and even the occasional drag acts.

It was renowned for its large stage where musicians and bingo callers would perform. The club closed down in the 1990s due to changes in the Attercliffe community demographic. It has been left for decades and is now in a severe state of dereliction.
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Scrambling over rocks, and loose bricks, we spotted the remains of 'Attercliffe Radical Club' nestling deep within a corpse of mini-trees and dense bushes.

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@anidiotexplores took off at high speed with me in tow, snaking through the bushes and finding a well-used rabbit patch quickly. I lost sight of my comrade, such was his impatience at finding an entry point into such an important lost relic of the past.

…’Impatience can have its downfalls and bestow terrible, horrifying visions upon the seeker’…

Rounding a bend and still, in deep forest, I came upon a dude of probable Pakistani origin. He was pulling up his pants, and initially, I was not sure if he was finishing up a solo voyeurism session or thinking twice about flashing his cock to the local female talent, and without thinking I simply said ‘alright’ and careered past him.

Two things I noticed immediately after my misplaced greeting were something that looked like used bog paper and some very human sloppy-looking shit in the middle of the path.

@anidiotexplores had the misfortune to catch him as the turds were dropping and had run off in sheer terror, such is his aversion to human faeces and male defecation in general.


’whatever his motives apart from dropping logs on the path, shitdropper didn’t seem to give a crap about two blokes jostling past him and treated it all as quite normal behaviour'…

…and still, we have failed to find an entrance to 'Attercliffe Radical Club'… though that was about to change.

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The wall was a decent size and a little much for me to haul up. I had sent @anidiotexplores into the yard, far side to evaluate the situation. If there were a couple of fierce Dobermans in there, I would hear the screams but wouldn’t be able to see if they had bit into his gonads.

“Yeah, we can get in”, came the ever-reliable report.

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It was the tree or struggle. I was once a decent tree climber but that was me as a teen. Today my body complains about any such notions, but regardless I made it to the top of the wall after much cursing and peered down. What a mess.

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…'@slobberchops debates dropping down and wonders how the fuck he will get back out if so. Photograph courtesy of @anidiotexplores '…

Of course, I jumped. You can always figure out that other unimportant shit later.

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Crawling on all fours through a hole in a broken-down door we entered 'Attercliffe Radical Club'; the views were not improving.

...'Just watch your footing here, it’s a tad unstable down below

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@anidiotexplores busily snaps away at something in the distance. It's probably that 70's hypnotic wallpaper.

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We were not the first visitors.

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The floor in this section was quite deadly. Hugging the decaying wall to the right, and somehow bypassing all those holes I was relieved to have navigated this section without dying.

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Things seemed to be improving, though walking through 'Attercliffe Radical Club' was somewhat akin to a labyrinth, twisting and turning, with some double-backs at times.

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Could there be a bar somewhere down those dark, decaying corridors?

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The signs were proving positive when we came across this storeroom crammed with rotting junk.

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The board with prices was quite illegible in terms of the cost of ‘Whisky and Rum’. It doesn’t sound like a plausible concoction to me?

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If this was once a bar there was little evidence to substantiate that claim.

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No seating could have meant it was so popular once that everyone stood up.

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It hardly looks like a bar, but there were some suspicious-looking bottles within.

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'Wha Gwan' contains 17.2% alcohol if you believe the bottle label. Could you even taste the Melon Cherry with it being that strong?

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'Magnum Tonic Wine', at only 16.5%. They don’t like the weak stuff here!

To be honest, these bottles looked out of place. Considering 'Attercliffe Radical Club' has been closed since the 1990s, these bottles of extra strong 'tonic' looked to be in perfect condition, almost good enough to quench the thirst.

Looking at the images now, I should have checked the expiry dates, or even if they had any. It looks like something was stamped on the bottles.

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'T' reg vehicles are from the late 1990s. Perhaps this was being used for something else?

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We realised this final section was the inside of the derelict house, and we had taken some strange subterranean route to get here. I have heard stories of escape tunnels in houses dating from the 1600s that led to nearby hills, but not ones from run-down pubs to escape from angry pissheads.

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There’s no doubt this wallpaper like the hypnotic stuff had been chosen by the same decorator.

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We did find a few Sheffield signatures in the upper rooms of the house, but other than that it was quite bare. They look quite fresh.

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I doubled back to the ‘bar’ after one more shot of that strange place with pristine Jamaican beer available for anyone who fancied a swig.

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I wish it was an easy exit, but it wasn't that simple.

After spotting a ropey-looking toilet I climbed up to the window being careful my foot didn't slip thus entering the shit-laden basin, did the mid-turn twist, and jumped around five feet onto the edge of a sheer cliff.

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One stroke of misjudgment and I would be careening down a steep hill with a looming river below. It was by sheer luck that I managed to keep my balance.

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I have been exploring more places through such blogs

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Wait, so it wasn't a mosque? I didn't see anything that looked like it would have been that. Night club yeah, not a religious hall. Wow, 17% alcohol! That's some heavy juice there! Looked like a bit of a crap show literally from the pictures!

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Wait, so it wasn't a mosque? I didn't see anything that looked like it would have been that.

It's attached to the left of the bad looking house and as it's still a valid 'business' didn't want to photograph it. Our target we thought was the mosque but was in fact the horror you see here!

Looked like a bit of a crap show literally from the pictures!

It was an entertaining romp, a lot of it is the experience which I cannot portray in either words or images.

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Ah, okay, that makes sense. I read that I guess, but I didn't connect the two!

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I an see where you are coming from.., I value the comment... thanks!

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You can always count on me!

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@anidiotexplores taking all the risks as he goes flat flood ahead jajaja and @slobberchops waiting to hear if he screams DDDOOOGGGGSSS!!! ...take care men those places always look like the floor is about to fall

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This was before I did fall through a floor later last year. I am a lot more wary now.

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What an beautiful post 🫶🏻

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I'm not sure 'beautiful' is the correct word, but thanks anyway.

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In my opinion is beautiful including every photo , a lot of old stuff, a lot of graffiti.!!!

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Thanks for another humourous adventure in the concrete jungle. Have you ever been chased off a place you were exploring?

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Have you ever been chased off a place you were exploring?

I can only remember a couple of times, both were pubs and one of the blokes was raging and screaming at us. Both took many photographs of us retreating (as though it makes a difference).

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These excursions of yours are often really sad, but this one takes the cake (beer). Why would people abandon such a perfectly mesmerising space.
You’re intrepid; it’s interesting 🤨 Hehe 🙃

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It could have been mesmerising once, now it's embedded into the jungle!

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looks like a place with lots of memories. I really like to see paintings like the ones in that place.

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I wonder if the guy always carries done bog roll about with him. Just in case...

Bingo must have been a hoot with all that loopy melon juice!

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I wonder if the guy always carries done bog roll about with him. Just in case...

It's better than wiping your arse on fallen leaves or even worse grabbing a handful of nettles by mistake oops..

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I do believe I might have had to use some leaves once. But that was a long long time ago! :OD

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They don't work very well. Our ancestors from the middle ages must have been smelly bastards.

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Maybe they had leaves that were less shiny 🤣

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Rounding a bend and still, in deep forest, I came upon a dude of probable Pakistani origin. He was pulling up his pants, and initially, I was not sure if he was finishing up a solo voyeurism session or thinking twice about flashing his cock to the local female talent, and without thinking I simply said ‘alright’ and careered past him.

😂😂😂😂.... Damn, what a bizarre thing!...

Excellent article as always dear friend!... Full of "disastrously dramatic" photos...

You look very healthy on that wall seconds before you jump!!!... You should wear a climbing helmet!... It's good to take care of yourself, good authors of satirical articles and strangers shots are not abundant!... But... What the hell!. .. The helmet thing is the least important... You spend your time stuck in places that are about to collapse that have caught fire and are full of any imaginable junk!... We'd better pray so that nothing happens to you!...

Thanks for sharing!... I really enjoy your content!

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You look very healthy on that wall seconds before you jump!!!.

I was recovering from climbing up that tree on the other side. It was a good 6 foot drop down there and getting back up was always going to be a big deal. More often than not we find other exits.., that's why I jumped!

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Nice bar ! I was amazed to see that one of the bottles of washing up liquid even had my initials on it - JRH. I must be due thousands in unpaid royalties - maybe.
While reading this, a thought occurred to me. I know you are often on the look out for Karens - but what if you wore high viz and hard hat - they might just assume you are a workie, and ignore you ?!
Anyway - looks like a lovely place !

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but what if you wore high viz and hard hat - they might just assume you are a workie, and ignore you ?!

LOL, I did this just once and some wierdo came over talking to us about the state of the neighbourhood and what we were going to do about it. 'Can please fuck off' was in my head at the time. We had to lie and improvise.. until he went away.

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Lol - that is pretty funny !

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Do you guys bring flashlights or lamps when entering such a derelict place? It must be dark inside though but in your photos, quite bright hehe..

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Do you guys bring flashlights or lamps

Yes, both of us own massive lights, you can see mine on the wall in one of my snaps. 1900 Lumens, they make a huge difference when it comes to the photography.

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Oh. Some photos were still loading earlier so I didn't see those with lights..

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Bueno una propiedad mas sin dueños, lista para ser invadida arreglar y convertir en un museo, una escuela de Artes.

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I grew up in small towns and they always have old derelict buildings in them. I'm surprised I didn't get injured more often! XD

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Was looking for some quaran pages flying around until I noticed it wasn't actually a mosque. I don't think people abandon mosques like that. Anyways, this place looks cool. Have you ever explored a haunted building?

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Have you ever explored a haunted building?

Yes, but nothing ever happens. The spooks appear to keep away from me.

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The spooks appear to keep away from me.

Woah😳, you're so cool.

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many years ago as a salary slave I had a cost centre in Attercliffe that I would vivis on a weekly basis, at the time I was not into UE, the treasures I have missed as Attercliffe is a right shit hole DERPy place, or was!

Nice selfie lol

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There's an unreasonable amount of derps in that area, some that I will be visiting on the next trip out there!

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It is so surprising that the place is a mosque. It does not even have any feature of a mosque at all. It looks like somewhere that is mostly used for social events because of the alcoholic bottles there

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incredible, the contents of the house is messy.. but the trip you made while taking the photo was very good.
Amazing

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I bet that's some strong shit now its prob doubled in strength 😀

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It was tempting to settle down and get pissed, but we had more explore's on the agenda 😀

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I don't know if I would want to put my lips round them and I dread to think what that taste like 🤣
prob best you didn't get the time to taste that gear ........

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