On a bike ride from Altofts to Haw Park, an excursion to explore the ruins of an abandoned farm was par for the course.
With most walls adorning some kind of spray paint masterpiece & the amount of devastation – walls crumbling, staircases missing, fire damage, overgrown shrubbery – it was shocking to find that it was occupied as recently as June 2008.
Had a good nosey about, except for the upper floors in the house, as when reaching the top of the stairs you are confronted with a hole down to the floor beneath, & I wasn’t dressed appropriately to fall through the floorboards had I navigated the drop & gone wandering. I did however catch a glimpse of a bright blue bathroom when looking through the ceiling of one of the downstairs rooms…
For more information about the Farm (including old photos & a YouTube guided tour) & it’s last occupant Kenneth Lea – kept Owls that were used in numerous Harry Potter films – please browse the following links:
Dub session recorded at a midnight vigil for the one and only, Haile Selassie I. Jah Rastafari. Roots and culture.
1. Ras Imru Asha – Spiritual Dub
2. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – One Step Dub
3. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – No Peace Dub
4. King Tubby – Leaving Babylon Dub
5. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Grumblin’ Dub
6. King Tubby & Jacob Miller & DJ Cam – Ganja Man
7. King Tubby – Take Five
8. Orville Smith – Leaving Rome
9. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Dreadlocks in Moonlight
10. Ras Imru Asha – House of Dub
11. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – In These Times Dub
12. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Sufferers Dub
13. Ras Imru Asha – Bosnia Dub
14. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – War in a Babylon
