Inside Mr. Davies’ House and surrounding cottages, Aberedw, Powys, Wales.
A friend of mine in Hay on Wye told me that he had found 2 houses ‘up a steep rocky track through a gate near the river’ in Aberedw; they definitely weren’t the best directions but after stopping to some locals having a tea party I got a better sense of the area. I actually managed to find another abandoned cottage up a different rocky track before getting to the real deal. This house had been abandoned in August 1991 – you could see because the calender was still on the wall; in fact, a lot of the stuff was still there. Obviously people had come and made the floor a mess, but the character of the rooms still remained – the outer walls painted a bright blue and the kitchen a bright green. There were the most amount of half full or empty spirit/alcohol bottles that I had ever seen, alongside a variety of different medications most aged around the 1980s and still containing large pills. It is a truly remarkable place; the owners’ suits still hanging in the wardrobe covered in cobwebs and fire still stocked in the Aga. We drove further up the track to find another older derelict cottage that was now used for sheep supplies and hay… On the way back down the track another jeep approached us… The 2 yocal men jumped out and suspiciously peered into the back of my landrover – we wound down the window and they asked us what we had in the back, I replied ‘just a few bodies’ they looked a bit confused, when I explained I was there to take photos and showed them my camera they shrugged and looked very confused. Why on earth would someone want to do that?! They’d had a tip off from someone else that an-un-local landie was roaming around… Oooh Wales. A great afternoon of adventure and some of the best objects I’ve found in one place, though apparently the owner is still alive, his former life is decaying, becoming lost in the rubble.
Lost in the Rubble ~ Jessica Kim 