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Spooky images of abandoned orphanage where kids sobbed themselves to sleep
urban explorer has shared a series of eerie images of an abandoned property that could soon be lost forever.The derelict Balrossie School, near Glasgow, was originally used as a home for the orphaned children of killed sailors, dates back to 1899.The building was purchased by Glasgow Corporation, in the 1960s and it served as a residential school until it was closed in the 1990s and it has lain empty for almost 25 years.More commonly known as Balrossie Orphanage, the crumbling building, which is situated 20 miles west of Glasgow, near Kilmacolm, was visited last week by an urban explorer.Leeds-based photographer and urban explorer Kyle Urbex has ventured into dozens of abandoned sites over the past 18 months and said Balrossie had been high on his list for quite some time.Kyle told Glasgow Live he was glad he got there when he did as it looks as if the old orphanage has only months left before it's gone forever.He said: "I arrived [at Balrossie] last Saturday and when I first got there I noticed that half of the building had already been demolished. There was a big massive pile of rubble in the middle"."I reckon the rest of it will be gone very, very soon," he added.