| 2. Walkers |
 |
 |
Walkers was the name of youth recreation center located on the upper storey of Rilke.
|
|---|
 |
Walkers news leaflet.
|
|---|
 |
They arranged music events, and many indie-bands have played a gig here during the beginning of 21st century. Here's the ticket window.
|
|---|
 |
Some of the last events held here.
|
|---|
 |
Naturally a place for youth must be decorated with weird drawings, like this lemon fish.
|
|---|
 |
??
|
|---|
 |
The library held literature with topics ranging from early teenage dating to feeding babies. Whoever chose the books here knew that it goes exactly as the text says; "Se on pienestä kii"
|
|---|
 |
Some rooms looked rather entertaining.
|
|---|
 |
This was a bit unusual target in terms of vandalism. Youth smashing the place had been a frequent pest already before closing for good. The local newspaper wrote about several incidents, where the place had been infiltrated and smashed seriously during weekend. When personnel of the recreation center came to open the place next monday, they were greeted by devastation.
|
|---|
 |
Small room for who-knows-what purpose.
|
|---|
 |
Considering the vandalism spree in the past, the place had suffered relatively little after abandonment.
|
|---|
 |
Office furniture had once belonged to a long-ago vanished municipality of Rauman mlk.
|
|---|
 |
Walkers was one side of the youth recreation center, but there was also a more serious use. People working with youth drug abuse, school problems, crime and other social matters seemed to have had some offices here.
|
|---|
 |
An item you very, very seldom find abandoned.
|
|---|
 |
It's a Pioneer stereo radio with HQ speaker system.
|
|---|
 |
To sum it, the place was about as exciting as the weather outside in this November sunday afternoon. Because of the industrial history, however, Rilke deserves its place on the shelves of SP archives.
|
|---|
