SCARBOROUGH , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY: THE INN WAS BUILT IN 1914 AS RANALAGH PARK FOR COLONEL HAROLD CHILD BICKFORD , THE BUILDING CONSISTED OF 33 ROOMS AT THE TIME...IT WAS THEN SOLD IN 1921 TO THE  MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND RENAMED THE CHINA MISSION COLLEGE...THEN LEFT ABANDONED UNTILL 1932 WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY ROSA BREITHAUPT HEWETSON...RENOVATIONS WERE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AFTER...IN 1942 IT WAS USED BY THE WOMENS ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE AND WAS KNOWN AS "HMCS BYTOWN II " , AFTER THE WAR IT BECAME A MILITARY HOSPITAL FOR SOLDIERS RETURNING WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM NERVOUS DISORDERS...IN 1965 , AN EAST WING WAS BUILT THAT CONSISTED OF A 6 STOREY ,100 ROOM ADDITION... THE FINAL RENOVATIONS CAME IN 1968 THAT INCLUDED THE HERITAGE LOUNGE...THE INN FINALLY SHUT DOWN  IN 2001...... ...STORIES FROM THE GUILD INCLUDE WORKERS HEARING LOUD FOOTSTEPS ON THE FLOORS ABOVE WHEN THERES NO ONE ELSE IN THE BUILDING , DOORS SLAMMING , FAWCETTS TURNING THEMSELVES ON...THERE ARE TUNNELS UNDER THE INN THAT LEAD OUT AS FAR AS THE BLUFFS................

...SOUTH TERRACE - DATE UNKOWN...

...THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN AT THE INN ON APRIL 14 , 2007... THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A NEW HOTEL , SO ITS ONLY TIME BEFORE DEMOLITION BEGINS...ITS AN INTERESTING PLACE WITH MANY OLD MONUMENTS AROUND THE  PROPERTY...NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTICED, PHOTOGRAPHED OR VIDEO TAPED... THE TEMP. WAS 6.5 DEGREES CELCIUS WITH A 6 Km/H WIND FROM THE SOUTH-WEST...IT WAS  OVERCAST WITH SOME SUNNY BREAKS.......

...REGULAR VIDEO...

...INFRARED-NIGHTSHOT...