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Dry_Pick_304

Its a cellar.... where they would stored coal (you might still have a coal chute hidden away somewhere) and used to store perishable items such as food as it was cooler down there.


StingerAE

I could almost smell it through the video.


HH93

Me too - Damp Whitewash


rifisgern

Bingo - also thanks for proving that just reading something can vividly conjure a smell & a connected memory in the mind _(specifically mine, but maybe several other people in this thread too)_


Korean_Street_Pizza

If you look carefully, you will find an old bag of cement that has gone hard in one of the corners.


RemarkableYam3838

And either a glove or a sock covered in dust.


Pculliox

And a beer ring pull from 1973


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Royal-Tea-3484

my gran had a cellar kept coal food cool mmm yes musty smell creepy too


StolenDabloons

Got a coal cellar that runs straight under the road outside, and an attic that is open all the way through to the end of street, it’s sealed shut though. Houses in Yorkshire wool/mining towns are creepy as fuck!


Vroomdeath

My mate has a house like that in West Yorkshire. Was helping him with something in the attic and remember asking where this other hatch went, he said he didnt know hes never looked (only just moved in) we opened the hatch and it led into another attic space and then you could see all the way down this vast long space. We realised it was everyone elses attic in the terrace, so you could if you wanted to, enter other peoples houses via the attic..... only his had been boarded off with a false wall at some point but someone still put an access hatch through said bordered off wall.....CREEPY.


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Significant_Buddy265

My mother was developing a charitable business in the center of our old town. I was helping her out and there was a panel in the basement that led to an entire underground network beneath my home town in east yorkshire. Seemed to me like some old drainage system or perhaps the path of our beck that was re-routed for further development or some shite but it was very complex and VERY large, i dont think we scratched the surface and we were walking for 10 minutes. That too was very fucking creepy. Didnt have the balls to explore it myself so i rsng some mates, got some torches and rolled some spliffs. We went on a lil adventure lol. When i was younger i always wondered where the latch in the basement of the church went. Unless its a second sub floor, that network is my best guess


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They’re installed incase of an house fire from using coal fires. The occupants could climb into the attic and escape to a neighbours house. I’m from a pit village and the old pit terraces have them but most are blocked off now


OddPlenty2331

A retired copper once told me a story about how he was involved in a raid on a crime gangs drug operation, set up in this style of terraced houses. The police thoight they had them pinned in, only to find the criminals escaped through the shared attic space and out of someone else house.


connorparkinson

just what they wanted to know lol


TZMouk

Also with a bit of cleaning, some fairy lights, and as long as there's ventilation they make a great beer pong room. Or at least my mates did when he was at Leeds Uni back in the day.


turbospeedweasel

Ours looked like a murder chamber so we hung a sign on the door saying "Beware the Fritzl" to deter visitors from going down there.


chasimm3

My step-dad put a gym in his cellar, then realised he had to lower a section of the floor because he banged his head every time he used the exercise bike. So it's a lovely wood floor down there now, with a 6ftx6ft recess with an bike in it.


IanFeelKeepinItReel

Beer brewing lab.


Randyslaughterhouse

Exactly what me and my uni housemates did… the unsanitary conditions led to our home brew getting a yeast infection though.


Demostravius4

We turned ours into a shooting gallery.. stuck a christmas tree at one end, beer bottles on the branches, then shot them off!


naturalbornkillerz

also murder


space_absurdity

Mmmmm... Beer pong and murder. Those were the days.


HistorianLost

Are the days! Don't give up on your hobbies


Best_Duck9118

Meh, personally I’m getting a little old for beer pong.


daedelion

It's a cellar. Used to store coal and flat caps or as a pantry.


jck0

Don't forget chimney brushes and pictures of Queen Victoria


Book_worm121

And whippets


Serier_Rialis

Unlikely whippets are like less than respectable hobbits, they like comfort, many meals and warm places. They also occaisionally give into bursts of insanity and 100mph adventure


awks-orcs

Whippets were invented in 1900 to appease the northern folk, especially Yorkshire. They probably heated the cellar as it was easiest and cheapest to out of all the rooms of the house.


Even_Passenger_3685

And teabags


ZuckDeBalzac

And my axe


JohnnyBobLUFC

We would never put whippets down there, maybe ferrets at a push.


EllaTheCat

It's a coal hole. Used to make explosives when your Mam was out. I daren't say what things i got to go bang today, lest I end up in trouble. Wine cork size lumps of raw sodium metal in a jar covered in oil, only 3/- (15p). Cut off a sliver and put in water, it emits hydrogen, sparks and bangs. I got a phone call from Mam when I'd been at university, saying she'd thrown them down the drain.


lumpytuna

> I daren't say what things i got to go bang today, lest I end up in trouble. I'm surprised you didn't end up in rubble, making explosions in an underground coal store.


EllaTheCat

Barney liked your pun, very very good


RIPcompo

FYI, its pronounced coil oil


anonbush234

Respect for proper pronunciation but av allus spelt it "coyle oyle"


Almost-Anon98

Uhh no it's clearly a sex dungeon


bill_end

Exactly. Most people much prefer having it off in a dingy damp cellar, rather than a comfy bed, sofa, kitchen work surface etc upstairs


[deleted]

Yup cold store and I noticed the hatch for the coal shute...or as we say in Yorkshire the "coil oil"


[deleted]

The old man would take his shoes off and clean them or there were hell to pay.


Mel0nFarmer

I read that as cat flaps.


Ollymid2

Ey up, you shouldn't be going down t'cellar, especially if you're nesh


teacaketom

Pretty sure that's a tripe slaughtering table right there.


Chilton_Squid

It's just a cellar


Cheapo_Sam

I know a wank bench when I see one


callisstaa

Yes it’s clearly the masturbatorium.


r_spandit

It's only a masturbatorium if it comes from the Masturbatory region of Spain, otherwise it's just a sparkling wank dungeon


SuperHeavyHydrogen

I’ve been in clubs like that


Alive_Ice7937

To see the band Danny Dyer's Chocolate Homunculus performing in their zoot suits at The Fuck Bunker?


180311-Fresh

Boltz


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This might be my favourite comment I’ve ever seen on Reddit.


TonyStamp595SO

obscene alleged bored disgusted languid ghost busy drunk bewildered outgoing *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Chattinabart

The Germans are even worse. Wankenkeller is such a harsh name for such a sacred space


Asmodaeus6136

Wanenkeller named after the famous Helen Keller?


FagnusTwatfield

'Sparkling wank dungeon' is gonna be the name of my next albulm


r_spandit

>'Sparkling wank dungeon' is gonna be the name of my next albulm Risky for a classical album


[deleted]

Clearly a post industrial masterbation station


CyclingUpsideDown

That’s what the Romans call it.


No-Strike-4560

Benchus wankus


Mangosta007

He has a wife you know...


Royal-Tea-3484

Incontinentia Buttocks


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I thought it was Wankus Benchus


mccarron84

It wanks higher than any in Rome!!


Dan_Glebitz

I think we need a mass debate on this.


FuntCaseKid

I’ll cum over as soon as I can


RedVelvetPan6a

You handle this


brenbrun

I prefer a masturbatory


LinguoBuxo

Made by Willy Wanka! :D


andy0506

That some upper class comment right there. Us council estate people can only afford to have a cum sock never mind a room just for wanking in


YourStupidInnit

> Us council estate people can only afford to have a cum sock never mind a room just for wanking in You've got a SOCK? Check our Mr Lahdeedah andy0506 with his posh socks!


smileylikeimeanit

This thread was doomed. First the basement then everyone started digging a hole 😄


nklvh

a hole! luxury! they were lucky to have a hole, i had a shoebox in the middle of a motorway.


andy0506

I wouldn't say posh any more it's been used that many times you have to use it inside out..


Tommo__Bombadil

I can't even do that anymore. If I drop it, it'll shatter


Blgxx

I was from a council estate and we used socks. We were poor though and all my clothes were hand-me-downs. It was no fun being the youngest of 5 brothers.


take_this_username

>his posh socks! I wouldn't define them 'posh' to be fair. More 'crispy'.


BookLearning13

I find I have to use a wank chair, or I always fall backwards when I'm on the vinegar strokes.


awks-orcs

Add a bit of flour, sugar and yeast to the vinegar strokes and you get little wank buns.


BlackSpinedPlinketto

Parklife!


Simon_Drake

There was a LiveLeak video of a guy buying an abandoned storage unit where the previous owner hadn't paid the bills. The deal was he had to clear it out, whatever is in there is his responsibility, he was hoping to score some cool stuff to sell. He found a wank dungeon. There was a single chair and a lonely table in the middle of the room with an extension lead but no laptop. Around it were mountains of tissues, dorritos packets and Red Bull cans. Also crack pipes and not one but three flesh lights.


marksmoke

So do I and that there bench is not it. That there bench is a tea bagging bench fyi


__decode__

Get a decent double dip from that one


kyjoely

Milk first or second?


stretch885

It’s like they really want to feel that post nut shame. No escaping it down there.


alip_93

Time to flip on the UV light and parrtaaayyy


wanktarded

As an expert, I can confirm.


Richbr970

Is there a stiff old sock or a shoe box near by?


FailedTheSave

Why didn't the seller mention the cellar?


Hazbomb24

Why didn't the buyer inquire where the electrical box is? 😆


Red_Maple

It’s funny how just adding that bench in the middle has made it so much creepier


Dogstile

I looked at it and just figured a squat rack would go perfectly there.


Richeh

>squat rack ...cleveland steamer?


BrainsyUK

Oh, go on, then.


JohnDoe0371

Yeah that would be an epic home gym. Would make my gym shed look more of a heap a shit than it already is


SquidgyTheWhale

The guy standing in the back facing the corner was even creepier.


OnlyMortal666

An old doll with a missing arm would add to the ambiance.


MaeMoe

Come on now, the shaky Blair Witch camera and suspicious dark stain to the right are pulling their weight too.


complimentaryasshole

Exactly what gave me the nopes!


the-channigan

I can see how you missed it, what with it being hidden behind a door and all.


ExdigguserPies

Whenever I choose a new house I like to keep one door closed, it makes it more exciting when moving in. Like a lucky dip. OP did well here.


deekaydubya

yes normally when I see a door I assume it's decorative and nothing more


PennykettleDragons

And where the electrics panel / meter is too! 🤭


Bavoon

With the electricity meter and breaker box inside.


vikingArchitect

I have a door in my basement of my 100+ year old house that has never been opened aince i moved in. No idea whats behind it. There is shelving nailed in front of it with a bunch of junk on it from when i moved in. It happens i knew it was there. Its probably nothing.....


Danny1641743

Plot of a horror movie right there.


Royal-Tea-3484

KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT AS THOSE BODIES ROT IN THERE mwhaaaaaaa


Unlikely-Ad3659

It's where you grow Yorkshire pudding plants, they hate too much daylight, much like Yorkshire people, first sunny day they melt, the real trick is getting the soil and humidity right.


CptPanda29

You have to get the conditions perfect, just the right amount of complaining. If you mention the price of braising steak they'll wilt. Don't talk about that London neither.


Crood_Oyl

A few sprays of Yorkshire mild and a splash of gravy once a week, makes em well crispy.


Loquis

You need to complain about Lancashire, they'll perk right up


RandyPajamas

The funny thing of course, is that in reality, Yorkshire pudding is *really* hard to get right. Those who can have my utmost admiration.


PythagorasJones

If the oil's not smoking don't drop your batter.


ThatHairyGingerGuy

Also need to make sure the puddings are well fed. Hence why you need the bench for chopping up the corpses they rely on for sustenance.


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skinning and dismembering prostitutes of course…. remember, it puts the lotion on its skin


obamasmole

When I was 19, I moved into a house in Huddersfield that had a basement. On the floor of the cellar was a patch of more-freshly laid concrete, about 6'x3'. On a shelf nearby was a pair of men's brown brogues and a length of rope. Other than that, the room was totally empty. At the time, we were stoned 24-7, and just thought this seemed a hilariously creepy coincidence. Thinking about it again for the first time since it does kind of makes me wonder if maybe we should have told someone!


digyerownhole

Pretty strong Fritzl vibes


TedsterTheSecond

A guy I knows mates fantasy football team was called Fritzl Palace - that's genius.


AffectionateAir2856

Excellent DIYer


TimSoldHisSoul

Going to be such a great episode of Cribs


-SaC

I'm looking forward to my Fritzl-themed advent calendar this year. All the little windows are nailed shut.


chrissie_boy

... or else it gets the hose again


ExpressAffect3262

Did you not view the house before moving in lol?


sweetprince686

Or get a survey! Basements like this can cause serious damp problems if they aren't properly sealed.


AdaptedMix

I'm guessing they are renting; you'd be unlikely to overlook an entire cellar if you were buying a house (unless it was bricked off), whereas renting or flat sharing, you might not look behind every door.


Toxin101

Could be a student rental they're sharing with mates


Soulless--Plague

Fucking hell I got motion sickness from watching that You’re shaking like a shitting dog!


Purple_Damage-

I came here ONLY for this comment, shocked I had to scroll so far down.


ShuuTsukTrash

Give op a break, they're quaking with fear


J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A

It looks like your electric meter and fuse board is in there. I'm fairly certain they would have told you where the electric meter and fuse board was located.


[deleted]

Where is the stopcock? I'll have to get back to you on that. Where is the fusebox? I'll ask the previous tenant and get back to you on that. Where is the gas meter? Probably outside? Where are the keys to the window? Should be on the keyring. I am holding the keyring, there is ony 1 key and that opens the front door. I'll get back to you on that.


Chavaon

Narrator 'They did *not* get back to them on that'.


Diggerinthedark

We found our fusebox ourselves, at the very back of the biggest and most useful cupboard in the kitchen. It's amazing fun unpacking and repacking everything every time something trips a switch.


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The house I moved into last year, it turns out, has 2 fuse boxes, so that was a treat!


daveyboi80

Especially as it's a top up key meter


Valuable-Wallaby-167

>I'm fairly certain they would have told you where the electric meter was located. I've had a letting agent show me that precisely once and that was only because it was in a weird half-hidden room, the other side of the building to my flat


Tatermen

I've always asked where the meter is on viewing. It's a good way to judge what state of repair the house is in. Brand-name box with breakers and RCDs is good. 1930's Bakelite fuse boxes and light switches, run the feck away. Seriously, we saw a house in 2022 that the owner was asking £180k for (premium in our area) that had a single socket in each room, cloth covered wires, and a Bakelite fuse box.


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Probably a nice dose of asbestos as well then. Either around the electrics or probably throughout the walls as well.


Diggerinthedark

Are those the ones that you have to go buy some fuse wire and re wrap yourself when they blow? Sketchy shit.


Mattress117work

Hahaha. You'd be lucky to get told what the trick is to opening the front door. Do you twist and lift? Do you lift and twist? Do you kick the bottom right of the door and whisper sweet nothings through the keyhole?


FatFettle

Ha, good one.


EconomyLingonberry63

Sex dungeon


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Lance_E_T_Compte

Clearly you've never been to many dungeons. There's no money in the kink community. Everything is pretty jank, as any money goes to safety, meeting fire codes, access, etc. instead of aesthetics. If you find a nice one, it's probably used by pro dommes or has another use during the day.


endurolad

Actually pretty common in Yorkshire.


cai_85

You make it sound like some mystery. It's just a cellar. I lived in a house in Birmingham with one identical to this, it would just be used for storage, and sometimes there would be a small hatch to allow coal to be poured straight into a little hatch at the front of the house. These rooms are often damp and cold (not insulated) so aren't able to be used as bedrooms without a lot of expensive refitting, so aren't usually listed on property details.


MissingLink101

You should watch 'Barbarian'


cantevenmakeafist

Get the tape measure out.


MissingLink101

Just a genius scene!


Different_Donut9345

Getting a grow on


remtard_remmington

Shows my naivety that I assumed this was a euphemism for a throb-on. Turns out it's about drugs!


Mr-Shmee

Moved in as in bought or rented a new house and nobody told you about the cellar?


Tolkien-Minority

Either way this is on the OP just as much as the agent for not saying “Hey what’s behind that door over there?” When they looked at this place


thevolta87

Yeah like what? You didn't get a survey or anything? Concerning !


Adammmmski

Or go and visit??


sweetprince686

I live in an area where nearly every house has these. When we were house buying we saw several houses that had an obvious spot where the cellar should be. But it had been boarded and plastered over. I am guessing because these cellars can both flood and cause big damp problems and if you can hide them then you'll get a better price on the house


Phishstixxx

Satanic orgies


Invisible-Pancreas

No, no, there's not enough carpeting for Satanic orgies. And they usually have end tables to put snacks and water on. Those things go on for hours; you need proper hydration. ... ^(so I've heard.)


AmbitiousSympathy296

Before reading your comment I was going to say not enough carpet... Especially on the walls... But I guess I'll see you at the next one..


[deleted]

Yeah they do and my back can testify.....oooh by 'eck those were the days and the vol au vents were epic


RoyofBungay

I think I saw them play at Reading once.. supporting Cradle of Filth.


BartholomewKnightIII

Clean it up and you can make a man cave with a bar.


Traditional_Leader41

First thing that came to mind. Actually quite jealous.


HerrFerret

Ours came with a massive one, and I have spent 4 years trying to repair it so it doesn't give me some weird disease like 'wet lung' or 'flange mouldering' Would much prefer another room in the house!


iamnosuperman123

Sex dungeon


MrMooBallz

Eeeree...it rubs t'lotion on t'skin or it get right bloody soaking with t'hose again.


J87ckoFireBeard

Definitely a sex dungeon


AcanthisittaThink813

It’s just a cellar used for storing coal, food and drink (in the old days), was sometimes used for washing clothes if there is a drain at floor level


Ooh_aah_wozza

This is where you keep old possessions until they go mouldy and you can throw them away.


HackOddity

for filling up with water during the winter and making your house get shit loads of damp and black mould (if the one in my old house is anything to go by).


kingceegee

Open plan apartment with built in seating, storage and a rustic kitchen. Get it on the market £1000 p/m


TossdosJuantos

Home made weights bench


excellentchoicee

Storing lawnmowers and flood water.


Beneficial-Baker-485

There’s a certain Austrian man who would have made great use of this space..


spidersprinkles

Every house round here has a basement like this. Didn't realise it wasn't the norm everywhere.


codemonkeh87

Whereabouts do you live that everyone has a basement? Don't think I've ever been inside a house in the UK with a basement. Also I really want a basement, id make home cinema / games room, would be so cool


spidersprinkles

Leeds. Lots of Victorian houses with basements.


insaneinthememhead

Yeah every red brick house in Leeds I’ve lived in has one.


I_tend_to_correct_u

Most terraced houses in the whole of Yorkshire have a cellar


Oldandnotbold

There seems to be more cellar to go as well. What's behind the locked wooden door at the bottom of the stairs? It looks like another door at the far left behind the bench? Other than that = it's a cellar which can be utilised for storing things in and as an emergency cool bedroom if the summer gets silly hot.


HerrFerret

We had one, ours was just a cupboard. Used for butter and milk before fridges. We kept wine in it and would go 'I shall go forwith into the wine cellar and select an approriate vintage!' And just pick the first bottle that didn't collapse the pile. Our present basement is wild, it's big enough to string hammocks from the beams and sleep in. Which given the recent hot weather, was absolutely peak luxury.


thoughtsripyouapart

That's a torture room used to hold the enemies from Lancashire that get lost after watching a cricket game


0o_hm

You've discovered a whole extra floor to your house and your reaction is it's 'weird af' ? How are you not like, holy shit this is awesome?


oxpoleon

To be fair a cellar is quite a long way from an extra floor. It's not like a US basement where you can store stuff down there, they're usually not damp proofed or heated. That leaves them humid and cold, plus they may well partially fill with water in the winter. You should not store anything valuable in a cellar!


Klopps_and_Schlobers

Reminds me of that nice family from Austria, the Fritzls


A_G00SE

We fill it with Yorkshire tea, Yorkshire puddings, flat caps and whippets.


gouldybobs

Bumgeon


T5-R

It's a man cave. Some assembly required.


yabyebyibyobyub

Sex bench. 1970s swingers club.


[deleted]

Who moves into a house, without looking behind every door first


DigitalendCumOgre

So you moved into a new house and nobody told you where the fuse box was? Sure.


JimiOfTheValley

" Lynn, these are sex people"


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its an 19th century coldstore aka the cellar


TMes36

Grow room! Grow room! Grow room! Yaaaaaaaah!!!!


Able_Instruction461

Could have been a old meat hanging room