ALLBRIGHT WINDOW CLEANING

The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy

Franny is thrilled when she's accepted by the Allbright Academy, an elite private boarding school designed to train leaders. But she knows she's not as smart as the other kids there—or as beautiful, accomplished, confident, or mature. The fact is, the Allbright students—from their shining teeth and flawless complexions to their sky-high test scores and long lists of honors—are absolutely perfect. Then the Allbright magic begins to rub off on Franny, too. The question is: Is this a good thing?
Can Franny and her friends Cal, Brooklyn, and Prescott un-ravel the Allbright Academy's secret, or will they, too, succumb to its eerie perfection?

I would guess - from looking at the decay - that this building was already beyond use at the time the pit shut in 1950.

It lies at the foot of the pit-bank, and I have no idea what it was for.

A somewhat depressing gig featuring Allbright. Got a free CD off them for doing photography for them however.

In THE LAND NEAR OZ: TWO GAY YANKEES MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND, memoirist and humorist Aaron Allbright examines the mystical fringes of life with a side of love and a little hash. Filled with great affection, indescribable moments of serendipity, and a few cattle calls, this debut is a raucous spot of fun. When Aaron Allbright and his better half, Beau, buy a piece of paradise from the direct descendants of the first English missionaries to inhabit the far side of the Far North of New Zealand, they meet the offspring of whores, convicts, whalers, English pirates and those first missionaries. Their closest seaside neighbor is Australia, 2,000 miles away (known to everyone thereabouts as Oz). From Orange County to the land of cannibals and flightless birds, the Land Near Oz, two gay men decide to chuck it all and light our for the Territory—and to find what's over the rainbow. There are Maoris with traditional full face and body tattoos; a former member of Led Zeppelin; a Texan named Big Mama. And in the wild hinterland paradise of evermore, dreams are made and life is good, just not in the way either Aaron or Beau hoped, planned, or could have ever imagined.