Mr Green told Express and Star: "When we got there the lads had to work so hard because there were mounds of dirt that had been put in the road blocking the lane.
"They could have been put there as a security measure."
britain's deeply insane planning system makes it less hassle for developers to arson a landmark when they want to build houses than to change the use of any of the cheap, empty agricultural land surrounding it
It is, or was, an extraordinary piece of architecture. Why should hat be flattened just to provide a soulless office space or fourteen bland flats?
The Victorians destroyed most of the castle in Newcastle by sticking a great big railway through the middle of it. One would hope that we were a bit more cultured, a bit more sensitive to our history, and a bit more civilised nowadays.
Hang the absolute filth who did this. But first make them pay for it to be authentically and painstakingly reconstructed brick by brick.
Buildings like this are the reason British villages are the most characterful and popular in the world. Bulldoze everything and it's just another bland utilitarian shithole with shit architecture and miserable people.
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This incident has caused a great deal of speculation locally
I think the speculation is a little more widespread than that m6.
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I’m sure local residents will be able to take solace from the lovely shiny block of shoebox flats owned by overseas buyers that will replace it.
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"It's an appalling tragedy" said the new owner's representative, Lefty "the Fish" Gambino
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should have been bulldozed years ago, typical UK
"we've got this useless half collapsed pub that we should knock down but there are a couple of old biddies around here nostalgic for it"
"slap a listed building status on it and make sure nobody ruins the area by putting double glazing in it!"
ffs
get a block of flats or a semiconductor factory built and stop clinging to the fcuking past for no reason
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there used to be a very politically incorrect term for this sort of fire.
needs updating
"what-are-the-chances-fire"
"property developer fire"
"newly sold pub fire"
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the huge dump of hard core on the access road was a particularly neat variation here. how UNLUCKY
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Mr Green told Express and Star: "When we got there the lads had to work so hard because there were mounds of dirt that had been put in the road blocking the lane.
"They could have been put there as a security measure."
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Probably leftists or the FBU practising for the bibby
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Pub now being demolished by one very efficient demo company. Wonder if insurers have managed to get in to inspect pre-demolition.
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What, not being complete bone-headed pig ignorant Philistines, you mean?
Not sure that is typical.
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it is typical Dux
constant hand wringing about the wrong sort of door colour or the need for ancient crappy windows lest a house be inhabitable
empty streets because the sub par victorian brickwork can't be touched lest someone create an actual functional building
compeltely mental obsession with preserving a facade of the past against all sense
kerist can you imagine if these had been the prevailing thinking 200/300/400 years ago?
"oh, don't bulldoze those 400 saxon huts made of shit and mammoth fur! you'll alter the entire character of downing street!"
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should have been bulldozed years ago, typical UK
It was still being run as a pub only a couple of months ago
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what Sumo said
britain's deeply insane planning system makes it less hassle for developers to arson a landmark when they want to build houses than to change the use of any of the cheap, empty agricultural land surrounding it
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Buzz.08 Aug 23 14:51
should have been bulldozed years ago, typical UK
It was still being run as a pub only a couple of months ago
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yeah, barely, if it limped through covid and got flogged off as soon as possible
should have been flattened in the 40s as planned
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But the owners decided not to do that and instead made it safe and useable as a pub for the next 80 years
Not quite the "the useless half collapsed pub" you suggested before you'd actually read about it.
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It is, or was, an extraordinary piece of architecture. Why should hat be flattened just to provide a soulless office space or fourteen bland flats?
The Victorians destroyed most of the castle in Newcastle by sticking a great big railway through the middle of it. One would hope that we were a bit more cultured, a bit more sensitive to our history, and a bit more civilised nowadays.
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If there were 400 of them, that would be ridiculous. If it were one unique example, then yes, there would be a case for preservation.
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Interestingly Downing Street was poorly built by an unscrupulous developer and should probably be knocked down.
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I'd agree with that. Preferably while there's a cabinet meeting going on.
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Hang the absolute filth who did this. But first make them pay for it to be authentically and painstakingly reconstructed brick by brick.
Buildings like this are the reason British villages are the most characterful and popular in the world. Bulldoze everything and it's just another bland utilitarian shithole with shit architecture and miserable people.
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A fine history of this sort of thing
https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/626950.25-years-on-the-end-of-firestone/
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I see the police have caught up with RoF
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65141057
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Be careful chuffy. Elephant will be along to accuse you of contempt
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