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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
I was simply replying to the earlier responses that the whole surrounding area is such a mess that no one could tell which bit had actually collapsed. I have a great affection for Accy and it's environs, it's really sad that the remaining parts of our industrial heritage are in this appalling state of disrepair, if folk were less blinkered and more open to new ideas on conservation then this wouldn't happen ... Owl Hall (I rest my case.)
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That's the difference. some "Blinkered" people like Neil, would have the whole lot knocked down, maybe in their place build some nice canalside dwellings for the workshy types....but I assume you are on the conservation/preservation side, so fair play.
I am not sure what your point is on Owl Hall, it's a contentious one, there are a number of differing opinions, mostly nimbies who bought houses built on green belt nearby (Colroy / Brookside estate) in the eighties, with no regard for surrounding residents, and now think that its wrong to allow development close to their houses. Having also had the play area removed from Arden Hall because their own chavvy kids were on there being noisy at night they now seek to prevent the restoration of Owl Hall. If the planners exercise a bit of common sense then they could probably persuade the developer to sympathetically restore the Hall before allowing any further development. (then maybe knock down some of them brooksidey houses that spoil his view!)