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Acrylic-bob · 03-05-2004, 12:15

While I am at it, I noticed in The Telegraph that HBC are planning to demolish the fountains outside the Globe Centre and replace it with a sculpture formed from parts of an old steam engine given to them by William Blythe's which has been rusting away behind the coachhouse at Howarth Art Gallery for the last twenty years. So thats £150,000 for the fountain, plus the cost of attempted and abortive repairs, plus the cost of demolition, plus the cost of moving the steam engine and assembling it, plus the cost of landscaping after it has been cobbled together. There won't be much change out of a quarter of a million there I should think. Still, it should keep vandals occupied for a few minutes while they figure out the best way to deface it.

03-05-2004, 12:15	#7
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Barmy Bureaucrats throwing away our cash While I am at it, I noticed in The Telegraph that HBC are planning to demolish the fountains outside the Globe Centre and replace it with a sculpture formed from parts of an old steam engine given to them by William Blythe's which has been rusting away behind the coachhouse at Howarth Art Gallery for the last twenty years. So thats £150,000 for the fountain, plus the cost of attempted and abortive repairs, plus the cost of demolition, plus the cost of moving the steam engine and assembling it, plus the cost of landscaping after it has been cobbled together. There won't be much change out of a quarter of a million there I should think. Still, it should keep vandals occupied for a few minutes while they figure out the best way to deface it.