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Acrylic-bob · 09-05-2004, 06:17

Last night on BBC2 there was an hour long trailer/update programme for the brilliant 'Restoration' programme shown last summer. Apparently it is running again this summer with another twenty odd decaying buildings competing for cash.

Considering that most of us decry the demolition of much loved parts of the borough, It occured that it might be interesting to see if there are any buildings in Accy that would benefit from a campaign that we could sponsor.

It's all very well saying that ''They should never have knocked it down. They should have found another use for it''. But 'They', as was seen in the programmes last summer is, in most cases, us. The Council, have neither the will nor the imagination to do anything meaningful about the loss of our heritage, unless they are stung and shamed into action by public opinion.

It will be interesting to hear what other board members think.

09-05-2004, 06:17	#1
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	RESTORATION - in Accy? Last night on BBC2 there was an hour long trailer/update programme for the brilliant 'Restoration' programme shown last summer. Apparently it is running again this summer with another twenty odd decaying buildings competing for cash. Considering that most of us decry the demolition of much loved parts of the borough, It occured that it might be interesting to see if there are any buildings in Accy that would benefit from a campaign that we could sponsor. It's all very well saying that ''They should never have knocked it down. They should have found another use for it''. But 'They', as was seen in the programmes last summer is, in most cases, us. The Council, have neither the will nor the imagination to do anything meaningful about the loss of our heritage, unless they are stung and shamed into action by public opinion. It will be interesting to hear what other board members think.