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jaysay

02-08-2010 18:06

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 833282)

Oh dear...it would appear from the Lancashire Telegraph that English Heritage is now opposing the redevelopment of this garage site:

Heritage row over Baxenden car home site (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Sometime English Heritage can be a real pain in the backside

Tealeaf

03-08-2010 13:23

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Jaysay...you idiot...I was making reference to LT's on-line version of the story, where the paper missed out the 'e' from Care Home...so it originally read CAR HOME. They have since corrected it - but too late to correct the link.

Anyway, English Heritage usually do an excellent job...that's one quango I would not like to see abolished by your Tory mates.

wadey

10-12-2010 09:55

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English Heritage is a jobs for the boys set up and it's costing us millions!

wadey

10-12-2010 09:56

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jaysay

10-12-2010 10:05

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Originally Posted by wadey (Post 867852)

English Heritage is a jobs for the boys set up and it's costing us millions!

Absolutely correct wadey, they're wonderful at spending other peoples money, like keeping that eyesore that is now Rhyddings Mill, should have been pulled down after the first fire

claytonender

11-12-2010 11:21

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 867856)

Absolutely correct wadey, they're wonderful at spending other peoples money, like keeping that eyesore that is now Rhyddings Mill, should have been pulled down after the first fire

Another eyesore that they want to keep is the Hargreaves Warehouse at Church traffic lights. I know it is part of our Industrial Heritage but the cost of renovating it huge .

jaysay

11-12-2010 14:21

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Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 868115)

Another eyesore that they want to keep is the Hargreaves Warehouse at Church traffic lights. I know it is part of our Industrial Heritage but the cost of renovating it huge .

The thing is IF thy want these buildings maintaining and refurbishing they should find the funding

park381

11-12-2010 15:15

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I can't understand what all the fuss is about, was the main objection relating to the new building height - 3 storey, but the existing building is 3 storey its a split level site, so what's the problem :confused:

park381

16-01-2011 07:42

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Thought someone would have picked this article up,

Row over Baxenden flats plan that ?looks like a prison? (From Lancashire Telegraph)

They could add pitched roofs in a few years time to finish the project off. how much did HBC spend on consultants to provide a design brief, was it £20,000 :eek: what a waste of our money :rolleyes:

katex

16-01-2011 11:57

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Must admit, Park, it is rather ugly.

Tealeaf

16-01-2011 12:29

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If they stick a mosque (with minaret) up one corner, it would an excellent asylum centre for Afgans and Iraqis.

katex

16-01-2011 12:34

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 875795)

If they stick a mosque (with minaret) up one corner, it would an excellent asylum centre for Afgans and Iraqis.

Can't see the residents of Baxenden ever accepting this idea.. :D

Margaret Pilkington

16-01-2011 12:37

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Kate, I would go further than that, and say it is an eyesore....the derelict building looks better than the one they plan to build.
Hideous!

katex

16-01-2011 12:49

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 875799)

Kate, I would go further than that, and say it is an eyesore....the derelict building looks better than the one they plan to build.
Hideous!

Can't understand the red brick at all as surrounding buildings up there are of a stone nature (sorry, don't know technical term), you know what I mean though, I'm sure.

park381

16-01-2011 13:44

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 875801)

Can't understand the red brick at all as surrounding buildings up there are of a stone nature (sorry, don't know technical term), you know what I mean though, I'm sure.

Don't think they are red brick kate, look similar to the bricks used on the existing building.
Suggestion - why don't they leave the existing buildings up do a complete internal strip out including all internal walls and start again using the existing building shell just as they would coverting an old mill to flats, would that not solve all the problems. :D

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