Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Pulling the old market down and putting Wilkinsons where it is!!!!:mad::mad:

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Demolishing the "old" gas showroom in St James St and putting the Job Centre there (Aklam soliciters now).

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The blue and white Town Hall extension, above the shops on Broadway.

I loath that monstosity of an eye-sore.

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

I detest it so much I leave the e off loathe.

It pains me, to use extra letters, when describing it.

It's one ugly piece of cra.

:rolleyes:

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Pulling the baths down and leaving a carpark!!! :(:(:(

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Demolishing hundreds of solid, stonebuilt terraced houses all over town and replacing them with characterless lego houses or weed-infested wastelands. :(

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Although I never saw them, seeing as I wasn't born, but the sunken gardens, replaced by the sixties bit of the Arndale on Broadway.

Although I can cope with it.

Unlike what it faces.

Which always gets me muttering swear words under my breath.

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Totally agree.

Other places would have realised they were a unique asset, to be restored and maintained.

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Demolishing the Old Black Bull n building that sodding Arndale Car Park was a real heartbreaker.

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Exactly...just like the Victorian arcade, the former Conservative Club, etc etc etc.

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yer lost me yon mate, thought the con club was dropping to bits?:confused:

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Yep, it is, Mr C. Was giving an example to illustrate Gary's comment that another town would have thought it was a unique asset to be restored and maintained (but not as a Con club, of course!). ;)

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Ahh am a bit slow on tonight, hardly surprising have been out.:o

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Doesn't actually belong to HBC, Garinda, the offices were only leased out to them.

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Yeah, me too, mate!

Another one, not strictly tear down, new build, but replacing the immaculately maintained bus fleet whose livery was considered to be one of the smartest in the country with its blue and red colours reflecting the regimental colours of the East Lancs Regiment to give each vehicle an air of dignity and municipal pride...with a ragtaggle collection of ill-assorted vehicles, some of which appear to have been brought here from a third world country. As someone commented the other day, what's the point of having a state-of-the-art new bus station when it's going to be serviced by this pile of junk?

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

yeh but you cant plead insanity.:D

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Think I know a little bit about the old Con Club Wyn, unfortunately it was riddled with merulius lacrymans and the little wee beastie anobium punctatum:D or in other words dry rot and woodworm, and when I say riddled I mean riddled, Back in the early 90s when it was still a con club it would have cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to treat it, and I think that has always been the bug bear with this once magnificent building which played a part in the lives of so many people in their early years. Sad but very true

Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Might not come under "the heading" but ...... Barnes Furniture shop is often missed by me. Could never understand why they left town. They had been in Accrington, originally on Blackburn Road, for many many years! They also had a carpet section at the front of the Arcade, on Church Street. Generations of Accringtonians bought furniture or carpets from them. I remember my Gran telling me she that when first married, she used to buy stuff from them on "the never never".

T'was across from The Bridge Pub, on the corner of Church Street and Cannon Street. What a good shop it was.

Three photos here, two of how it was and one of how it appears to be now. (Not the best of photos, but it gives an idea of the inside of the building).

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I have wondered who made a killing selling off all the stonework - not just from the houses but the Grammar school and the Sacred Heart Church. There must have been a great deal of other salvageable material.
Perhaps the Council paid someone to do the demolition and remove the materials?

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I was once told that the lovely wrought iron entrance gates to the old Grammar School had gone to Ireland. Dont know if any truth in it.

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Probably along with numerous caravans Atarah:rolleyes:

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Wow, the entrance to the Arcade looks ultra smart.

Sadly, not quite the same today.

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Have they gone...?? The Grammar School & Sacred Heart church ...?? so long since I've been back !

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Just out of interest, which - if any - HBC departments occupy that hideous 1960's mess at the back of the Town Hall?

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Both Grammer School long since houses yon now, Sacred Heart just a few years back, still n empty space yon,boarded around.;)

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Thanks for the update.....what a shame....must look so different...so where is the Grammar school now... & the church ..?

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On a tip somewhere i should imagine.

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The Grammar School, and the Accrington High School for Girls, both closed in the mid seventies, with the introduction of the comprehensive system.

Under that system Moorhead High School was built, which incorporated the old High School buildings.

It's a great pity the Grammar School was demolished, in my opinion. It was a fine, and imposing building, with a long history, in the story of Accrington's educational institutions.

Re: Worst tear down, new build, conversion, Idea that has happened in Accy!!
 

Well Wynonnie was educated there G, and don't forget Peter:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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I visited Accy to see the Grammar school where my father was a pupil, they lived at No1 Hartmann Street, and all I found was a pile of rubble, very sad.