Councils have a lot to answer for, all over the country beautiful old buildings have been demolished - instead of cleaned up. This is a particularly sad case, nobody to stop them I suppose a bit like Khan now.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rpkrhfSz/before-After.jpg)
Philistines
Rather ornate old building just requiring some blasting or however they clean stone
(https://i.postimg.cc/59hkKc2f/Before.jpg)
And after
(https://i.postimg.cc/90L0MPMp/after.jpg)
yuck -as the then Prince of Wales would say - a carbuncle on the face of the city
I noticed on the News a while ago that old Victorian swimming pools that had been closed were being restored and brought back into use. I wish our old swimming bathes had been restored instead of flattened,they were great,so much better than what's in use in Perth now. I was always at ours when I was growing up, my mum worked there, 3 big pools one an Olympic size with a viewing gallery all round.
Those old buildings look far better but their energy efficiency is dire and they cost a fortune to run. Something the Palace of Westminster suffers but that, at least, is getting a major refurb. Anyway most waste there is down to the occupants not the buildings.
My council built new offices then went bust and sold the offices to a company that rents them back to the council. They are a joke. Conservative too.
One of our local pubs
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-histories/england/south-yorkshire/the-rawson-spring-hillsborough
It is so sad to see such beautiful buildings knocked down and replaced by ugly (things) that are cold with no character..
A couple of weeks back there was such an interesting building suspiciously burned out then knocked down.. by its owners.. I think it was a crooked pub..
In my area many old buildings have gone.. especially schools.. Nothing can replace them..
My town preserves nothing. Philistines.
This is the old swimming baths that is now a Wetherspoons pub, link in my previous post. It used to be called The Deep End, I thought it was a good name!
The Deep End.. Brilliant name..
We had Cut Above .. Hair dresser.
Chip shops and tattoo parlours can often be inventive
The Cod Father
and
Needles and Skins
spring to mind but I've seen others.
Just remembered there's a
Sew and Sew near me - do alterations and sell sewing stuff.
In Leatherhead many years ago there was a chippy titled Chish & Fips, and if you needed to park, the arrow directed you to the Par Cark
Sell Fridges was another one for a discount white goods shop.
We've got a chippy called Selfish here. They do 50p portions of chips for those of us that want small portions.
When my granddaughter Martha was very little she was given a plate of cod and chips on Brighton pier..
She was unsure about the fish and asked what it was .. Marnie told her that it was cod and it was good for her.
She tasted it and realised that it was good to eat.. In a little while she turned to Marnie and said.. 'We believe in COD .. Don't we Mummy.'?
:grin: :grin: :grin: they come out with some funny things !
lovely!