Brinsley Headstocks demolished for "safety" reasons

AR.

AR.

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This Grauniad article popped up in my MSN feed today, I'm horrified to read about this act of gross vandalism by a public authority - have they not heard of Heras fencing?
www.theguardian.com

‘It makes me want to cry’: anger over Brinsley Headstocks demolition

Broxtowe council dismantles remains of village’s mining heritage amid safety concerns
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
I also notice ICLOK gets quoted in this (not sure if he's joined up here yet) though they spelt his name wrong...
 
😭 What a bunch of idiots ! These people now days need to wake up , we soon won’t have many things left to ruin …I suspect the person who said do it can’t even get of there chair let alone walk up to the site. Just got a massive back hander like always ….
 
Certainly not the best approach, when I worked as a Surveyor for Bedfordshire Schools team we restored a dovecote in the school grounds, the roof was judged unsafe, the roof timbers were carefully dismantled and laid out and numbered and recorded on a drawing, along with the tiles etc. there was careful consideration of what could be reused and what needed repair or replacment under the watchful eye of the county conservation officer. It wasn't even a building that had much historical or cultual significance or uniqueness.

The difference perhaps being that it was listed by default as being built before 1947 and within the curtilage of the main listed building? We got some sort of grant that covered it, was nearly 20 years ago though.
 
AR. said:
... have they not heard of Heras fencing?...
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Too readily stolen

It's not just here, lots of places don't seem to value heritage these days, even though their equivalent of listed, getting knocked down is still a strong possibility for this thing, which I went underneath back and forth quite a few times last Summer https://www.google.com/search?&q=manilla+viaduct&tbm=isch&source=lnms

when it's gone it's Gone!
Some bug hotel made from the wood or whatever they'll do with Brinsley is no replacement 😞
 
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