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Fire at St. George's
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tek-monkey
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I'd not bet money against this.Gramaisc said:
Mr X
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Skill point from me too! As Confused has said, there's been no published photos anywhere that I've seen, so it's great (but deeply saddening) to see what the state of the place is. Thank you for taking the time to publish your photo here casualbob.
It's such a shame that the place was allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair. If something had been done with it sooner, then chances are this fire wouldn't have happened. Looking at an aerial photo like this, the scale of the building becomes clearer and surely it could have been used for something!
Hopefully Mr Pritchard (whether he has anything to do with the fire or not) will not get his way, and the building will not be demolished.
It's such a shame that the place was allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair. If something had been done with it sooner, then chances are this fire wouldn't have happened. Looking at an aerial photo like this, the scale of the building becomes clearer and surely it could have been used for something!
Hopefully Mr Pritchard (whether he has anything to do with the fire or not) will not get his way, and the building will not be demolished.
tek-monkey
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It could be great again, if only someone with the money to do it gave a shite. Not like they'd be out of pocket in the long run, I would imagine such dwellings done well could attract quite a bit of money. If only I'd entered the lottery this week....
kyoto49
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I'm sure I'm completely mistaken, because Stafford never does anything to save buildings with any architectural or historical note! but the man who recently renovated my sash windows did say he had put in a quote for the job of renovating all the sash windows at St Georges, so maybe, just maybe it will be renovated after all. Lets hope so, Its in a very sad state now 
wmrcomputers
Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
I agree with others that have said this will now be surveyed as "Highly unsafe" and pulled down. It's certainly a sad state of affairs but I really can't see the money being pumped into the building now to renovate it... it would be far cheaper to pull it down and "throw" up new builds
tek-monkey
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Care homes? Not under this gov mate! Or the blues, and I have no idea about the yellows....
Mr X
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I agree, and it seems to have been the same for a long time. Just look at Staffs Past Track to see all of the buildings that were torn down and replaced by horrible concrete buildings, new roads, or just nothing. There were plenty of nice places in the town centre, and the castle is another example - I believe that it wasn't until they had demolished half of it that they realised quite how old it is.kyoto49 said:I'm sure I'm completely mistaken, because Stafford never does anything to save buildings with any architectural or historical note! but the man who recently renovated my sash windows did say he had put in a quote for the job of renovating all the sash windows at St Georges, so maybe, just maybe it will be renovated after all. Lets hope so, Its in a very sad state now
Imagine the hours of work that went into designing some of the amazing old buildings (on paper, no computers) and the amount of skill required to construct them and get details just right, but some people are far too keen to get rid and build something that required relatively little effort to design or build.
Some people think that new buildings are the answer to all problems and old buildings are useless. Which buildings are still fit for purpose today though? It's old buildings; buildings that took time to construct, that have been cared for and adapted when required. It's 'modern' buildings that are no longer wanted (think of Birmingham Central Library, Stafford College, Riverside Recreation Centre) - all fairly recent but already out of date and either demolished or due for demoliton!
Anyway, I've gone off on one! Point is, something nice could have been made of St. George's, and new buildings will never be as impressive - would you rather live in a brand new apartment with no character, or somewhere with history, high ceilings, big windows and plenty of character?
Congratulations to casualbob by the way; 5 Stafford Points in one day, having only made one post! Surely a record?
A lot of anger has been directed at Mr Pritchard, but what about the 10 years lost during "The Great British Kitchen" Fiasco.
At one point it was proposed to be a Halls of Residence for the University, surely even having it inhabited by students would have been preferable to this current outcome.
At one point it was proposed to be a Halls of Residence for the University, surely even having it inhabited by students would have been preferable to this current outcome.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
It was easier to build some souless flats on some green fields instead.Confused said:
