biffvernon
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Not PPUK but some thought provoking pictures, sign of the times, nonetheless:
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Well, I suppose that one above is a possible re-use... car park? Better than demolition?
Discuss...
Discuss...
biffvernon
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If only they had done ceilings like that in Gateshead 
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Well, I was tempted to go there with me spray can, but... not sure if even my Banksyian artistry would have done the trick.
Me other sort of artistry failed. But I tried.
Me other sort of artistry failed. But I tried.
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Those photos are a sad sign of the times. But they're also a reminder of the way that business can develop such a blinkered momentum of its own that it fails to recognise what's happening in the world around it.
I did my engineering training with a major indepedent British agricultural/horticultural machinery company, some 45 years ago. At the time it was the world's most successful manufacturers of ploughs, among many other things. It employed neary 4000 people. But the company failed to invest in R&D, failed to see the signs of competition from more up-to-date manufacturers, and just rested on its laurels. Today the agricultural machinery has disappeared, and the rump of the company is owned by an American group, producing only grasscutting machinery.
The archetypal Detroit car is now approaching dinosaur status - not yet extinct, but definitely moribund. The collapse of the city's car manufacturing is undoubtedly a tragedy for all the people who earn(ed) their living there. But in the medium and long term, it's to the benefit of mankind.
Good grief! I got a bit high-flown there, didn't I? :shock:
I did my engineering training with a major indepedent British agricultural/horticultural machinery company, some 45 years ago. At the time it was the world's most successful manufacturers of ploughs, among many other things. It employed neary 4000 people. But the company failed to invest in R&D, failed to see the signs of competition from more up-to-date manufacturers, and just rested on its laurels. Today the agricultural machinery has disappeared, and the rump of the company is owned by an American group, producing only grasscutting machinery.
The archetypal Detroit car is now approaching dinosaur status - not yet extinct, but definitely moribund. The collapse of the city's car manufacturing is undoubtedly a tragedy for all the people who earn(ed) their living there. But in the medium and long term, it's to the benefit of mankind.
Good grief! I got a bit high-flown there, didn't I? :shock:
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The biggest challenge we face in this country (and others... Russia... see Clem Cecil on the subject again in Cornerstone)) is the fate of historic churches.
What to do with them when there is no congregation and no money left.
The trickle is turning into a flood...
What to do with them when there is no congregation and no money left.
The trickle is turning into a flood...