2112 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, Banker said: Best thing for it to be demolished before the fire, it’s a prime site & should be developed ASAP. Ideal for key workers apartments I doubt that the owner would have built key worker apartments. Africa House is/was an asset of value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, 2112 said: I doubt that the owner would have built key worker apartments. Africa House is/was an asset of value. The site is the asset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Police are treating fire as ‘suspicious’ 😙 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Shake me up Judy said: Prime location for luxury apartments for our new residents. Ideal project for MDC to get, er, involved in? 🤭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Ideal project for MDC to get, er, involved in? 🤭 The current owner and the MDC chairman do regularly break bread together.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 The ghost of Trevor Baines has been reported in the vicinity of "Dirty Lill's" 🤥 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 3 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said: Has it been Totolly destroyed? Dunno, VOR - better ask Dorothy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADELE Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Going by the pictures the roof structure has gone and with fires of such intensity it would take a serious amount of water to put it out and water damage usually does as much or more damage than the blaze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TacoBelle Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 @Gladys I’d love to know more. My grandparents bought it in the 70s (Lilian and Leonard Baines) before my father lived there and took it over. I would love to know more. Best wishes, Charley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, TacoBelle said: @Gladys I’d love to know more. My grandparents bought it in the 70s (Lilian and Leonard Baines) before my father lived there and took it over. I would love to know more. Best wishes, Charley There isn't much more I can tell, really. My Gran didn't live there when I knew the place although she owned it and had lived there when mum was a teenager. I don't think she sold it directly to your father's family, I seem to recall there was another owner in between. She probably sold it for what would now be thought of as a pittance, but at that time, these big properties were more of a liability than an asset. Not least they needed staff to keep them running! You will know the property much better than me, but I do remember a magical garden (a wood really), lots of 'secret' places, and a very impressive entrance hall with a lovely staircase. The entrance was roughly where the entrance to the Mormon Temple is now with a long drive to the door. It has always had a special place in my Mum's heart because she loved the naturalness of the garden and could indulge her love of nature. I think she was happy while living there, in an otherwise unhappy family. I can say that now because they have all passed on and it won't upset. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) planning permission, coming soon to a bomb site near you, see press for details. Edited August 12, 2023 by WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 6 hours ago, Amadeus said: White vans, as the 4th emergency service, should have their own special day on which we could honour them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 11 hours ago, Shake me up Judy said: What happened to the old Ballacallin site after the big blaze ? Haven't been out that way in years. Gone. Totally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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