Was there myself around that time as production engineer on the furnaces and feeders, think Rockware went bust shortly after.

Now that the landscaping is nearly done on the new stadium bridge, will re visit and do a cleaner, special angle shot. Might run off a few prints, I take it that you want to go on the "I want one" list, Rogues.

dont wright off the kiln yet, there are talks about a fesability study. as for english heritage sticking their oar in, you might find they can put a lot of weight behind ventures like this

Will they put a lot of money in though?

looking at the pictures inside and out, its huge, so i'd estimate around a million quid at least to get it safe, then restored, then usable as a tourist attraction or anything else. I'd be very surprised if English heritage have that knocking about

Any links to the pics? I'd be interested to see what it looks like closer up. Agree that it would really finish the site off if English Heritage could do something with it.

there is a link in this thread somewhere! it was taken by those young hooligan type scaliwags who sneak into old or new buildings and take pictures, and cracking ones they are too! damn kids today!
good luck finding the link lol!

There you go www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... hp?t=51439

There you go www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... hp?t=51439

I think there is a lot of misunderstanding about how these things work.

You get money for this sort of thing by bidding to various funding sources, usually EU money but it can come from all sorts of different bodies such as the National Lottery. Getting English Heritage backing for your bid is massive tick on the bid and would mean a lot when it is considered by the people with the money.

English Heritage don't have much money themselves.

There is almost no money about at the moment, lets forget it.

I don't know if your remark about English Heritage not having money was aimed at me, but I know they don't, I was being facetious

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Such funding has been cut dramatically in recent years, the government won't be providing anything and the is starting to hit the fan in the EU so we won't get owt there either.

IMO, it'll be left to rot a bit more for a few years, become dangerously unsafe and then get knocked down.

I agree, i fear someone (kids mucking about) will hurt themselves and then that'll be the end of it

LED fittings make electricity free.

That is usually how it works. English Heritage had identified a forge where the first safety razors had been made (Wilkinson Sword from memory). The developer waited if for it to become completely structurally unsound, so simply knocked it down. Shame really.

We should just go knock the stupid glass place down. It's an eye sore and is of no real value to anyone. We could steal a JCB and knock it down, then say Scott Moore did it when driving home from his New Years party.

Getting Back OT and as it was a nice sunny day I thought I would take a few Pictures as we are getting close to the end of the thread , I think they are quite nice myself

The view for the home fans approaching Langtree Park







The Place positively glows in the late afternoon sunshine and you can see a bit of the Cafe Bar , looking very swish now



As does the club badges on the red frontage







and I could not resist a photo of the King, with a sort of a halo



See you all on the 20th For the Karalius cup , come say hello if you spot me or Mrs G

I think the CAfé opened today.

I think the CAfé opened today.

it was closed at 2:30 when we were there

Did you manage to get a glimpse inside the concourse and whether the bars and refreshment areas have been finished yet and if any names have been assigned. Look forward to meeting you if you've any idea what area you might be in at half time if not in South stand which is where I will be seated. Thanks for all the great pictures over the past year or more. It was only when I saw the pictures after the open night that realised I had brushed shoulders with Mrs G.

no we didnt go and look i doubt we would have ben able to see anything apart from through the gates , we are in the western terrace but i am sure we aill have a wander at half time, we will have our shirts on which will have our names on so should be easy enough to spot us , see you at the match

According to a post on Redvee a large section of the roof has blown off again.

I've seen the pictures on Facebook.

It's actually a very disturbing amount of damage considering you can get two or three storms a year on this scale.

I've not heard of sections of the DW, HJ or the KC Stadiums coming off in great big chunks. It doesn't entirely instill me with confidence.

Are we going to all sit in there on a gusty day waiting for a chunk of roof to blow off and nearly decapitate a winger a la Gary Mercer in 1990?

And here is the picture (if it works from my phone!)


Will try again when home,but it has ripped up the corner where the kc statue is

I think they needed to have done a bit more design work. www.in-cumbria.com/firm-complete ... rPath=home

I think they needed to have done a bit more design work. www.in-cumbria.com/firm-complete ... rPath=home

Does seem very poorly designed. Wind is clearly an issue for the structure.

I hope it's not the club forking out for the constant repairs.