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[BazaJT]

I see they're commemorating the anniversary of the great fire of London of 1666 by releasing some special stamps and they've made a 120ft wooden structure representing London which they're going to set fire to and float down the Thames......What can possibly go wrong?

[Bigron]

Whose bonkers idea was that?

Ron.

[TheBoy]

Burning London to the ground and rebuilding it sounds like a fine plan.

[Bigron]

Not a bad idea, TB, for getting rid of the awful buildings there nowadays, but there are also some magnificent ones that would be sorely missed. Could the fire that yopu plan to start be selective in what it destroys?
Maybe, on rebuilding London, we could have much wider streets for ease of transit, no congestion and free parking wherever we wanted?

Ron.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Burning London to the ground and rebuilding it sounds like a fine plan.

The Luftwaffe did all they could to help.

[2boxerdogs]

Got back from London yesterday went to see the Motown story which was excellent, but the city is an absolute mess with roadworks & building work in progress counted 27 cranes from our hotel window.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Got back from London yesterday went to see the Motown story which was excellent, but the city is an absolute mess with roadworks & building work in progress counted 27 cranes from our hotel window.

That's a good thing! 

When you can see no cranes or construction activity, it means that the Four Horsemen of the BREXIT Apocalypse are on their way with the Grim Reaper and a plague of locusts in tow!   

[Bigron]

MOST of the disruptive roadworks are due to our valuable, paid-for road space being stolen to be used for cycle lanes, increasing congestion and delays on a daily basis even when completed.

Ron.

[Sir Tigger KC]

MOST of the disruptive roadworks are due to our valuable, paid-for road space being stolen to be used for cycle lanes, increasing congestion and delays on a daily basis even when completed.

Ron.

All that taxpayers money and disruption and the bastards carry on riding on the pavement anyway!     

[Rods2]

Burning London to the ground and rebuilding it sounds like a fine plan.

I can see the headline: "Brackley's garage pyromaniac visits south for 1666 London's burning ABBA 'pop-techno-pyromania' concert and tragic reenactment saga"!

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[aaronjb]

Not a bad idea, TB, for getting rid of the awful buildings there nowadays, but there are also some magnificent ones that would be sorely missed.

Trouble is, nobody would agree on what should be saved For me I'd want the Southbank Centre to be saved in all it's concrete brutalist glory, while many others would love to see it torn down.

[Bigron]

Yes, I agree that consensus would be difficult or impossible, but surely who could deny the beautiful old Victorian buildings the right to exist? I have in mind such places as the Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall - you know the ones.
Blots on the landscape? Things like the Gherkin, the Shard and that carbuncle that Prince Charles hated so publicly!

Ron.

[Nick W]

Yes, I agree that consensus would be difficult or impossible, but surely who could deny the beautiful old Victorian buildings the right to exist? I have in mind such places as the Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall - you know the ones.
Blots on the landscape? Things like the Gherkin, the Shard and that carbuncle that Prince Charles hated so publicly!

But it's not as if all of the Victorian or Regency or whatever buildings are worth bothering with. All of those societies, including mid twentieth century Britain, would be horrified by the backward looking attitude of today.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes, I agree that consensus would be difficult or impossible, but surely who could deny the beautiful old Victorian buildings the right to exist? I have in mind such places as the Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall - you know the ones.
Blots on the landscape? Things like the Gherkin, the Shard and that carbuncle that Prince Charles hated so publicly!

But it's not as if all of the Victorian or Regency or whatever buildings are worth bothering with. All of those societies, including mid twentieth century Britain, would be horrified by the backward looking attitude of today.

Yes, there is a narrow street behind the seafront here with an empty plot.  A planning application has been submitted for 2 modern townhouses and there's a right old hoo haa about it.    It seems they all want some sort of mock Georgian building so it's 'In Keeping' 

Here's the thing though, the architects design is not really that radical and he's obviously anticipated the response and has tried to design something that blends in, but not enough obviously....   

It think it's a plot that would be an excellent place for a modern contemporary 'Grand Design', but no, it has to be 'In Keeping' and I expect the architect will have to go back to his drawing board after the old Fuddie Duddies on the Town Council have had their say.... 

[zirk]

which they're going to set fire to and float down the Thames......What can possibly go wrong?

Just hope they dont forget to tell the Local's again, I know a few people that are still recovering from when they blew the Bus up for that Jackie Chan Film and no one nearby knew jack shit what was going on.