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Sad indeed, where are the local workers going to get their lunches of cheese and ham toasties and four pints of Stella now?

 

Speaking of these fires going on round the town of late, I was at Toolstation yesterday, couldn't help but notice someone had accessed Churchills by force since the last time I passed, what are the odds that's the next one to go up in smoke?

 

(I realise this reads really dodgily and makes me a prime suspect :) )

 

If it (The Cattle Market) hadn't already been earmarked for demolition, you'd think there was something more fishy than simple arson going on...

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Sad indeed, where are the local workers going to get their lunches of cheese and ham toasties and four pints of Stella now?

 

Speaking of these fires going on round the town of late, I was at Toolstation yesterday, couldn't help but notice someone had accessed Churchills by force since the last time I passed, what are the odds that's the next one to go up in smoke?

 

(I realise this reads really dodgily and makes me a prime suspect :) )

 

If it (The Cattle Market) hadn't already been earmarked for demolition, you'd think there was something more fishy than simple arson going on...

The old Mills off moor street went through a phase of getting lit on fire after theyd been stripped of cables etc.

 

One big fire provided a free road closure for a ducting crossing when we were doing the juction with spa road

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I don't get this metal theft malarkey, granted if you're nicking big rolls of new stuff from Network Rail etc. it's probably pretty lucrative, but scratting around stripping cable and piping from derelict buildings? You'd probably earn more in paid employment than, what is after all, theft/thieving - and I presume is treated as such before the courts, why go robbing stuff worth pennies and pounds? Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

 

If I had an empty property, I'd leave a £20 taped to the wall with a note saying "Take this, leave my wiring and piping alone and f*ck off!"

 

But they'd probably pocket the £20 and strip the house anyway (or, more likely, wouldn't be able to read the note).

 

Speaking of which, and without starting a new thread, Aluminium flashing, to replace lead flashing covering a steel beam (nicked by pikeys at some earlier date presumably) - is it any good? It will only be secured along one length, will the weight of it alone prevent the wind lifiting it? Anyone?

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Where will folk get a charabanc up to the new stadium from, now?

 

Did they ever lay one on, ever, or was it a complete and uttter myth?

 

Like BCG mentions, it used to be heaving of a Friday lunchtime, the Breville machine must've been working into overdrive...

 

Use them or lose them (pubs), speaking of which (again) you can now get freshly made pizzas at The Brooklyn Pub, for a mere £4.50, by the way, and where else can you have pizza accompanied by Salt and Pepper chips? Beat that for 'fusion cooking' - Belting.* :)

 

 

 

* Thinly veiled ''I don't want a Madrassa in my 'manor' (as the cockcernees say)...''

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Use them or lose them (pubs),

 

Not always the case. Quite a few around here were popular due to the efforts of the managers/ tenants but as the barrelage rose so did the crippling rent costs and price they paid for ale. Result, they packed in and pub closed or new tenants hadnt a clue how to run the place.

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I don't get this metal theft malarkey, granted if you're nicking big rolls of new stuff from Network Rail etc. it's probably pretty lucrative, but scratting around stripping cable and piping from derelict buildings? You'd probably earn more in paid employment than, what is after all, theft/thieving - and I presume is treated as such before the courts, why go robbing stuff worth pennies and pounds? Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

 

If I had an empty property, I'd leave a £20 taped to the wall with a note saying "Take this, leave my wiring and piping alone and f*ck off!"

 

But they'd probably pocket the £20 and strip the house anyway (or, more likely, wouldn't be able to read the note).

 

Speaking of which, and without starting a new thread, Aluminium flashing, to replace lead flashing covering a steel beam (nicked by pikeys at some earlier date presumably) - is it any good? It will only be secured along one length, will the weight of it alone prevent the wind lifiting it? Anyone?

 

Youri  - Aluminium flashing is about as good as Dougie Freedman. Instead of lead you need Ubiflex,

PM your number mate, I've got loads of the stuff you can have.

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