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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 19:42:02 GMT
Six months on, are they demolishing it one brick a day? Should have just shut the road for a couple of hours and sent in a wrecking ball. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 15:31:41 GMT
Six months on, are they demolishing it one brick a day? Should have just shut the road for a couple of hours and sent in a wrecking ball. Massive, heavy-duty scaffolding, completely clad - and taking ages. My guess is there's something dodgy in that building - asbestos, maybe? I've seen plenty of buildings knocked down in and around the town, but never all that fuss. |
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Post by porkystone on Mar 14, 2019 16:13:11 GMT
Massive, heavy-duty scaffolding, completely clad - and taking ages. My guess is there's something dodgy in that building - asbestos, maybe? I've seen plenty of buildings knocked down in and around the town, but never all that fuss. I imagine that there have had to be many religious rituals to cleanse the area of the evil spirits of the previous clientele. |
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Post by stainese on Mar 14, 2019 16:33:49 GMT
Massive, heavy-duty scaffolding, completely clad - and taking ages. My guess is there's something dodgy in that building - asbestos, maybe? I've seen plenty of buildings knocked down in and around the town, but never all that fuss. I imagine that there have had to be many religious rituals to cleanse the area of the evil spirits of the previous clientele. The police searching for the bodies ? |
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Post by pedant on Mar 14, 2019 16:41:59 GMT
Six months on, are they demolishing it one brick a day? Should have just shut the road for a couple of hours and sent in a wrecking ball. Massive, heavy-duty scaffolding, completely clad - and taking ages. My guess is there's something dodgy in that building - asbestos, maybe? I've seen plenty of buildings knocked down in and around the town, but never all that fuss. Might the fact that its literally built over a not very deep railway tunnel have something to do with taking a cautious approach to its demolition?
Can't offhand think of another building, other than the current station ticket office in the Maidstone area where that applies.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 22:56:54 GMT
Massive, heavy-duty scaffolding, completely clad - and taking ages. My guess is there's something dodgy in that building - asbestos, maybe? I've seen plenty of buildings knocked down in and around the town, but never all that fuss. Might the fact that its literally built over a not very deep railway tunnel have something to do with taking a cautious approach to its demolition?
Can't offhand think of another building, other than the current station ticket office in the Maidstone area where that applies.
I can't really see how that makes much difference to the demolition. Putting up a new building yes (where do the foundations go?!), but not knocking one down. After all, the rubble can't be heavier than the building! And, even if it did, does that really require the expensive scaffolding and the whole thing being clad all the time? What's going on under that cladding?! |
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Post by pedant on Mar 15, 2019 11:21:50 GMT
Might the fact that its literally built over a not very deep railway tunnel have something to do with taking a cautious approach to its demolition?
Can't offhand think of another building, other than the current station ticket office in the Maidstone area where that applies.
I can't really see how that makes much difference to the demolition. Putting up a new building yes (where do the foundations go?!), but not knocking one down. After all, the rubble can't be heavier than the building! And, even if it did, does that really require the expensive scaffolding and the whole thing being clad all the time? What's going on under that cladding?! True but as you point out (probably without realising it  ) the building rests on its foundations which one would hope were built to take the weight. A demolished building transfers that same weight elsewhere plus the weight of the heavy equipment used and that's without taking into account the additional stresses of large quantities of rubble physically falling to the ground.
The demolition of buildings is not my area of expertise - demolishing false arguments is far more fun 
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 8:52:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 11:13:06 GMT
That's irony, the fact that the advent of the super pub has partly been the cause of various back street locals closing and it's now suffering the same fate!
In reality, would the rovers return stil be open?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 12:51:01 GMT
Oh dear, if the Wetherspoons bubble is bursting then what is the future for all the pub trade. Pubs are already calling last orders before 23.00 during the early part of the week and some now don't even bother opening on Monday and Tuesday at all. I can see many of them going back to closing between 14.30 and 17.00 thru lack of customers. The duty on alcohol needs to come down as do the price of beers but the brewers need to realise that the extortionate rents they are charging for their properties is what is truly crippling the pub trade. Anyway I am off for a pint to do my bit for the economy.
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Post by hammerstone on Apr 5, 2019 14:14:11 GMT
16 closing isn't awful in reality, spoons profits have taken a hit due to supply issues but they are still in profit, but if some pubs are running at a loss no point keeping them open. Most chain pubs now like Greene King, Shephard neame etc are all going to the gastro pub, fancy meals and craft lager crowd now rather than going down the route of a good old fashioned knees up singing karaoke, jeering at women and saying "what are you looking at, do you wanna go?". Heartbreaking to see. None the less, I'll be in Druids and Ashes Saturday night keeping the faith.
Where I grew up in North West London many Oneills bars shut, and rebranded as individual gastro pubs, cutting out the live music etc. I went on ones opening night and walked straight back out when I saw someone playing a board game. Walkabout then went, which was like a dagger to my heart. Perhaps I should open my own pub?
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Post by porkystone on Apr 6, 2019 8:49:30 GMT
Most chain pubs now like Greene King, Shephard neame etc are all going to the gastro pub, fancy meals and craft lager crowd now Went to a concert venue in Ashford a little while back, used to offer real ale from local Kent breweries served from the barrel etc. Now, offers cans of craft bitter or lager, which, in my humble opinion, taste like canned piss. |
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Post by hammerstone on Apr 6, 2019 10:08:52 GMT
Most chain pubs now like Greene King, Shephard neame etc are all going to the gastro pub, fancy meals and craft lager crowd now Went to a concert venue in Ashford a little while back, used to offer real ale from local Kent breweries served from the barrel etc. Now, offers cans of craft bitter or lager, which, in my humble opinion, taste like canned piss. And twice the price I imagine!! Last year I went to the Rockin Robin Brewery who aren’t too far from Boughton mon Chelsea, really decent booze and was all you can eat drink! Worth a visit when they do their next summer bbq bash. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 11:01:57 GMT
Easter weekend there is a beer festival in the 'Beerseller' ' in Tonbridge. I know it's a little off the beaten track for most of you but I cannot recommend the place high enough and all beers priced £3.60 . It would be nice to see a few of you there.
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Post by porkystone on Apr 7, 2019 11:19:57 GMT
Easter weekend there is a beer festival in the 'Beerseller' ' in Tonbridge. I know it's a little off the beaten track for most of you but I cannot recommend the place high enough and all beers priced £3.60 . It would be nice to see a few of you there. Looks Great ! ( per the web site ) : www.thebeerseller.co.uk/ |
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) the building rests on its foundations which one would hope were built to take the weight. A demolished building transfers that same weight elsewhere plus the weight of the heavy equipment used and that's without taking into account the additional stresses of large quantities of rubble physically falling to the ground.