Intensely sad. It has been there as a presence all my life. Yes, it’s brutal and hard-faced, but that is entirely appropriate for what it represents as a symbol of continuity with our hard industrial past. Vandalism is what it is.
You’re spot on Mark. I think that it’s also worth noting that the silence from local & regional cultural institutions on this matter has been deafening.
A shameful act, half expected them to still blow it up it even with the listed status. said before the tories always damage the country – leaving the tower standing would be a visible reminder of their failure to back the local steel industry. It’s also another example of the total control they have over any opposition to their corrupt government.
Ironopolis, a cenotaph for an industry and all the men who worked for it and in it for a lifetime. If it’s got rid of it’s out of sight. If it’s out of sight it’s out of mind and then forgotten. That suits them totally. What about the local ‘politicians’? ATB, John
The Smell of Water 
I have plenty, and If that man shows his face again in Saltburn he’ll be getting them.
I’m not sure he’d even acknowledge your presence Mark. It’s a sad day mate.
Intensely sad. It has been there as a presence all my life. Yes, it’s brutal and hard-faced, but that is entirely appropriate for what it represents as a symbol of continuity with our hard industrial past. Vandalism is what it is.
You’re spot on Mark. I think that it’s also worth noting that the silence from local & regional cultural institutions on this matter has been deafening.
A shameful act, half expected them to still blow it up it even with the listed status. said before the tories always damage the country – leaving the tower standing would be a visible reminder of their failure to back the local steel industry. It’s also another example of the total control they have over any opposition to their corrupt government.
Ironopolis, a cenotaph for an industry and all the men who worked for it and in it for a lifetime. If it’s got rid of it’s out of sight. If it’s out of sight it’s out of mind and then forgotten. That suits them totally. What about the local ‘politicians’? ATB, John
Mainly silence John. The Mayor wields the power, anyone who speaks against him is branded a luddite, putting his promised ‘tsunami of jobs’ at threat.
The usual bollocks from them then? ATB, John