Denbigh Ballroom Fire

[lanny]

This type of thing makes me incandescent with rage we've had no end of buildings that mysteriously fell over or caught light at a highly appropriate time up here in carlisle. In the last five years a listed georgian building fell over when someone wanted to convert it to flats by some miracle they just happened to have plans for what they were going to build if it wasnt in the way, the palace cinema later the services club caught light the night before the council passed a planning application for the site,st josephs a very very large derelict home and a fabulous victorian building also went up so houses could be built on it .
With this kind of fire its obvious its either contractors or council that are responsible something must be done ! im sure our castle would be a gone if someone offered big enough bribes.

keep your eye open for carlisle's lonsdale cinema , old main post office , paton house and many others catching fire just as soon as someone wants the sites!

History is expendable when you want to build some flats you wont be able to sell.:icon_evil

 

[Kaputnik]

No doubt the acres of plywood flooring they nailed to the original floor, and left there, helped it burn well

 

[bungle666]

good work on the pics SS and ben!!

this is a real shame too see, especially as some of us were planning on taking a trip down in the new year, looks like im gonna miss it now

tis funny huh how 1 week after the protesters were fighting to save the hall it gets burnt to a crisp, i not one really for hospitals but like i said im was gonna take a look int he new year while i was down that way for some other stuff!!

B..

 

[odeon master]

this is bad news.
why is it that hospital ball rooms always get burned down?
such a shame the most elaborate part of the hospital ends up a ruin because of mindless vandals .

 

[bungle666]

this is bad news.
why is it that hospital ball rooms always get burned down?
such a shame the most elaborate part of the hospital ends up a ruin because of mindless vandals .

but thats the point, the MAIN hall is the MAIN focal point of any old assylum, once thats gone there is VERY little left to focus on saving................

this wasnt commited by "mindless vandals" it was commited by an unscroupuless development company hell bent on getting its own way!! with the main hall gone the floodgates have been opened to demolish more and more of the site claiming "fire risk" untill there is fook all left!! then what next you may think??

barrats boxes........... little bunny hutch houses 1000 of them crammed into the site sold at a MASSIVE profit to thicken the wallet of the developer even more!!

its CRIMINAL what's gone on here!!

BUT heres a thought?? i wonder if the developer plays at the same golf club or worships at the same masonic lodge as the the chief cuntstable for north wales?? theres something for you to ponder peeps!!

B..

 

[mike50001]

not smelling a big rat here honest.

so grade II listed ballroom only thing making it annoying to the developers.

an thats the bit that catches fire. chavs would just set fire to the first bit they got to not go right to the middle.

will there be any heritage left? i think were going to end up with a huge hole in the countrys history at the rate there going

 

[Pincheck]

Whoever is resposible, I hope they got burnt...

Nah mate ***** doesn't burn sadly, bloody morons

 

[Spudgun]

Here in Telford that same thing seems to have happened recently.
Big company/property developer eyes up a piece of 'tired' local history & earmarks it for 'redevelopment' & the local autority turns the application down or there is some complication in the process & per-chance the said building is attacked by fire rendering it unsafe etc...etc......
Except for one pub in our area tha above happened to & the owners were ordered to repairthe roof & neighbouring buildings & make good & to this day the pub stands as a burnt out shell with a temporary roof on it.
I await to see what happens next to this historic pub.
Further up the road a range of old historic industrial buildngs catches fire with a number of small businesses in situ & the DIY chain eventually get to raise the complex to the ground.
Said industrial buildings cover some acreage of land until developers turn about a square mile of land into anonymous plastic office blocks.
Bugger the small businesspeople that did, nearly & could have lost everything, & one mate getting arrested for trying to save his assets in the name of progress.

Very Irksome.

I fear in this case Host Haunted was not the cause [I do watch it for a laugh with the wife].

Greed & avarice seem to be taking over again.

 

[Skin ubx]

Developer has a brother who has his claws into Whittingham - wonder if thats gonna be next.

 

[flava]

what a shame

Hi guys this is such a shame why do people bother doing pointless thinks like this i dont understand some people

 

[slimrick]

A couple more pics from yesterday:

******s!!!

 

[smileysal]

Agree with everything that's been said. Property developer buys site, applies for persmission to demolish, council rejects, then not long after, a mysterious fire happens. Council then allows the building to be demolished as its too dangerous to be left, property developer gets his first wish, and suddenly plans appear to have a new build on the same site.

Far too many buildings have gone the same way to be coincidence. It's time something was done.

Sal

 

[silverstealth]

Denbigh in ashes.

Benwrx and myself found ourselves in before first light experiencing howling wind and rain. Doors were banging with the through draught, footprints could be seen along the corridors and every now and again you could hear faint voices carried by the wind..

Most Haunted would have been in their element.

Earlier this month

Post fire.

A bit of merging.

 

[smileysal]

Cheers ss for getting the latest pics. That doesn't look good at all for the hall. Developers and their cronies should be shot. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again

Sal

 

[mr_bones]

Good on you and Ben for going in to inspect the damage. The merged photo is very well done, I still can't quite believe its happened. Is the damage limited to the hall?

On the plus side, that bloody awful suspended ceiling is finally gone!!

 

[chelle]

B*stards

Amazing what some paper,fire lighters and some twiggs can lead to...you know,when I try to light a fire in my open fire place,the bugger nearly always goes out...here it has burned from end to end totally...reckon some careless person left 10 gallons of petrol just lying about dont you?To gut that place,you would need to drench the place....there cant be many main halls left in the country..Hellingly next?Bet there aint much of an investigation either,
yours very cynicaly,Stu

 

[silverstealth]

Is the damage limited to the hall?

pretty much mate, it didn't really touch anywhere else..

 

[escortmad79]

How can anyone destroy such beauty & sleep soundly in their beds?

You can bet nobody will ever be made to pay for it either financially or a custodial sentence!!

 

[silverstealth]

A video I have put together.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9AUlit--c[/ame]

 

[mr_bones]

Great Footage, thanks for the vid - did you shoot from a cherry picker?

Denbigh ballroom - hacked about and had every feature covered up, abandoned for over 10 years, trashed, smashed, filled with idiot ghost hunters and finally burnt to the ground. Bloody Fantastic

Rest in pieces