Sandonia Cinema - Stafford - Feb 20

[BobClay]

It's back in the news again after an attempt to demolish it:

Old cinema in Stafford saved from demolition after council steps in | InYourArea News

 

[Cinema Dreamer]

It's back in the news again after an attempt to demolish it:

Old cinema in Stafford saved from demolition after council steps in | InYourArea News

Permission granted, demo is well under way now.

 

[verdigris]

Permission granted, demo is well under way now.

that's a shame - the frontage is impressive

 

[BikinGlynn]

Permission granted, demo is well under way now.

Im not surprised it was a complete wreck tbh. Glad I got to see it before it went though

 

[sadlerwells]

The owner recently began demolition. An archaeology student has just got the council to stop the bulldozers.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/new...student-leads-campaign-save-5630286?IYA-mail=

 

[BobClay]

Partial demolition has taken place before the council put a stop to it. Just can't see it getting past this kind of damage, think it's time to wave it goodbye.

 

[Kilted Mac]

Excellent pictures once again Mr B G Sir, up to your usual very high standards. That old cinema is a beaut, looks like the roof won't be around for too long so just as well you have a record of the old place.
Cheers ! KM

 

[Kilted Mac]

Gawd, I just saw the latest pics of it party demolished, that is a real shame.

 

[sadlerwells]

Following on from objections to demolition last October :
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...ear-old-cinema-met-with-dozens-of-objections/
… yet another application has been submitted :
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...ousing-plans-for-former-stafford-cinema-site/The final comment made me smile, from the resident who wants to plan their sleep around any building work as they "already have doorstop sellers and religious groups ringing my buzzer waking me up unnecessarily"!

 

[BikinGlynn]

Following on from objections to demolition last October :
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...ear-old-cinema-met-with-dozens-of-objections/
… yet another application has been submitted :
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...ousing-plans-for-former-stafford-cinema-site/The final comment made me smile, from the resident who wants to plan their sleep around any building work as they "already have doorstop sellers and religious groups ringing my buzzer waking me up unnecessarily"!

yeah thats brilliant that one

 

[Hayman]

"Affordable housing plans for derelict Stafford cinema site described as 'eyesore'"​

Does anyone building UNaffordable housing? If so, does it become immediately derelict, and ripe
for exploration?

 

[sadlerwells]

https://www.expressandstar.com/news...-object-to-demolition-plans-for-former-cinemaAnd still it drags on. Eventually these place just become so damaged that it's nigh on impossible to save anything. It would have been good if they'd saved the frontage alongside any new developments. It can be done. Over ten years ago I saw the demolition surrounding the iconic Linotype buildings alongside the Bridgewater Canal near Altrincham, and was worried that it would all disappear, but the developers have incorporated the old with the new. Some of the larger of the new buildings have been modelled on the original turn-of-the-last-century buildings in the 'village' that Linotype built for their workers.
First photo shows some of the old factory, second shows old with new.

 

[BikinGlynn]

https://www.expressandstar.com/news...-object-to-demolition-plans-for-former-cinemaAnd still it drags on. Eventually these place just become so damaged that it's nigh on impossible to save anything. It would have been good if they'd saved the frontage alongside any new developments. It can be done. Over ten years ago I saw the demolition surrounding the iconic Linotype buildings alongside the Bridgewater Canal near Altrincham, and was worried that it would all disappear, but the developers have incorporated the old with the new. Some of the larger of the new buildings have been modelled on the original turn-of-the-last-century buildings in the 'village' that Linotype built for their workers.
First photo shows some of the old factory, second shows old with new.

crazy aint it but you are right it will be dragged on to the point its deemed unsafe or something & gets pulled anyway!

 

[sadlerwells]

crazy aint it but you are right it will be dragged on to the point its deemed unsafe or something & gets pulled anyway!

It certainly is crazy! The two buildings in the Linotype photos only just managed to survive. Having sympathetically converted the huge office building retaining lots of original stuff, they were on the point of demolishing the engine room and chimney until protests got them Grade II listing last year.

 

[Hayman]

It certainly is crazy! The two buildings in the Linotype photos only just managed to survive. Having sympathetically converted the huge office building retaining lots of original stuff, they were on the point of demolishing the engine room and chimney until protests got them Grade II listing last year.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news...-object-to-demolition-plans-for-former-cinemaAnd still it drags on. Eventually these place just become so damaged that it's nigh on impossible to save anything. It would have been good if they'd saved the frontage alongside any new developments. It can be done. Over ten years ago I saw the demolition surrounding the iconic Linotype buildings alongside the Bridgewater Canal near Altrincham, and was worried that it would all disappear, but the developers have incorporated the old with the new. Some of the larger of the new buildings have been modelled on the original turn-of-the-last-century buildings in the 'village' that Linotype built for their workers.
First photo shows some of the old factory, second shows old with new.

"Affordable housing plans for derelict Stafford cinema site described as 'eyesore'"​

Does anyone building UNaffordable housing? If so, does it become immediately derelict, and ripe
for exploration?

So the second photo shows what "affordable housing" looks like!

 

[sadlerwells]

"Affordable housing plans for derelict Stafford cinema site described as 'eyesore'"​

Does anyone building UNaffordable housing? If so, does it become immediately derelict, and ripe
for exploration?

So the second photo shows what "affordable housing" looks like!

There isn't much housing that is genuinely affordable these days, not for anyone setting out on the ladder.

 

[Hayman]

There isn't much housing that is genuinely affordable these days, not for anyone setting out on the ladder.

Partly because of the lack of good quality property to rent. It seems only Anglo-Saxons are obsessed with owning their homes. A friend whose ancestry is Swiss/Polish and who was a highly-paid banker in Switzerland and the UK has never owned a home. Another person I knew working for the UN in Washington DC was content to rent a flat - because it is the norm to provide good quality accommodation to rent, and both landlords and tenants respect each other.

 

[gigi]

Wow! Very cool. Love the staircase!!

 

[BikinGlynn]

Wow! Very cool. Love the staircase!!

thanks