matty40s Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Hope this is still standing tomorrow. They've only just started restoring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794 Big flames too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Esk Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Yes, just seen it on the news, tragedy. Cutty Sark over again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Yes its a blooming shame. I love old buildings. Hope they sort it soon. There was a major fire at York minster in the early eighties most of us will vividly remember ( Except thet schoolboy The biscuits ) ? and that was repaired to a great standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Yes its a blooming shame. I love old buildings. Hope they sort it soon. There was a major fire at York minster in the early eighties most of us will vividly remember ( Except thet schoolboy The biscuits ) ? and that was repaired to a great standard. I blame brexit. The french will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I bet it's rebuilt before Grenfell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just had a peek at the Beeb to see what was happening, that is just heartbreaking, it must be soul destroying for the People of France. To our friends in France I am so sorry I hope she can be saved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Reminds me of the Windsor Castle fire. Spectacularly impressive to have seen in real life and equally hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Looking at Sky News it looks like it will be a total loss of the cathedral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenno Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 No news of The Hunchback yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 shame ... what a lovely building, sitting on its own island in the middle of a great city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, soforene said: No news of The Hunchback yet? He said he'd give them a bell if he needed them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Looks horrendous, you just don’t expect this to happen to iconic buildings. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, john6767 said: Looks horrendous, you just don’t expect this to happen to iconic buildings. Very sad. Iconic fires that ought never to have happened: Brunswick Tower and St George's Hall, Windsor Castle York Minster Glasgow School of Art Cutty Sark Notre Dame Any I've missed? I feel there is one more... But Grenfell trumps the lot of them, obvs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Iconic fires that ought never to have happened: Any I've missed? I feel there is one more... World Trade Center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said: World Trade Center? I'm not entirely sure than was due to sloppy fire alarms like the others I listed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said: I'm not entirely sure than was due to sloppy fire alarms like the others I listed... Did the alarms start the fires then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just now, TheBiscuits said: Did the alarms start the fires then? Have a guess..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Any I've missed? I feel there is one more... Goddit. The Brazil National Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpness Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: Did the alarms start the fires then? On an RFA ammunition ship I was on in the middle of the Indian Ocean it was the fire alarm system in one of the holds which was on fire!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Welsh Cruiser Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Iconic fires that ought never to have happened: Brunswick Tower and St George's Hall, Windsor Castle York Minster Glasgow School of Art Cutty Sark Notre Dame Any I've missed? I feel there is one more... But Grenfell trumps the lot of them, obvs. Woolworth's, Manchester. Valley Parade, Bradford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Glasgow School of Art Twice! Was lucky to visit it a couple of months before the first fire and saw the library in its original state. Very sad to see any great building lost like this. Even rebuilt they are never the same. Hope Notre Dame isn't as bad as it looks, but it does look very bad right now. Edited April 15, 2019 by Jen-in-Wellies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 On the one hand it is sad to see the loss of a great work of architecture, on the other hand it is the disappearance of a structure built by the sweat of lots of poor people who should never have been duped into paying for it, and occupied by men of dubious character. Now, where is that bunker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: Twice! Was lucky to visit it a couple of months before the first fire and saw the library in its original state. Very sad to see any great building lost like this. Even rebuilt they are never the same. Hope Notre Dame isn't as bad as it looks, but it does look very bad right now. I had a sneaky private tour around the areas not open to the public a year or so before the fire, amazing building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featured Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now