This morning, the extent of the damage to this once fine building was evident. 8:30am, Tuesday, 16th August 2011.
This evening, I was planning to write on the subject of the terrible fire at the former Jabez Cliff works (indeed, I mentioned it on my 365daysofcycling mini-blog) but the Plastic Hippo has once again beaten my tardy arse to it, and done a better job than ever I could. The Stymaster has also covered the conflagration in his own inimitable style. Hat tip to the porcine predictor and the pink fella in the lake… Just how long is Walsall going to endure loosing it’s heritage in somewhat convenient fires and apparently random arson attacks before someone in officialdom notices the pattern emerging? Why is it so damned difficult to preserve our heritage in this town?
Who would have thought that a quiet, peaceful town like Walsall should harbour a plethora of bloggers gifted in second sight, clairvoyance and the dark ability of predicting the future? In past times, these Mediums would have been burnt at the stake for practising witchcraft. On Monday, after returning from a lovely weekend walking the high places of the Yorkshire moors, it became necessary to transport a younger hippo to a gathering of hooligans … Read More
By evening tide, the remains of the factory were mostly rubble. Yet another lost horizon. . 6:45pm, Tuesday, 16th August 2011.