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Going back to Gerry, he was the speaker at an MGCC dinner I attended. The speech was average, the tales that flowed with the beer afterwards were awesome.
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On a more sombre note. Very sad scenes at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Hope nobody hurt.
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Sad accident. It will take ages to bring it back to its former state. Still burning at the moment.
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Thankfully the time scales of such major buildings are so long that in 1000 years this will just be seen as another rebuild in a glorious history. But such a sad occurrence all the same.
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15 Apr 2019, 18:57 (Ref:3897745) | #3180 | ||
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Yes. Twitter reminds us of rhe fire at Durham Cathedral in 1984. Then there was Windsor Castle more recently. Nonetheless Notre Dame is even more present in the collective consciousness so this is very sad.
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First few times I heard all the fuss about the Golf, I thought they were getting all worked up about the Grand National winner again...... On the other topic, many years since I went into Notre Dame, and I have no love of religion, but of course the loss of or damage to any historical artefact is a great shame. Hope the damage can be contained.... |
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I think that's the point. I don't see it as a religious artefact per se. I see it as an important link to the development of society. Plus it's in Paris which is a wonderful city.
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Gerard we have a lot of experience of such events over here. I'm sure everyone in Europe very well appreciates that. It occurs to me that you could take the Palace of Westminster as a substitute if you like. It could be renovated as part of the relocation work. We have no need for it anymore. A plastic replica would do for the tourism industry. And the electorate, come to think of it ... |
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Totally agree. The pics are not pleasant to see, and a reminder of how quickly all that history can be destroyed. Sad day.
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Well that sounds like an idea, but I doubt it would happen
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However buildings of this age are being quite regularly refurbished as the centuries pass and one wonders how much of the structures that we see and admire and appreciate today are, mainly, continuations of what went before. Many a rebuild, for one reason or another, in their history. Typically. These days is seems often to be marked down to human error of some kind. I suppose it has to be since in the absence of humans the structures would not be built. |
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Yeah. Buildings deteriorate over time. Whether a building is kept in good condition depends on how high a priority the house has
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I know. Didn’t expect it to happen but it did. I am sure something can be salvaged of it so it can be rebuilt. It’s not the end of the world
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Anyone living in the Donington area may be interested in the link below. New Ginetta showroom opening where the Caterham one was......
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I think it's stood up well, but we'll see. It should be repaired though
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Gracious, such an out poring of grief over the destruction of a religious building, I had not realised we had so many of the faithful posting here, God Bless you all.
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It's history. Ignore that at your peril.
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On the history aspect it is at times like this when I get reminded of European (and other ) history.
In the current situation we have history dating back several hundred years. Yet here is Aus we dont have any building more than just over 200 years old. Of course we have Aboriginal history going back tens of thousands of yeears but I remember explaining to people when showed the oldest buildings in Aus and NZ that my house at the time in England was a cheap workers cottage almost 250 years old. And I only bought that because I could not afford a 'proper' old house, or for that matter a new build! Times like this it is a stark realisation of the history in Europe I never appreciated until I got here. |
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On the Beeb, an architect has predicted that modern techniques will be used to rebuild in the ancient tradition, and is fairly sure that the basic structure is still sound, but it will take 10 years to fully restore.
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