Author Topic: Urgent! pse save Dickens' workhouse...  (Read 6486 times)

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Urgent! pse save Dickens' workhouse...
« on: Wednesday 16 February 11 10:18 GMT (UK) »
There is a final push to get this petition signed prior to Thursday...

It is threatened with demolition

www.clevelandstreetworkhouse.org

Pse consider signing...Its the last virtually complete one left...
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        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 15:56 GMT (UK) »
Signed :)  Hate seeing old historical buildings being demolished, to be replaced by bland housing :(
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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 16:01 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for bringing it to our attention Scrimnet

signed  :D
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 17:10 GMT (UK) »
i will def sign it!

one suggestion though, i often scroll through the new subjects posted to see if anything interests me. i had overlooked this thread a few times because i assumed it was another thread about workhouse life, and i have read a lot of that in the last few days! maybe a little name change on the title to urgent petition needs a look at. or something similar :D
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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 17:18 GMT (UK) »
just signed. would be very sad if this was to go just so much history behind it
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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 20:04 GMT (UK) »
Also signed.

Just been looking at a book of pics of old Middlesbrough, some wonderful buildings, and the majority of them demolished in the 1960s.  Disgraceful.

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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 21:17 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all...

522 extra signatories thus far today! ;D
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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 17 February 11 06:50 GMT (UK) »
Signed tonight.
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Re: Dickens' workhouse...
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 17 February 11 07:43 GMT (UK) »
hahaha ok so i might have been wrong about the title then with all those signitures  ;)
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