Fire destroys one remaining business blocking Spurs new stadium...

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tenham-s-100m-new-ground-White-Hart-Lane.html

Spurs have been trying to buy the land occupied by Archway Steel, adjacent to WHL for the last 10 years, but the owner had refused to sell up, and was appealing the compulsary purchase order to the High Court. Gotta feel for the owner, he'd been there 50 years.

It'll be interesting to see what the investigators find out as to the causes of the fire...

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Good grief! You're surely not suggesting a 'mystery fire'?

 

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BensGrandad

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Is that a fire like the one at The Junction pub in Burgess Hill.

 

dejavuatbtn

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...... or the South Stand at the Goldstone.

 

el punal

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Arson-all?

 

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BensGrandad said:

Is that a fire like the one at The Junction pub in Burgess Hill.

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......or at Pulse.

 

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... or the West Pier?

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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.... or the tinderbox waiting to happen that was the West Pier

 

Buzzer

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or the Salem witches.

 

jackanada

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In the US they call the cause of such fires "Jewish Lightning".
A worryingly anti-Semitic term but seems quite apt in this case.

 

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How unlucky, and the only building in the area?

 

Dick Knights Mumm

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jackanada said:

In the US they call the cause of such fires "Jewish Lightning".
A worryingly anti-Semitic term but seems quite apt in this case.

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Thanks Dave.

 

Pavilionaire

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I take it Chubb won't be sponsoring the new stadium.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Hopefully covered by insurance and rebuilt with extra mystery fire precautions. Accompanied by a full-on criminal investigation into the fire.

Reckon Inspector Rex could solve this one.

 

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BensGrandad

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Rebuilt by insurers on a new site who would ever have thought of that.

 

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I bet Bozza's twitching at this thread.

 

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Lincoln Imp said:

I bet Bozza's twitching at this thread.

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It wasn't me.

 

beorhthelm

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Easy 10 said:

... Gotta feel for the owner, he'd been there 50 years.

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not so much, as i recall they were offered alternative site and costs of transition. holding out for more money, not some principle. and i wonder if a fire even helps as it doesn't resolve that compensation issue.

 

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beorhthelm said:

not so much, as i recall they were offered alternative site and costs of transition. holding out for more money, not some principle. and i wonder if a fire even helps as it doesn't resolve that compensation issue.

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Its Daniel Levy though, he's well known for absolutely taking the proverbial when it comes to haggling.

I don't profess to know the ins and outs of what Archway Steel has been offered. But its a family business thats been there for half a century, surely they're within their rights not to be bullied off the site without adequate compensation. And who knows where they'd be able to relocate to, it could be miles out of the area. They've been enduring threats and vitriol from Spurs fans for years.

Be interesting to see how this plays out, being as they still own the land. Doesn't alter Spurs's position, they'll still have to stump up compensation for it, but it'll probably go on hold for even longer while the cause of the fire is investigated and Archway wrangle with the insurers.

'Tis a dilly of a pickle, to be sure.

 

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beorhthelm said:

not so much, as i recall they were offered alternative site and costs of transition. holding out for more money, not some principle. and i wonder if a fire even helps as it doesn't resolve that compensation issue.

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Doesnt it make a piece of land with no planning permission other than a football stadium a little worthless or at least worth less than originally when it housed a works/factory.