BBC Restoration Programme

[Exiled in Exeter]

I was surprised to see that Lissan House and Wentworth made it through to the final, let alone the final three. I Thought the winner was fairly deserving, but personally if it had only been a little more accessible to the public, I would have preferred to see Kinloch Castle win.

 

[Lush]

Victoria Baths in Manchester won, BTW.

 

[Rougvie]

I quite enjoyed it.
I didn't see the heats, so who was the old woman presented with the winners at the end ?

 

[mona]

Stop restoring.
Let's build a brand new stadium for the Albion!

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

I quite enjoyed it.
I didn't see the heats, so who was the old woman presented with the winners at the end ?

I think she was just someone who used to use the building and had been there to try and encourage people to vote for it.

 

[Rougvie]

I thinl Mel Smith should front a show called 'Destruction'
Sellhurst Park could be introduced as a candidate by Des Lyneham.

 

[fatbadger]

I quite enjoyed it.
I didn't see the heats, so who was the old woman presented with the winners at the end ?

She was Sunny Lowry, the first English woman to swim the channel, back in 1933. She learnt to swim at the Victoria Baths.

My favourite buildings didn't even make it to the final - the Britannia Music Hall in Glasgow, Parys Mountain & Amlwch port on Anglesey, and the Whitfield Tabernacle in Bristol. Of the finalists, I preferred the Bethesda Chapel and the Victoria Baths. I, too, was surprised to see Wentworth and Lissan in the final three - utterly bizarre. I thought that the conservative morons who kept making the stately homes win in almost every regional final would split their votes in the final (6 homes or parts of homes were in the ten, for God's sake! - and the best of those was Llanelli).
Still, interesting series - on the down side, the failure of any industrial buildings to win their regional finals with the aforementioned successes of the bloody homes suggests that a lot still has to be learnt about what buildings are important, but hopefully it will encourage people to become more interested in their built environment, to go with the increasing interest in our natural environment.

 

[London Calling]

I think some of you have missed the impact of regional voting. From day 1 I told my partner (actually one of the country top Listed Buildings experts) that the Manchester Pool would win. Cos its a real hot potato in Manchester, it was closed as a result of the Commonwealth games expenditure, started to go mad, the Council said they could nor maintain any more. Local uproar. 1 million mancs able to vote.

Like wise there would have been block voting from Yorkshire for Wentworth and the Same for NI and Lissan.
Personnally my vote went to Lissan, for emotion reasons, that woman gave the whole site to the People.

My local vote went to the Musical Hall in East London.

Good programme raised good issues. WE need every year.

LC1

 

[fatbadger]

I agree that this came down to regional voting - what was it the guy supporting Wentworth pointed out? That 1.5 million people live within a 30minute drive of the house. Hm.

 

[superwife]

I voted for the bath's at Manchester, something for the people.
Just think if Labour had never completed that stupid large tent in London - all the Lottery money could have gone towards, restoring many of these worthy projects and perhaps some to sporting projects and football clubs who urgently need a new ground - it's so good to have fantasys!!

 

[Yorkie]

I agree that this came down to regional voting - what was it the guy supporting Wentworth pointed out? That 1.5 million people live within a 30minute drive of the house. Hm.

It was promoted on the local news programme Look North to raise it's profile as well.

 

[London Calling]

I voted for the bath's at Manchester, something for the people.
Just think if Labour had never completed that stupid large tent in London - all the Lottery money could have gone towards, restoring many of these worthy projects and perhaps some to sporting projects and football clubs who urgently need a new ground - it's so good to have fantasys!!

YEP.. A PROPER LEGACY TO THE PEOPLE. THE DOME WOULD HAVE FUNDED 300 OF SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT PROJECTS.

LC1

 

[Man of Harveys]

As with my favourite (the old prisoner of war camp) you do hope that the programme brings publicity and therefore also funding for those buildings that lost out.

 

[Storer68]

After Saturday, I wanted to vote for the restoration of a decent midfield for BHAFC.....................