Redcar blast furnace demolition: Maximo Park

I con’t know Maximo Park from Loch Park.
I have no idea where he or they live.

i do know that I am sick and tired now of looking at a long redundant steelworks skyline that will be of absolute zero interest to any schoolchildren one minute into a walkabout around any museum that these cranks suggest.
This monstrosity has to be removed whilst the money is there to demolish it, before millions will be needed to keep it safe for the few dozen insane interested parties.
Any money going towards the upkeep if this would be an utter, scandalous waste when the area is desperate for new ways to attract visitors and retain its young families to prosper.
It must be removed as soon as posdible.

So that people are freed from the uglly skyline from both sides of the Tees that has blighted the area since the 1970’s,
These former works are dangerous.
Would you seriously want any member if your family to walk up and down staircases, filthy in soot, rusty beyond repair or have to look at it another moment longer than it takes to be bulldozed immediately.
Get it down and let us move forward not back.
 
Theres very toxic chemicals in the liquor lines, there is even cyanide trace in some. In the goose neck valves and lots of other seals and gaskets there vast quantities of asbestos. These places will cost 10s hundreds of millions to decommission. They arent nice to look at, and would cost millions and millions to make into ornaments that a pop star wont pay rates on. if he puts 5 or 6 million in it might help the his cause. Big B was the biggest blast furnace in modern Europe in the 70s, it colossal.
 
Eziozi’s Ghost said:
I con’t know Maximo Park from Loch Park.
I have no idea where he or they live.

i do know that I am sick and tired now of looking at a long redundant steelworks skyline that will be of absolute zero interest to any schoolchildren one minute into a walkabout around any museum that these cranks suggest.
This monstrosity has to be removed whilst the money is there to demolish it, before millions will be needed to keep it safe for the few dozen insane interested parties.
Any money going towards the upkeep if this would be an utter, scandalous waste when the area is desperate for new ways to attract visitors and retain its young families to prosper.
It must be removed as soon as posdible.

So that people are freed from the uglly skyline from both sides of the Tees that has blighted the area since the 1970’s,
These former works are dangerous.
Would you seriously want any member if your family to walk up and down staircases, filthy in soot, rusty beyond repair or have to look at it another moment longer than it takes to be bulldozed immediately.
Get it down and let us move forward not back.
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A bit of a rant but I agree with you on all accounts.
 
Eziozi’s Ghost said:
I con’t know Maximo Park from Loch Park.
I have no idea where he or they live.

i do know that I am sick and tired now of looking at a long redundant steelworks skyline that will be of absolute zero interest to any schoolchildren one minute into a walkabout around any museum that these cranks suggest.
This monstrosity has to be removed whilst the money is there to demolish it, before millions will be needed to keep it safe for the few dozen insane interested parties.
Any money going towards the upkeep if this would be an utter, scandalous waste when the area is desperate for new ways to attract visitors and retain its young families to prosper.
It must be removed as soon as posdible.

So that people are freed from the uglly skyline from both sides of the Tees that has blighted the area since the 1970’s,
These former works are dangerous.
Would you seriously want any member if your family to walk up and down staircases, filthy in soot, rusty beyond repair or have to look at it another moment longer than it takes to be bulldozed immediately.
Get it down and let us move forward not back.
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Agreed 100% as a Redcar lad. It’s ‘Locke‘ Park though we‘re not jocks :p
 
There will be 3 new Hydrogen plants built in place of these, Leeds will be the first Hydrogen city, their pipeline upgrade is almost completed. We make and distribute the H.
 
Most havent clue how big these things are or what they consist of or that the land for a mile or so just behind sbco will take 5 years remove decades of toxic mire. The full complex would cost national debt to clean up.
 
They would be better off getting behind some action to keep Olefines 6 open and lobbying the mayor and local MP’s, who at least are in the same party as those in government this time.
 
buffaloboro said:
I think he was a major in the army
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THOMAS LOCKE
Born: Thomas William Spink Locke was born in 1830 in Bury St. Edmunds.
Educated: His later life and career indicated that he was a well educated man.
Married: Thomas Locke never married.
Family: He had no children.
Home: In 1874 Thomas Locke gave his address as the Green House, Coatham. During the 1890s Col. Locke lived in Milbank Terrace, Coatham. His housekeeper and maidservant lived with him.
Known for: During the Crimean War Thomas Locke served as an army surgeon. He was a Surgeon-Major in the West Suffolk Militia. After moving to Coatham, he practised as a doctor for over 50 years and became well-known in the neighbourhood. In 1889 he became one of the directors of the Redcar Pier Company. In 1898 he became a magistrate and he played a large part in getting a court building for the town. Colonel Locke left £5,000 in his will to buy 24 acres of land for a public park in Redcar, now known as Locke Park. The park was opened in 1929, five years after Colonel Locke’s death.
Died: In 1924 Colonel T.W.S.Locke died in Coatham at the age of 94 and was buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, Coatham.
 
buffaloboro said:
THOMAS LOCKE
Born: Thomas William Spink Locke was born in 1830 in Bury St. Edmunds.
Educated: His later life and career indicated that he was a well educated man.
Married: Thomas Locke never married.
Family: He had no children.
Home: In 1874 Thomas Locke gave his address as the Green House, Coatham. During the 1890s Col. Locke lived in Milbank Terrace, Coatham. His housekeeper and maidservant lived with him.
Known for: During the Crimean War Thomas Locke served as an army surgeon. He was a Surgeon-Major in the West Suffolk Militia. After moving to Coatham, he practised as a doctor for over 50 years and became well-known in the neighbourhood. In 1889 he became one of the directors of the Redcar Pier Company. In 1898 he became a magistrate and he played a large part in getting a court building for the town. Colonel Locke left £5,000 in his will to buy 24 acres of land for a public park in Redcar, now known as Locke Park. The park was opened in 1929, five years after Colonel Locke’s death.
Died: In 1924 Colonel T.W.S.Locke died in Coatham at the age of 94 and was buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, Coatham.
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Great bit if researching that !
Thanks.
 
I still have no idea why we can’t reopen and make steel?? Surely all these big ticket infrastructure projects require steel??
 
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