Arson in Smethwick

**yamahapaul** · 7th June 2010, 18:19

Bloody hell!

Huge blaze wrecks historic Varsity site « Express & Star

mayko · 7th June 2010, 21:55

More than two million litres of water have been used in the fight against the flames so far.

Yup, this is a very sad state of affairs!

Call me cynical, but sometimes I wonder if these fires are deliberate, and not from some vandal's carelessness with his cigarette butt.

**yamahapaul** · 8th June 2010, 19:35

Originally Posted by mayko

Call me cynical, but sometimes I wonder if these fires are deliberate, and not from some vandal's carelessness with his cigarette butt.

This seems to happen a lot.... now I'm not cynical by nature but three examples off the top of my head are

St Georges, Stafford
JN Millers, Wolverhampton
Langley maltings, Oldbury (near enough)

(all of which are on here by the way)

I'll let you draw your own conclusions however...

mayko · 8th June 2010, 21:48

Langly Maltings....that's only down the road from me and i didn't realise such a great building existed. What a sad state it's in now.

In all it's glory before the fire

If a grade II listed building can;t be protected, what status will ensure this thing doesn't happen to other buildings? Really, some people just don't care about their history

**yamahapaul** · 8th June 2010, 22:05

Originally Posted by mayko

In all it's glory before the fire

http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/in...r-oldbury.html (Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries, Langley Maltings, nr Oldbury)

http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/si...-maltings.html (Langley Maltings)

Originally Posted by mayko

If a grade II listed building can;t be protected, what status will ensure this thing doesn't happen to other buildings? Really, some people just don't care about their history