You can tell when people take things to personally here the posts get unfathomabily long.
How that was allowed to happen I will never know. It was criminal vandalization at itās worst and as much of an ignorant blow to history as someone breaking into the British Museum and daubing āI woz ereā on the Sutton Hoo helmet.
How terribly convenient itās owners had a quarrying and landfill business.
From Wikipedia
In February 2024 South Staffordshire Council issued an enforcement notice on the landowner requiring them to reinstate the building as it was before demolition. The works are required to make use of bricks reclaimed from the site, using photographs to ensure the same bond. The landowners are required to complete the reconstruction within three years.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_House#cite_note-BBC_68414524-49) ATE Farms Ltd lodged an appeal against the order,(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_House#cite_note-BBC_c84dkv0ez8do-50) proposing to rebuild the pub on an alternative site nearby as the former location would ānot provide a sustainable community facilityā(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_House#cite_note-BBC_xx8wpgnk78o-51) Campaigners opposed the proposed relocation
Itās only fairly recently a very old building in Dundee had a similar āfireā burn the building so badly for public safety it had to be demolished.
Well I live within hailing distance of multiple UNESCO world heritage sites, scheduled ancient monuments and listed buildings of all grades and my immediate local area has sites of bronze age, iron age and roman occupation none of it has the frontage only standing.
Even the Georgian - Edwardian listed buildings are complete.
They donāt just knock listed buildings down and keep the pretty bits for the tourists, it just doesnt work like that.
Kind of like how they donāt bus out homeless people for the aesthetics, the budgets wouldnāt justify doing something like that that when they canāt even fix potholes in the road let alone the immortality, it just doesnāt work like that.
Unless, of course you live in Sandford, they probably do all those things and worse there for the greater good.
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Similar ānot at all suspiciousā fires keep happening here to inconvenient listed buildings that just happen to be on land developers want to build on too, reports say its probably just kids though 
Yeah, the same kind of kids who suddenly find a large insurance check in their bank accounts. But Iām certain thatās just me being very cynical and not taking into consideration the distress and heart wrenching anguish the owner felt when the flames engulfed the building, the exact same anguish and concern Iām sure whoever told the excavator driver to āyeah just go ahead and tear that pub down, never mind what the rozzers or the council saysā¦ā
Failed insurance scam, if i remember correctly. My local pub in my hometown got demolished in 2021 to make way for 3 houses - despite it being well over 100 years old, it was never granted listed status for some reason
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Needs chilli beef and ham on itā¦
Eating my lunch and Nim is making me extra hungry the rascal.
add some nduja as well will you? 
Are you a chef/baker or do you have too much time on your hands Nim? xd
They are just google images, my creations are not nearly so photogenic.
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Oh I was curious because I like to cook myself and even though I rarely do it because of lack of time, I think Iām fairly good at it. Although they never look as good as they do as for example in Sam the cooking guy vids.
Ok, goodbye to my WV Polo, 7 years of honorable service (car itself I believe is 10-11 y.o.), but honestly keeping a car in the garage and using it maybe half a day every week itās just not worth it.
Iāll share a brand new CitroĆ«n C3 Aircross with my parents. My dad got a really good offer so yeah, letās do this. 
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nice, iām replacing my 5 year old dad car this year as well. People are making fun of me but Iām deciding between
and
^theyāre saying skoda suv is a soccer mum car 
RN iām driving Skoda Octavia 2019 (hence why I call it a dad car xdd)
Id be saying goodbye the Polo as well tbh, I drove a C4 as a hire car and it was one of the best cars Iāve driven.
I will never apologise to the likes of you for my posts pal.
By the way. This person youāre dating. Is she one of those neighbours of yours that is living 20 to one house? Did you tell them how amazingly liberal you are?
Or donāt you remember posting that?
And the word is āunfathomablyā and it doesnāt mean what you think it means.
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Okay, I give up again.
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No youāre good. Stay where you are. I apologize for what happened.
Why make long educated, factually correct posts when you can just lie in less than 20 words then deny you ever said that.
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Because Iāll get blamed for causing drama, Iāll get flagged and banned. I had to delete at least two posts yesterday, but Iām not doing it again. Iām tired of ignorance going unanswered. Iām glad Iām not the only one however and thank you.
And this will be my last word on this topic.
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