Chicago Rock to be demolished

Despite listed building status, nothing can be saved according to the council.

We bought our first furniture from there.

 

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Damn shame...

 

http://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/chicago-rock-demolition-a-reluctant-decision

 

There were many "firsts" in that building for many folk, mainly when it was a nightclub!

 

From Chicago rock? What ya get a cheap carpet covered in piss and a plastic chair?*


* ok I know it was a furniture shop!

 

bodies buried under it?? must have been built on an old graveyard. wonder if big lil nows more

 

I'll nip down with my tool box & sunhat (never go on a dig without my sun hat).

 

just found this

https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/hpg/uwandhc/offences/

at the bottom of the page it just says they can get an extended prison sentence

Theft, arson and criminal damage may all be committed to a historic building or site. These 'everyday' offences may be the only or most appropriate means of bringing someone to justice for damaging England's heritage. The most important consideration in prosecuting and sentencing such crimes is the impact on our heritage which may be irreversible and cannot be equated to a financial cost. This can be brought to the courts attention through a heritage impact statement. Under new guidlines theft offences that involve a heritage asset can now result in increased sentences.

 

It should be rebuilt as it was, not some steel and crap structure like the rest of modern Barnsley.

 

I've not set foot inside the building since the Co-op moved out but you can see, even from that sad picture, what an attract facade it has (or had). There is so little in the town that you can look at with any kind of admiration and now this landmark has gone. If it was arson I hope those responsible get a long prison sentence.