Save Doxfords West Gateway

The building has been pebble dashed since it closed....take a look at the pictures of it when it was opened, its far from ugly.

There's also a 76 page report from the NAA on the process of being uploaded on the campaign page outlining the building's architectural and cultural significance to the area.

I've just had a look at that. Perhaps saving the arches and gates would be a good significantly cheaper alternative, would have the historical and cultural significance people are looking for and could be quite easily built in to something else.
 


It was only until the council said they were going to pull it down that anybody was bothered about this building. If the new road was not going in and it needed to be demolished the place would have fell down on it's own. Should we not have saved some of the Cornings factory to remember the glass industry or kept some of the Monkwearmouth pit buildings to remember the miners - so why are we trying to save a run down building for shipbuilding that is going to cost stupid money to put right. The fire station in the town was in the right place and was worth saving, this is not in my opinion.

That's the important bit.
 
signed. its not the most inspiring of buildings, but unfortunately its practically all we have left of the yards

in Rotterdam they have old cranes, old dockyard equipment, boats and loads of the other stuff dotted all over the city, most of it looks like it was just being used yesterday as they have been renovated and left in position. we literally have nothing. not one thing
Haven't we got that crane by the glass centre that looks like it's melted in a fire
Haway the cranes
 
It is disgraceful that the town that was once one of the largest producers of ships in the world, has absolutely nothing to honor the men and women who worked there. We should have a ship building museum built on the banks of the Wear, with this gatehouse as the main entrance.

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How financially viable would that be in the current economic climate? Not very
 
signed. its not the most inspiring of buildings, but unfortunately its practically all we have left of the yards

in Rotterdam they have old cranes, old dockyard equipment, boats and loads of the other stuff dotted all over the city, most of it looks like it was just being used yesterday as they have been renovated and left in position. we literally have nothing. not one thing
Not just respecting the city's heritage but one of the highest social housing stocks in Europe, co-operation with tenant groups, pocket parks etc. They've been at it since the 70s.

Meanwhile, WDSC remains committed to re-branding Sunderland as New Pripyat - the UK's biggest call centre in partnership with a company in serious debt.

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news...aux-site-despite-financial-problems-1-8845263
 
What do you mean? There is one. The fact that people are outraged about the lack of tribute to our heritage makes it even more funny that they are not aware of the existence of our Maritime Heritage Centre
Ya find it funny that people in the city don't know about our top attractions? WDSC Class!!!! Away the bid 2021.
 
What do you mean? There is one. The fact that people are outraged about the lack of tribute to our heritage makes it even more funny that they are not aware of the existence of our Maritime Heritage Centre
What an absolute bellend you are....liking posts that call for celebrating our history then liking posts that equate the shipyards to Auschwitz. Moaning that people dont get off their arse to try and make a difference and then mocking people when they actually do.

Honestly, what kind of life must you lead when you have to resort to being the resident 'character' on a message board to get your kicks....

And by the way, the Maritime Heritage have beem asking for a bigger and better premises for years instead of the shoebox they are currently holed away in that nobody knows about. Ive actually been several times and spoke to the old boys in there and they are as sad as i am about the erasing of the shipyards history on the Wear. When was the last time you were down there?

Only read a few posts but I need to ask:

Why does this need saving?
It is literally the last original building left standing from all those hundreds of years of shipbuilding on the Wear. The campaign is for it to be taken down and relocated in the city centre and restored to its former state.
 
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What an absolute bellend you are....liking posts that call for celebrating our history then liking posts that equate the shipyards to Auschwitz. Moaning that people dont get off their arse to try and make a difference and then mocking people when they actually do.

Honestly, what kind of life must you lead when you have to resort to being the resident 'character' on a message board to get your kicks....

And by the way, the Maritime Heritage have beem asking for a bigger and better premises for years instead of the shoebox they are currently holed away in that nobody knows about. Ive actually been several times and spoke to the old boys in there and they are as sad as i am about the erasing of the shipyards history on the Wear. When was the last time you were down there?


It is literally the last original building left standing from all those hundreds of years of shipbuilding on the Wear. The campaign is for it to be taken down and relocated in the city centre and restored to its former state.
So lets get this straight....you want a shitty pebbledashed building and a rusty crane on the Vaux site :lol:

Only read a few posts but I need to ask:

Why does this need saving?
It doesn't, it's shit. It's completely devoid of any architectural merit. There was a fire in it the other week that improved it

Not just respecting the city's heritage but one of the highest social housing stocks in Europe, co-operation with tenant groups, pocket parks etc. They've been at it since the 70s.

Meanwhile, WDSC remains committed to re-branding Sunderland as New Pripyat - the UK's biggest call centre in partnership with a company in serious debt.

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news...aux-site-despite-financial-problems-1-8845263
:lol::lol:
 
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Trying to save the whole building is pointless and doomed to failure. Why try that when in truth neebody realy wants it. This report they've been putting up says it's the chimney, arches and gates which are important. Why not just try to save the arches and gates as they could quite easily be incorporated in to another building or be made it to a stand alone monument.
 
Trying to save the whole building is pointless and doomed to failure. Why try that when in truth neebody realy wants it. This report they've been putting up says it's the chimney, arches and gates which are important. Why not just try to save the arches and gates as they could quite easily be incorporated in to another building or be made it to a stand alone monument.
The RVI did something similar, taking ceramic tiled murals out of the old buildings and putting them in the new ones.

Its pretty sad that all that is left of an entire industry is a few scraps from an old wreck.

The building isn't viable but only because it's been left to rot and everything else has been quietly disposed of.

When the cooncil and its sycophants refer to our history as "Rusty old cranes" its not hard to see why

Generations to come will think Sunlun's contribution to society were rebar, concrete and call centres, truly inspiring
 
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The RVI did something similar, taking ceramic tiled murals out of the old buildings and putting them in the new ones.

Its pretty sad that all that is left of an entire industry is a few scraps from an old wreck.

The building isn't viable but only because it's been left to rot and everything else has been quietly disposed of.

When the cooncil and its sycophants refer to our history as "Rusty old cranes" its not hard to see why

Generations to come will think Sunlun's contribution to society were rebar, concrete and call centres, truly inspiring
Exactly mate. Me granfatha will turn in his grave. A true labour/pitman. To hear the people who hold our future in there hands talk about our past like that is a scary thing.
 

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