Save Doxfords West Gateway

I'm not really a restoration expert so don't know how feasible that is. You?
Depends if they want me to quote I will. Need to see the job first, but there seems to be some support there for this so I'm sure it's doable. I would move it as it is and have it as a piece of historical art, to show the demise of the old industries that the city was built on. Maybe incorporate it next to new offices on Vaux site to celebrate the transition from old to new.
Ground zero Has rusty/burned bits of metal, but when you look at them the feeling inside is incredible. Not saying this is anywhere near that scale just stating a fact that it does not have to be pretty to be of interest.

Use it as a statue with all the shipyards named on it?

What would you do?
Maybe call it the fall and rise of the wear?
 
Last edited:


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.
I know what it is I dont get why it needs saving.
 
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.
Nee way you are 20 odd like. :lol:
 
Depends if they want me to quote I will. Need to see the job first, but there seems to be some support there for this so I'm sure it's doable. I would move it as it is and have it as a piece of historical art, to show the demise of the old industries that the city was built on. Maybe incorporate it next to new offices on Vaux site to celebrate the transition from old to new.
Ground zero Has rusty/burned bits of metal, but when you look at them the feeling inside is incredible. Not saying this is anywhere near that scale just stating a fact that it does not have to be pretty to be of interest.

Use it as a statue with all the shipyards named on it?

What would you do?
Maybe call it the fall and rise of the wear?
I'd knock it down. It looks shit.
 
The old fire station was in a prime location, this isn't.
The campaign is to move it to a prime location. I'm sure the donations page said 250,000 was all that was needed to do this.

For god sake its a piece of Sunderland history. Lets hope the judging panel for tje City of Culture aren't reading this thread....some truly shocking comments from people who are finally showing their true colours.
 
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.
Why not buy it off the council and open a new cafe there len?

The campaign is to move it to a prime location. I'm sure the donations page said 250,000 was all that was needed to do this.

For god sake its a piece of Sunderland history. Lets hope the judging panel for tje City of Culture aren't reading this thread....some truly shocking comments from people who are finally showing their true colours.
Culture? A fucked old brick building is culture now :D


250k my arse
 
The campaign is to move it to a prime location. I'm sure the donations page said 250,000 was all that was needed to do this.

For god sake its a piece of Sunderland history. Lets hope the judging panel for tje City of Culture aren't reading this thread....some truly shocking comments from people who are finally showing their true colours.

You would be lucky to get land in a decent location for that price let alone move it and rebuild it. £250k will probably cover the purchase price of the building and fuck all else.

The people running the donations page don't know shit from clay if they think any different.
 
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 council already have plans to do that although the petition strangely neglects to mention that.
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news...ipyard-building-from-the-bulldozers-1-8822274
 
The campaign is to move it to a prime location. I'm sure the donations page said 250,000 was all that was needed to do this.

For god sake its a piece of Sunderland history. Lets hope the judging panel for tje City of Culture aren't reading this thread....some truly shocking comments from people who are finally showing their true colours.
I doubt people want it in a prime location. Not the whole thing. The page has only got 500 odd signatures. People are hardly clamouring for this. Lower expectations that the whole thing should be moved and there might be more support.
 
You would be lucky to get land in a decent location for that price let alone move it and rebuild it. £250k will probably cover the purchase price of the building and fuck all else.

The people running the donations page don't know shit from clay if they think any different.
The person setting up the donations page didn't even know the thing existed until he saw something online recently. He plucked the figure out of thin air and the page has now disappeared.:lol:
Being quoted as fact on here though so £250k must be how much it costs.
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news...nderland-s-historic-doxford-gateway-1-8828276
 
Why not buy it off the council and open a new cafe there len?


Culture? A fucked old brick building is culture now :D


250k my arse
Erm maybe because I'm not len?

Not skilled enough to work in the shipyards then

I'm starting a campaign to pull down this gatehouse. I will post a change.org link in a bit
he was mince tbf
He was small like you and had small man syndrome like ya self.
 
Last edited:

Back
Top