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Fook me, its taking ages to finish this off. Been going on for a year now. Durham council really are shit.

All that to move that horse a few feet and replace old fashioned cobbles with modern day brickwork.
 
found bones mate
cant do owt when they found bones

Did they? Didn't know that? I know they found a few bones down by the Church when they were doing gas works but didn't know this was effecting the movement of that horse thing? Did they just just close off the whole area whilst they did some investigation? I imagine there will be shit loads of stuff in and around Durham City Centre with a little digging. Gonna check at work tomorrow if they found out at when they did Gala/Walkergate - very much doubt they did, or I never heard anything.

By the way, where have they moved that other statue to? And why the need to move the horse statue?
 
Did they? Didn't know that? I know they found a few bones down by the Church when they were doing gas works but didn't know this was effecting the movement of that horse thing? Did they just just close off the whole area whilst they did some investigation? I imagine there will be shit loads of stuff in and around Durham City Centre with a little digging. Gonna check at work tomorrow if they found out at when they did Gala/Walkergate - very much doubt they did, or I never heard anything.

By the way, where have they moved that other statue to? And why the need to move the horse statue?

apparently so mate
its an old graveyard the market place anyway
but some ald guy who gets my bus works for the council and said they'd discoverred a load more bones so cant work on it til theyve been analysed or something
pity cos itd be lush wiht the sun out to sit in the square
i was down today and it was a great day but couldnt even sit on the horsey statue for 10 mins cos of fences
they shifted the horse so its in view of people walking up past marksy sparks, the other one of the sea-fella is getting put down behind dorothy perkins, so u can spy it through the tiny gap down the stairs - what a waste
 
Did they? Didn't know that? I know they found a few bones down by the Church when they were doing gas works but didn't know this was effecting the movement of that horse thing? Did they just just close off the whole area whilst they did some investigation? I imagine there will be shit loads of stuff in and around Durham City Centre with a little digging. Gonna check at work tomorrow if they found out at when they did Gala/Walkergate - very much doubt they did, or I never heard anything.

By the way, where have they moved that other statue to? And why the need to move the horse statue?

They took it down, sent it to some restorer and moved it about 50ft, so the market square is now just a massive pavement. Doesnt look good, just my opinion mind.

The other statue is going outside of Boots'.

I didnt realise they found bones mind but still............a year?
 
i reckon itl look nice when its sorted, its gonna look a lot bigger
just been a mess now for far too long
 
Hold on we have a bit of a contradiction here I think; is this other statue going near Boots (Prince Bishop shopping Centre) or Dorothy Perkins - down past old Woolworths ain't it (above Burtons?)?

Unless I'm mixed up here
 
Hold on we have a bit of a contradiction here I think; is this other statue going near Boots (Prince Bishop shopping Centre) or Dorothy Perkins - down past old Woolworths ain't it (above Burtons?)?

Unless I'm mixed up here

On the picture of what it will look like its going to be outside of Boots, unless theyve changed it.
 
i reckon itl look nice when its sorted, its gonna look a lot bigger
just been a mess now for far too long

Well it's gonna appear bigger but for what purpose? Other than the area of the statue they're shifting it's gonna be the same m² just a different arrangement. Durhams a lovely City like. However whilst they're spending over the Market side of town, North Road/Milburngate is falling to pieces.
 
Well it's gonna appear bigger but for what purpose? Other than the area of the statue they're shifting it's gonna be the same m² just a different arrangement. Durhams a lovely City like. However whilst they're spending over the Market side of town, North Road/Milburngate is falling to pieces.

Slight improvement to North Rd this week. Yates' has been told that people cant sit and drink outside there anymore. At last. I have me break from work at 11.10am and they are already outside there with half a pint drank. Something happened but no one seems to know what.
 
Well it's gonna appear bigger but for what purpose? Other than the area of the statue they're shifting it's gonna be the same m² just a different arrangement. Durhams a lovely City like. However whilst they're spending over the Market side of town, North Road/Milburngate is falling to pieces.

woah mate i dont know :D ive nowt to do with the moving of it!
at one point the horse was going up on palace green!

as for the sea-person i heard ( and saw artist impressions ) of it going behind DP, down past that little cafe ( tumble-somethings)
but they may have changed their minds
 
Slight improvement to North Rd this week. Yates' has been told that people cant sit and drink outside there anymore. At last. I have me break from work at 11.10am and they are already outside there with half a pint drank. Something happened but no one seems to know what.

i noticed that man
i went past on tuesday and some woman was sat outside ( mortal) and had a bairn ( bairn about 2 year old at the most ) and the woman couldnt stand up
its a f***ing vile pub
its like flypaper for scummy bastards
 
i noticed that man
i went past on tuesday and some woman was sat outside ( mortal) and had a bairn ( bairn about 2 year old at the most ) and the woman couldnt stand up
its a f***ing vile pub
its like flypaper for scummy bastards

Someone was saying about that very same woman. That might have somat to do with it as they were saying she was hammered on the seat, kid in pushchair, police and an ambulance turned up.
 
Someone was saying about that very same woman. That might have somat to do with it as they were saying she was hammered on the seat, kid in pushchair, police and an ambulance turned up.

shit!
i just saw it as a normal yates occurance
it was only about 2pm but it happens there so ...kinda didnt phase me
its vile
awful place, awful people
but it keeps them from going elsewhere
north road needs policing though
tonight at 9pm i walked to the bus station and about 12 lads and a couple of lasses ( max age 16? ) stood out the front drinking bottles of lager, kicking them all over and spitting, swearing and being minging bastards basically
had SECURITY officers inside doing fuck all
unbeleivable
 
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