28DL and UE in the News - Was landmark beyond hope? - Baswich House Stafford. Expressandstar.com

[Styru]

Was landmark beyond hope?
Images taken inside a doomed Stafford landmark have been posted on the internet, just days before it is flattened

But campaigners say photographs uploaded onto website www.28dayslater.co.uk cast a new light on the claims.

They say the pictures, taken within the last few days by a mystery cameraman, show the building is in much better condition than the police authority has claimed

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p.s, that would be a mystery cameraman going by the name 'a man called martyn' - and they have one of your pics up mate :

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[Oxygen Thief]

They didn't even claim you broke in mate, can't be bad.

 

[Styru]

They didn't even claim you broke in mate, can't be bad.

Well if you didn't break in you must be an upstanding citizen (just the sort that deserves paying for a nicked photo )

Do I hear the patter of tiny invoices?

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[Oxygen Thief]

Personally I wouldn't invoice them, it's been used in the right context, in my opinion.

 

[A man called Martyn]

The picture has being used to highlight the plight of this building and therefore in the right context.

 

[Styru]

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Personally I wouldn't invoice them, it's been used in the right context, in my opinion.

The picture has being used to highlight the plight of this building and therefore in the right context

Guess so - point taken

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[cat_bones]

Have the Express and Star not mentioned 28DL before (I think in connection with the Royal) in a far less complimentary fashion?

 

[A man called Martyn]

Have the Express and Star not mentioned 28DL before (I think in connection with the Royal) in a far less complimentary fashion?

I think you have the Berkswich History society to thank for the postive article as they have being working hard to try and save the Building.I did meet two members when i revisited the site on sunday for a few more pictures,They had offered to help me with the history of the building,But i did not take them up on the offer as i got lost looking for there house should also say they were very supportive of my actions in entering the building.There was also a guy in a pick up truck in the fenced off compound around Baswich house who seemed to be just pinching old carpet tiles.There was another photographer taking pictures from the path who i offered to show around the house but they declined.

 

[cat_bones]

It's a postive step forward though, the inherent acknowledgement that urbexers are generally interested in conservation rather than vandalism and trouble-making. Let's hope that future articles from the Express&Star lean towards that perception instead of the usual crap about "breaking in" and "endangering themselves and others".

 

[A man called Martyn]

From the front page of the 10/3/09 edition of the Stafford Express & Star.Another one of my pictures used along with the stairwell shot.

 

[Styru]

Last but one paragraph....

Police Authority Chairman Mike Poulter was unavailable for comment today as he is collecting his MBE for services to the community at Buckingham Palace.

well that says it all really! :crazy

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[Oxygen Thief]

I don't suppose you have a much higher res image mate ? Doesn't matter about image size when it comes to being able to read the text.

These pictures have caused a bit of a fuss eh?

 

[flasher]

Have the Express and Star not mentioned 28DL before (I think in connection with the Royal) in a far less complimentary fashion?

Oh yes, and were invoiced accordingly! My signature below is a quote from the said article.

 

[A man called Martyn]

The latest from the express & star.http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/03/13/bulldozers-move-in-at-baswich/
i will get a higher res image up asap.There will be nothing left by the end of this week.

This is from the frontpage of the cannock edition of the express&star 13/3/09.Thought some of Mike Poulter's pearls of wisdom make for interesting reading.

 

[Spooksie]

We go from villains to being cast as heroes in one step. Nice and positive but wait I can hear the tabloids sharpening their pens....
Congrats to the man with the camera though.