Comments on: Dereliction of care

By: steven harris

steven harris — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:44:28 +0000

The picture of the backyard of Sclater street terrace houses reminds me of a building I, and a few friends, got into during the mid 60s. Upto no good of course. As a group of 8 year olds there was no sense of what to expect other than we might find something interesting or valuable. Imagine our disappointment when all we found was huge stacks of crockery.

I wonder if this photo was that building?

By: MARIA

MARIA — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:43:16 +0000

it’s an unfortunate situation when urban properties that could be put into appropriate use are left to their own devices; this is also a problem in my own town, and it always seems to happen to the most well-located older buildings

By: Pat Brooks

Pat Brooks — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:09:40 +0000

Visited Toynbee St recently with mum and sister. Thought how sad it all looked.I had spent many happy days playing around this area with my cousin while my mum, nan and grandad worked with my aunt and uncle. It was then called the Mellody bar, catering for shoppers and stall holders. A very busy and friendly place, always laughter and food for us children. The local stall holders were also very generous with beigels and sarsaparilla. Thank you all for wonderful childhood memories of the 60s.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:19:43 +0000

Your comment about ‘sympathetically restored’ struck a chord. There are so many buildings that are ‘restored’ but restored to what? I suppose we must be careful not to ‘Disneyfy’ these areas too much.
A balance is what is needed to respect the past but also to look to the future. Some owners of these buildings do nothing for years for investment reasons as the sites are worth a lot more with no building there at all and if they can get away with it will let them fall into complete ruin way beyond any restoration. Very sad .