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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 15, 2019 18:04:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 18:11:57 GMT
Bad news. A fantastic building.
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Post by greenman on Apr 15, 2019 18:18:40 GMT
Latest is the roof has collapsed.
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Post by patty on Apr 15, 2019 18:24:38 GMT
How awful..such a lovely building
Visited once ...not a good day out due to company but I'm glad Ive been.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 15, 2019 18:37:50 GMT
Seems to be a restoration job gone wrong... strong shades of the Cutty Sark maybe.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 18:45:22 GMT
Quite symbolic for France what with it being a Christian building. We'll be in central Paris tomorrow so may be able to go and have a little ogle at it. Eta a little surprised that Mr Stabby is a torygraph reader  but life is full of unexpected things. Which is good. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 18:55:16 GMT
Seems to be a restoration job gone wrong... strong shades of the Cutty Sark maybe. And Windsor of course. |
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Post by thebfg on Apr 15, 2019 19:02:32 GMT
That's quite a serious fire. Even getting all that scaffolding down will be a costly job.
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Post by patty on Apr 15, 2019 19:28:57 GMT
Seems to be a restoration job gone wrong... strong shades of the Cutty Sark maybe. And Windsor of course. and the art place in Glasgow..Rennie Mackintosh building.. thats gone up twice..guess if theres a lesson to learn its don't bother with renovating just burn them down |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Apr 15, 2019 20:02:36 GMT
I've been watching the coverage on BBC news. While it's clearly a popular building for tourists and holds a high cultural value in France, it's just a building. Nobody has been killed yet it seems every leader from around the world is tweeting messages that sound as if it's another twin towers.
A bit over the top I think.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 15, 2019 20:11:16 GMT
I've been watching the coverage on BBC news. While it's clearly a popular building for tourists and holds a high cultural value in France, it's just a building. Nobody has been killed yet it seems every leader from around the world is tweeting messages that sound as if it's another twin towers. A bit over the top I think. Well, it is always regrettable when any historic structure is seriously damaged I suppose, and Notre Dame is fairly symbolic of France. It is of course good news that no human life has been lost, but such an iconic edifice being consumed by a mighty conflagration will tend to attract comment. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 20:19:32 GMT
Holy smoke!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 15, 2019 20:22:44 GMT
It's not exactly overwhelming proof of God's existence. Although He does of course work in mysterious ways.
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Post by thebfg on Apr 15, 2019 20:27:06 GMT
I've been watching the coverage on BBC news. While it's clearly a popular building for tourists and holds a high cultural value in France, it's just a building. Nobody has been killed yet it seems every leader from around the world is tweeting messages that sound as if it's another twin towers. A bit over the top I think. Agree.
Where was my international sympathy when I had a house fire!
Whilst I do sympathise for you, and I do. Losing everything in a house fire is my worst nightmare. This is an 850 year old cathedral that is internationally recognized, the rebuild is going to be over a billion quid. The main tower has gone and the entire roof has collapsed |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Apr 15, 2019 20:27:54 GMT
Maybe they've chosen a replacement pope, a big fat one?
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but life is full of unexpected things. Which is good.
