Well a lot of people fear this. We are investigating MAKING MCC protect LRFS with H&S laws as so vulnerable. Hope no-one is that evil and knows the building is being watched closely.
We have been on itv Granada North west this morning. Watch out for more later in the day!
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...ife-into-one-of-manchesters-finest-buildings/ …
They are taking a bigger piece later in the year. On holiday so missed my TV opp but oh well! Don't wanna crack the set.
However newsletter below and please do support our BIG BAND fundraiser for the October conference at Joshua Brooks on Thursday 31st July. £5 for 5 big acts.
Hoping MCC will engage in October conference and will very publicly be asking for their support. To not engage with the National CADO experts or our meetings will be unforgivable and hope this will NOT be the case (especially when 3.5m to waste on Leese's Folly).
Hopefully this exposure will force the hands for a better strategy and to use legal powers properly and lobby for change at last!!!!!
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Dear Friends of London Road Fire Station
We are excited to inform you of the latest updates to our campaign, what we are working towards and how you can support us in the coming months.
Campaign Against Difficult Ownership
London Road Fire Station has been accepted as one of ten buildings across the UK as an exemplar for the urgent need to change British legislation for At Risk listed heritage. Our application to the National Campaign Against Delinquent Ownership, run by Locality and Jericho Road, means our campaign will have access to experts and impartial advice in the future.
We were chosen from among many because of the importance of this building as a prime example of unique heritage. LRFS was, after all, called the ‘Finest Fire Station in the Round World’ and so we are glad to have made these important connections to a national campaign.
October conference
We are working towards lining up experts, workshops, debates and political leaders to attend our October LRFS SoS Conference. We will be in touch with more details soon about how this important event unfolds.
Live music “Same Old Story?” fundraiser
HUGE live music Manchester fundraiser “Same Old Story” for the iconic At Risk London Road Fire Station. A Greater Manchester Fringe Festival Event. Tickets ONLY £5.
Empire Signal, described by City Life as “stadium fillers in waiting”
Factory Acts, an electronic duo “at the edge of the analogue-digital divide”
The Fourth Circle “inspired psychedelic rock”
The Bones, a beautiful new acoustic duo.
Additional entertainment will be provided by Rachele Whatever, who will perform her political punk poetic music, with Kelly Blue on DJ duties.
We will be raising funds for the October SoS Solutions conference, to pay for expert participation to end this 28-year stalemate.
We also hope to be joined by Ancoats Dispensary campaigners to see if their application for £6 million to save that building has been successful.
Share this event in this Facebook link here.
Friends 1st anniversary Annual General Meeting
Before the fundraiser on Thursday 31 July, at 5:30pm – 7pm we will have our first AGM at the Mechanics Centre, 103 Princess Street, in the upstairs bar.
We will discuss what we have done so far, what we still need to achieve and what we have raised. We will be outlining new initiatives. As members of the campaign, we seek your involvement - below we highlight ways in which you can help the campaign develop.
We seek a Treasurer, Membership Secretary and other roles.
Help Needed!
· Can you help volunteer to lead a project to help save this icon?
· Do you have experience in writing grant bids?
· Do you have professional skills that could make a difference to this stalemate?
· Could you write a blog post or offer us a story about your family’s history with LRFS?
· Could you offer graphics and art for the campaign?
· Do you have visions or ideas as to what LRFS can be?
· Can you help photograph events?
Please get in touch with any ideas or ways you can help! Email us at
info@londonroadfire.org
We will also be holding an exhibition at the end of July and beginning of August at the Peoples History Museum where we will also be offering talks about the Fire Station and the campaign. Do join us!
We hope these events will lead to finding pioneering solutions that can start to resolve the 28-year stalemate over the future of London Road Fire Station.
This is a people’s campaign so we also urge you to write to your councillor or MP or attend their advice surgery to tell them why this campaign is important to you and to Manchester!
We, and Manchester, need your support to rescue this great icon before it is lost to neglect - there will be no going back if that happens. It must be saved for Manchester, so please help us in any way you can!
Yours sincerely
Adam Prince
Secretary of London Road Fire Station on behalf of the Friends Campaign
www.londonroadfire.org
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofLRFS
@manfirestation