[Frank Thacker]

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now:

http://www.facebook....28&id=553669828

[Odysseus]

Stuart Basson, on 18 December 2010 - 02:43 PM, said:

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now:

http://www.facebook....28&id=553669828

Can they be seen anywhere else, for those of us not on facebook?

[Frank Thacker]

Just this one:

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Burst pipes in the centre section loos appear to have brought down a chunk of the boardroom ceiling. All the windows are boarded up and the bronze of Sir Ernest Shentall is going a bit green around the gills. Several other rooms and all the corridors are distinctly squelchy. No-one's fault - after all, how much should we spend looking after a place that is to be demolished? - but the sooner it comes down, the better. It looks fit only for Mansfield, now.

[Bankrobber]

Stuart,

Is Ernie Shentall's memorial being saved? Does it have any heritage value to the club?

[dalekpete]

Bankrobber, on 09 January 2011 - 12:57 AM, said:

Stuart,

Is Ernie Shentall's memorial being saved? Does it have any heritage value to the club?

I removed the bust about ten days ago. It is now at the B2net but not mounted yet.

[Bankrobber]

dalekpete, on 09 January 2011 - 01:31 AM, said:

I removed the bust about ten days ago. It is now at the B2net but not mounted yet.

Thanks Pete

[Frank Thacker]

Bankrobber, on 09 January 2011 - 12:57 AM, said:

Stuart,

Is Ernie Shentall's memorial being saved? Does it have any heritage value to the club?

As Pete explains, it is, and quite rightly so. Sir Ernest Shentall (father of Harold, the Chairman, and only briefly a director himself) was a great friend to the club. I suspect it also has some value as a locally-produced item, since another identical one resides in the town's museum store. When I've got an hour I'll see what it says in the DT of the time.

A set of photos from my "last look round" are also up on the "Saltergate Sunset" flickr page, here-ish:

http://www.flickr.co...tergate_sunset/

This post has been edited by Stuart Basson: 09 January 2011 - 11:26 AM

[Bankrobber]

Thanks Stuart, that's really helpful. I was told the bust is made of coal but wasn't aware of the subject's significance.

I was also going to ask if any of the stone from the retaining walls at the side of the Kop was going to be saved...not because of any particular significance (although my Dad reckons it uses a fine example of that particular type of stone), but because it'd look superb in my rockery!

[dalekpete]

Bankrobber, on 09 January 2011 - 11:56 PM, said:

Thanks Stuart, that's really helpful. I was told the bust is made of coal but wasn't aware of the subject's significance.

I was also going to ask if any of the stone from the retaining walls at the side of the Kop was going to be saved...not because of any particular significance (although my Dad reckons it uses a fine example of that particular type of stone), but because it'd look superb in my rockery!

I was told the bust was "pressed coal" but having lifted it off I am sure it is bronze.

If you can get in to the old place you can probably have anything that is left...