Demolition Of Y Tabernacle
Following the fire at Y Tabernacle, Mill Street, Aberystwyth at the weekend, the decision was made that it was structurally unsound and had to be demolished. It’s sad to see such a beautiful (pics) old building torn down, but one can’t help but marvel at the speed and efficiency with which they did it. This morning, as I walked to work, there was no sign of any of the heavy plant machinery that later appeared. Yet this evening, as I look out of the windows of my office, the building’s suspiciously absent - from this distance, it’s just a space in the skyline.
I’ve taken a few videos of the demolition on my mobile and uploaded them to YouTube. If you can’t see them below, you can watch them here.
I notice that the fire’s being treated as suspicious, and I hear that arrests have been made. I’ve also heard my fair share of conspiracy stories already about it - the building is apparently a recent aqcuisition of Merlin Homes, whose boss (rumour has it) was conveniently out of the country when this and (allegedly) another Merlin Homes building burnt down in a very short space of time… I suppose they’ll be building a block of flats on the site, now.
But hey; people will gossip.
Tags: aber, demolition, fire, tabernacle, video
July 11th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
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July 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
At the risk of courting controversy, I’m kind of glad. It was the ugliest, blockiest building on Mill Street- when I lived opposite it darkened my heart a little every morning. Hopefully they’ll replace it with something clean and new, and not some crumbling pile that was last cleaned/painted in 1875.
p.s. me getting into aber that night was just a coincidence, no matter how much I love fire.