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I've been to toon for the last two days visiting the relies and it's the first time since January that I've seen SJP really taking shape. Am I alone in thinking that impressive the new stands are, the East stand (even the gallowgate) now looks a bit pathetic as it's dwarfed by the new developments? As it's summer & the students aren't occupying Leazes terrrace, should the club arrange another little accident with a crane toppling on the old building, hey presto we can extend the east stand without interference from the council.

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000

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OOOOOOps Ah Bu**ger!! We'v got the entire bloody terrace. Ah well....

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000

The only argument is that we're blocking off the light from Leazes Terrace - but students shouldn't be there during the day unless they're sleeping off hangovers - and then they don't want light anyway - lets go up on that side as well.

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000

It's surely only a matter of time before an "accident" happens. I mean look at the ingredients: students, inflamable material and "other" substances. Mark my words, that place won't see out the end of the century.

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000

Maybe we've managed to angle the new floodlights so that the constant glare will be such a nuisance that they will ask us to raise the stand to block it out....and monkeys might fly out of my butt.

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000

This might sound a bit far fetched but it has been done before.

Why don't they just dismantle Leazes Tce brick by brick, carefully giving each brick a number, then rebuild it like a giant Lego set somewhere where it would be better appreciated. Like bang in the middle of Leazes Park (that should keep the stadium development protesters happy).

As I say, can and has been done, wonder what the cost would be though?

:-)

-- Anonymous, July 09, 2000



"Why don't they just dismantle Leazes Tce brick by brick, carefully giving each brick a number, then rebuild it like a giant Lego set somewhere where it would be better appreciated. Like bang in the middle of Leazes Park (that should keep the stadium development protesters happy)."

Mungo, I seem to remember that that's what they tried to do with the old Royal Arcade down Grainger Street way in the 1960s. Everything went fine until it rained: it then became apparent that marking the identification on each brick using chalk might not be too sensible...

Great idea if they'd used something indelible, though ;-)

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2000


Mark my words, that place won't see out the end of the century. Sticking your neck out as usual i see Screach : - ))

-- Anonymous, July 10, 2000

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