proud panther Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yet another deliberate fire to help dodgy developers. Surely the police must realise this is the case, & find the culprits, & lock them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, proud panther said: Yet another deliberate fire to help dodgy developers. Surely the police must realise this is the case, & find the culprits, & lock them up. same with nightclubs but they always get away with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 God forbid, if anybody was killed in the fire, firefighters, emergency services, I wonder who would be liable? Brandon Estates or Rugby Council? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 6:28 AM, heathen52 said: Exactly what happened to Cradley, albeit the local authority did NOT give planning permission but the developers appealed (which is yet another string to there bow) and won, there is nothing further that can be done you cant appeal against the appeal decision so there is usually only going to be one winner, and its mostly the one with deepest pockets. 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) On 5/14/2022 at 11:28 AM, Daniel Smith said: Brandon Estates are hell bend on housing. They clearly get to see everything the Coventry Speedway group are planning, so what better to destroy the stadium revamp? Burn it down Echos of what happened at Long Eaton. A mysterious fire burned the empty pub next to the Station Road car park down, and then another mysterious fire burned the empty stadium pavilion down not long after (or may have been other way around)..... but yes, two mysterious fires left the way clear for the developers to build on it. I had hoped as the decades past the truth might have surfaced on that! Edited May 26, 2022 by TheReturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Surely this place is to fkd now for anyone to even consider speedway it's gonna need a whole rebuild etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 as long as the track is there fans would be ok with some shelter - doesn't need to be the palace it was a la Redcar, Somerset, Scunny, Worky, etc 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 22 hours ago, ch958 said: as long as the track is there fans would be ok with some shelter - doesn't need to be the palace it was a la Redcar, Somerset, Scunny, Worky, etc agree as long as you got speedway up and running you can build on that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Handbag Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 I've just seen this on youtube. Tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) A few strategic wildlife remote/sensor cameras might help the Save Coventry Speedway Group with a way forward. Councils use them to catch fly tippers so why cant the group or even the police if it is a suspected target for arson. Edited June 10, 2022 by IronScorpion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 14 hours ago, Gert Handbag said: I've just seen this on youtube. Tragic. Sad indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 18 hours ago, IronScorpion said: A few strategic wildlife remote/sensor cameras might help the Save Coventry Speedway Group with a way forward. Councils use them to catch fly tippers so why cant the group or even the police if it is a suspected target for arson. Because it's not their property... it's like you coming round my house and putting cameras up... I know you like to follow me but I'd draw the line at that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayTShirts Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Popped into Brandon last week on the way down to Oxford. Quick video of how things are now. Massive flyover now on TGI roundabout which was a shock…… Coventry Speedway June 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 8 hours ago, SpeedwayTShirts said: Popped into Brandon last week on the way down to Oxford. Quick video of how things are now. Massive flyover now on TGI roundabout which was a shock…… Coventry Speedway June 2022 Good grief...can't see much hope there if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Really? It doesn't seem any worse than Oxford was a while ago? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayTShirts Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 It’s where all the trees and bushes have grown that surprises me. I guess when the stadium was in use they used to not grow because of the footfall of people walking over the areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFCB Wildcat Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, SpeedwayTShirts said: It’s where all the trees and bushes have grown that surprises me. I guess when the stadium was in use they used to not grow because of the footfall of people walking over the areas? Yes the size of trees growing out of terraces struck me too. I've seen that on those Abandoned Engineering programmes as well. Trees growing though the floors of abandoned buildings where you wouldn't expect them to be able to grow. It's amazing how nature takes hold again when humans aren't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 5 hours ago, *JJ said: Really? It doesn't seem any worse than Oxford was a while ago? I used to call in at Cowley and although shocked by the deteriation it was nowhere near the level of Brandon. It was still structurally sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Thanks for posting the video, The Grandstand is to far gone now, not much work to bring the Pits back to life, the far side stand would be the main stand maybe with the starting gate over on that side, without seeing inside its difficult to gauge what other buildings could be saved from demolition, but I personally cant see the landowners selling this for Sports use, especially if they have paid development prices for it, RIP Brandon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted June 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, heathen52 said: Thanks for posting the video, The Grandstand is to far gone now, not much work to bring the Pits back to life, the far side stand would be the main stand maybe with the starting gate over on that side, without seeing inside its difficult to gauge what other buildings could be saved from demolition, but I personally cant see the landowners selling this for Sports use, especially if they have paid development prices for it, RIP Brandon. I believe the land was bought for less than 3 Million. Hardly a development price, and I'm also led to believe that the site was never actually put on the open market! They have been offered a substantial profit by those interested in bringing Stock Car & Speedway back to the stadium, but as yet have not even acknowledged the offer. Edited June 18, 2022 by Gambo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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