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Postby duncan » Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:36 pm

If you wish to receive sale particulars, when available, please contact

Lambert Smith Hampton
2-6 Priestgate
Peterborough
PE1 1JQ

01733 563921

they don't seem to have any of this BR properties on their website (lsh.co.uk, crappy search), but could always make enquiries. tell them it's for a fledgling film company... ;-)
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Postby Sharon » Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:42 pm

Duncan I'm liking your thinking alot here!

"Hidden Productions" could yet again be great cover.

(yeah, yeah, i know we haven't actually used it yet..but we will!)

Lets face it, they are pretty unlikely to get any bids?

How cool would owning a tunnel be!!!
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Postby Pgcc93 » Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:23 am

Sharon wrote:Duncan I'm liking your thinking alot here!

"Hidden Productions" could yet again be great cover.

(yeah, yeah, i know we haven't actually used it yet..but we will!)

Lets face it, they are pretty unlikely to get any bids?

How cool would owning a tunnel be!!!


Until the bill comes in for a new DPC and total relining of the tunnel due to water ingress and years of neglect by BRB Ouch!. Aye! they'll only be too glad to sell off an old tunnel. They still have a responsibilty to maintain them even though they are redundant so they'll be glad to off load the repair bills. Last years work in the Gibson Street/Botanics tunnels springs to mind as an example.
If the Lottery ever came up I'd bag the Botanics and have the Station building re-built to it's orginal spec 8)
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Postby caine » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:29 am

having looked at the site, you can only buy the ones with "for slae" next to them. they list all the properties, but you cannae buy them until they decide to sell them, and even then, the small print states that most things are kept aside for local councils and rail companies incase they want to re-open the route. but as Pgcc said, they may be happy to off oad one or two due to repair bill costs. :D
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Re: tunnels

Postby JayKay » Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:29 am

stunev wrote:Browsing the website of the British Railways Board (as you do) I came across their list of property For Sale/ To Let including a number of the tunnels discussed on HG.

Botanic Gardens Tunnel/Great Western Rd Tunnel G-GCL-256-1
Kelvingrove Tunnel/St Vincent Street Tunnel G-GCL-256-2
Tunnel from Crathie Drive to Crow Road G-GCL-445-1
Tunnel underneath Clydeside Expressway at Partick G-GN-60-2
Kelvinhaugh: Closed line G-LAD-559-1


Wonder how they plan on selling this property when access is so difficult if not impossible.

http://www.brb.gov.uk


Could we arrange a viewing?
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Postby Pgcc93 » Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:34 am

Thornwood and Partick West station.
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http://www.theglasgowstory.com/imageview.php?inum=TGSE01354
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Postby caine » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:13 pm

whats that large white building?
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Postby red_kola » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:05 am

caine wrote:whats that large white building?


Crathie Court. Large block of Council flats. Still there.

From here

"Crathie Court built in 1952, but its art deco features show pre-war design influence in the projecting balconies and lines of porthole windows. Set in well maintained grounds, the building was designed as 88 flats for single people at a time when almost all housing was for the standard nuclear family"
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