ChrisB Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Suffered a complete fire yesterday, a real blow to the town. It was owned by Bakers & Larner. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 That's one way to do a deep clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 There'll be a few Rolls Royce's covered in soot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Pleased no one was hurt and hope as many of the staff as possible can be redeployed elsewhere in the B&L stores & associated companies such as the builders merchants. Theres never a good time to be made redundant but it seems a bad time if it ends up that way for any employee. A definite blow to Holt, this is my in-laws nearest grocery store and has been a godsend especially in the C' lockdown. From a rebuild perspective I've always thought this a big roof for this type of covering and looks out of proportion, albeit not as big as NNDC's offices, I hope the rebuild is an opportunity to put something nicer back even if 'modern', albeit probably more fireproof (I know and currently work with the foreman who supervised the roof build and he said it was a 'biggun' and had some structural worries, unfounded however as the steel was obviously well up to the job looking at whats left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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