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Post by wakeupcall on May 7, 2013 23:32:05 GMT
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Post by parkwoodgirl on May 12, 2013 14:34:27 GMT
How sad to see this old house destroyed. When I was a little girl living on Harcourt St., this house was owned by the Baldwin family who owned the brass foundry by Summerscales on Pitt Street. Mr. Baldwin was the only person I knew who had a car besides our local doctor. As children, we used to stand at the bottom of their drive to look at the car. He always had big dogs which he used to walk in the bottom part of the wood. Needless to say, none of the family ever spoke to us, however, Im sad to see the state of the house, perhaps it didn't sell because Im assuming most of the industry has gone from Parkwood along with most of the houses.
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Post by fsharpminor on May 12, 2013 19:51:30 GMT
How sad to see this old house destroyed. When I was a little girl living on Harcourt St., this house was owned by the Baldwin family who owned the brass foundry by Summerscales on Pitt Street. Mr. Baldwin was the only person I knew who had a car besides our local doctor. As children, we used to stand at the bottom of their drive to look at the car. He always had big dogs which he used to walk in the bottom part of the wood. Needless to say, none of the family ever spoke to us, however, Im sad to see the state of the house, perhaps it didn't sell because Im assuming most of the industry has gone from Parkwood along with most of the houses. I wonder who owns it. Someone must. You would think someone could put money in renovate it, restore it to its original glory,and make a few bob as well. I'll bet my dad remembers the house, he went to Parkwood School and his grandmother and aunt lived also in Harcourt St in the 1930's. He has a good memory for a 92 year old.
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Post by Andy Wade on May 13, 2013 7:50:48 GMT
You'd think.
But if the owner is just sitting on the property and the land, waiting for the right opportunity to sell to the right housing development company that comes along and offers them a fat wad of cash to sell up, then you can see why it's been left to rot. Easy to justify demolition to make way for a dozen houses if it's not in a usable space. Or maybe a certain housing development company already owns the land and is waiting for the house to become so bad that they can demolish it on 'safety grounds' and then apply to build on a 'brownfield site'.
Ooh, cynical old me... ;-)
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Post by barcrofter on May 13, 2013 9:26:16 GMT
There has been an earlier thread on this house, but I can not find it. A Mr Stanley Throup and his family lived there when I used to have printing done by him. The last time I used them was 1997, I seem to remember that Mr Throup had passed away and his son did the printing. May be they were the last people to live there.
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Post by parkwoodgirl on May 13, 2013 14:14:50 GMT
My apologies for the repetitive appearance of my earlier contributions on this subject. I have found it very difficult to comprehend the new format and have 'replied' but it has not appeared. However, after a kindly e mail from Andy, my answers are now appearing in abundance!! The old house has been discussed previously but no-one came up with any answers as to who now owns it. I have only visited Parkwood once in the last 45 years when I did a pilgrimage to see Harcourt St., again, only to find it doesn't exist along with most of the bottom part of Parkwood.
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Post by ashduignan on Jan 25, 2014 12:40:13 GMT
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Post by madprofwildchild on Jan 26, 2014 13:21:40 GMT
You'd think. But if the owner is just sitting on the property and the land, waiting for the right opportunity to sell to the right housing development company that comes along and offers them a fat wad of cash to sell up, then you can see why it's been left to rot. Easy to justify demolition to make way for a dozen houses if it's not in a usable space. Or maybe a certain housing development company already owns the land and is waiting for the house to become so bad that they can demolish it on 'safety grounds' and then apply to build on a 'brownfield site'. Ooh, cynical old me... ;-) Sadly I think you're quite right there Andy, there's been a sign up for at least 12 Months about potential development land. It'd be sad to see this place come down and 30 shoebox houses crammed in it's place But then I guess that's the world we live in now, all in the name of progress....
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Post by madprofwildchild on Jan 26, 2014 13:23:25 GMT
I have many happy memories of my grandparents Stanley Throup and Annie Throup who owned the house they had worked all there lives to own it, and my granddad really loved the house and gardens and would never have even contemplated the selling or destruction of it, the inside and outside was beautiful it had it's own apple and pear orchid, potato & strawberry patch's, it truly upset's me greatly to see how it looks now, can't believe someone would destroy it so badly but that's it these days no bloody respect for anything, [contentious remarks removed] so i have no idea of the owner or will become of it, if i was ever to come in a vast amount of money i would restore it no expense spared, just to return it what it used to be a loving family home. I don't suppose you have any photos of the gardens as they used to be? It'd be wonderful to see them in all their glory before it became trashed and overgrown
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Post by joycen on Feb 3, 2014 18:32:01 GMT
View AttachmentView AttachmentView AttachmentI have many happy memories of my grandparents Stanley Throup and Annie Throup who owned the house they had worked all there lives to own it, and my granddad really loved the house and gardens and would never have even contemplated the selling or destruction of it, the inside and outside was beautiful it had it's own apple and pear orchid, potato & strawberry patch's, it truly upset's me greatly to see how it looks now, can't believe someone would destroy it so badly but that's it these days no bloody respect for anything, [contentious remarks removed] so i have no idea of the owner or will become of it, if i was ever to come in a vast amount of money i would restore it no expense spared, just to return it what it used to be a loving family home. Or any of the house in it's prime? At least then it could be remembered on here in it's glory days
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