Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Following a devastating fire in the early hours of Monday morning, Mr Smiths in Warrington is now being demolished due to it becoming too unsafe. Believed to be arsine, about 5 little (insert adjectives here) have been arrested Very sad to see it go, passed it 1000s of times without any doubt. R.I.P Mr Smiths Warrington after the fire by Swifty11Productions, on Flickr Mr Smiths Warrington after the fire by Swifty11Productions, on Flickr Mr Smiths Warrington after the fire by Swifty11Productions, on Flickr Mr Smiths Warrington after the fire by Swifty11Productions, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 Tom You must be far too young to have ever been in Mr Smiths! A real den of iniquity at its height! Where do the scallies of Warrington go now?!? Cheers, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Tom You must be far too young to have ever been in Mr Smiths! A real den of iniquity at its height! Where do the scallies of Warrington go now?!? Cheers, Mike Only reason I know it is because of its location, pass it most days! No idea, tbh as long as the answer is 'far away from me' I'm fine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Go on I give up what was it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 Tom You must be far too young to have ever been in Mr Smiths! it make me laugh when swifty writes and talks like an old man, the truth is i've got underpants older than him!! i was driving past mr smiths last week thinking "i wonder what they will do with that", certainly going to look odd coming over bridgefoot and it not being there anymore i've never been out in warrington but used to frequent a couple of dance record shops there, now both gone, the closest i ever used to get to warrington was the ritzy in bromborough (now i also believe gone/closed) or the club night they had in helsby in the mersey view hotel, chester was a regular but i never ventured too far from home and used to go to the Tiv in buckley and the potters wheel (both of which i used to DJ in), even the potters has gone, soon to be an aldi, we used to get 400 people a night in there on a thursday back in the mid to late 90s something practically unthinkable now days, a lock out pub with a queue to get in on a weeknight!! as an aside i know im getting old as my little un was pleased i'd bought a playstation 2 at a car boot sale so he could play "retro" games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 The subject of this topic got me really worried. For a brief moment I thought that the W H Smith's library had called in the receivers and where would I now be able to read the latest magazines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Following a devastating fire in the early hours of Monday morning, Mr Smiths in Warrington is now being demolished due to it becoming too unsafe. Believed to be arsine, about 5 little (insert adjectives here) have been arrested Very sad to see it go, passed it 1000s of times without any doubt. I very much doubt it, because in the quantity required to start a fire the five little chemical experimentalists would almost certainly be dead. Likewise concerning passing it, arsine would probably have killed you the first time. Obscure perhaps, but at one time in my career there was regular risk of exposure and we had to be very careful. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/1970/79142_32.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 talking of arson this has opend up a whole new can of worms http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-stafford-heginbotham-martin-fletcher?CMP=share_btn_tw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 There's 3 in custody currently regarding it and another 2 fires in Warrington in the past week It's being treated as suspicious and there is a hell of a lot of police interest as to if its started deliberately The insurance pay out would be in the millions, it was due to become a youth centre and that would be signed in around 3 weeks. Obviously that's not going to happen now! The investment required from purchase to complete was in excess of £10 Million Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 The building also contained a lot of wood floors and things like that, so whatever started it meant it really didn't take long to take hold It was still smoking today so must have been incredibly hot! One of the theories is the people possibly involved could have broken in and set various fires and placed accelerants in different parts of the building. Lit the fire and ran like the wind! Still, very sad to see it go because I've seen it likely in the thousands of times passing by... And it'll make giving directions much harder as the main description for telling people how to navigate the many roundabout is the 'it's the Mr smiths one' and 'yeh the exit where smiths is' etc etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 https://youtu.be/DPMg7IlNUCU and with a railway connection!! hit man and her (pete waterman & michaela stracken) from Mr Smiths see swifty you dont know what you missed out on being born 15 years too late Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 I know! Would of loved to have gone to one of those! In all seriousness though, how hard would it be to do a 4mm version? Would be nice to fill that edge I have in the scenery plan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Go on I give up what was it? All sorts of things First was the Ritz cinema Then it was the very well known 'Mr Smith's' Nightclub To most people in Warrington it's everyone's favourite building because of its history and how special it is to a lot of people When the first demolition plan came up everyone fought against it and the council disapproved the planning application It was due to become a youth centre and it would be sold and signed on the dotted line in 3 weeks time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2015 i was driving past mr smiths last week thinking "i wonder what they will do with that", certainly going to look odd coming over bridgefoot and it not being there anymore That has just put a smile on my face Big Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 Just had a look on google street view. I do remember that building now but never went in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2015 Nice lot of pictures on 't web: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Mr+Smiths+warrington&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HuwuVfviKMzvauq_gdAH&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=920 There were also Mr Smith's in Hanley and one in Madchester They were sister clubs but were they the same group as the Warrington one? Used to have young ladies whose clothes seemed to keep falling off! (So I have been told!) Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Blimmy Big Jim your mention of the Tiv at Buckley brings back memories Remember getting the bus from Delamere St Chester one evening (Crosville) and going there to see a very young group called 'Slade' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 ...Used to have young ladies whose clothes seemed to keep falling off! (So I have been told!)... Not knowing an iota about Warrington I did wonder if it was the knocking shop. The name though tended to suggest otherwise, since it would have been 'Mrs Smiths' as a house of ill repute. Or perhaps that was the cunning ruse to allay the suspicions of the local law enforcement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I thought it was a Crisp factory. It is now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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