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Mysteriouser and mysteriouser.
Could the case of the missing Victorian ironwork from Primrose Hill station be one for Inspector Knacker?
The heritage lobby are furious about Network Rail's razing of the historic North London Line station in December, a day after campaigners handed out leaflets urging the case for its reopening.
The heritage lobby are furious about Network Rail's razing of the historic North London Line station in December, a day after campaigners handed out leaflets urging the case for its reopening.
The vandalism was compounded as a photo was published of the ornate Victorian spandrels piled ignominiously on the demolition site.
Now the local paper, the Camden New Journal is reporting that they might "end up in Gloucestershire".
How? Why? Who at NR made the decision?
It is a re-run of what happened in 1988, when Wolverton residents were shocked to find their famous station, also on the former LNWR, with its historic refreshment rooms, was smashed to a pile of rubble overnight by BR.
The Wolverton spandrels found their way to BR's junkyard, "Collectors Corner" where they were bought for a few quid and saved for posterity by a north London collector who recognised them for their significance.
So where are the Primrose Hill spandrels now?
It is a re-run of what happened in 1988, when Wolverton residents were shocked to find their famous station, also on the former LNWR, with its historic refreshment rooms, was smashed to a pile of rubble overnight by BR.
The Wolverton spandrels found their way to BR's junkyard, "Collectors Corner" where they were bought for a few quid and saved for posterity by a north London collector who recognised them for their significance.
So where are the Primrose Hill spandrels now?
Locals have asked Network Rail to prove they're not in a skip, or haven't been flogged down the pub for a fiver.
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