72 People lost their lives in 2017 when this building went up in flames
The tragedy of Grenfell is going to in our minds for many more years. However it has been decided to dismantle the remains, as it is considered to be in a dangerous condition. In a meeting with some of the grieving relatives and Angela Rayner (Deputy PM) erupted into a shambles, when she announced that it was to be dismantled. She was hurriedly escorted out of the meeting through a back door.. The grieving relatives said they hadn't been consulted.
A difficult situation, I didn't lose anyone in that dreadful fire but I am now old enough not to place emotions on 'things' anymore.
I don't think grieving ever goes away, I grieve for my mother who died, when I was only two and somedays it seems very real and my eyes leak, but a while ago I gave away somethings that were hers, a pair of jugs. They were very pretty with blue birds on them, once they were like a link to her, the person I never knew, but one day it came to me, they were just 'stuff.'
I thought hard about this building, it doesn't hold the bodies, so not a last resting place, so why do those people want to keep it?
We think this bungalow was built 1930, the Victorian house we sold in Suffolk was built 1887, so there is a good chance people have died in them. But I don't think any one objected to them changing owners, or that they were special in any way, or a monument to those who died there.
But perhaps like me and the jugs, these people need to come to the decision to let the building go in their own time.
What do you think, should they demolish?
the damaged Grenfell building
Chrisxx
2 comments:
As you are asking. I think it is a dangerous structure which will only deteriorate over time. How would people feel if a large piece of it suddenly crashed to the ground in high winds, killing someone. Time to be practical after eight years. They could always commission an artist to build a meaningful monument. A garden of remembrance would be nice.
There should be a monument. But also it would be a good idea to rebuild and provide SAFE affordable high-quality housing for some of the vast numbers of people in need.
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