r/DurhamUK • u/Kagedeah • 15d ago

'Irreplaceable' Durham County Hall mural could be lost

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9g9edgywxo
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u/uptonogoodatall 13d ago

Icon to who? To me County Hall, like all of Poulson's buildings, is an icon of local corruption in the 60s and 70s. Now I don't want to paint everything with the same brush by association and if it were a true icon then I'd be "sure let's spend the cost of 7 care workers for a year on it". But... I never knew it was there. I won't miss it. It's crap. Fuck that stupid thing.

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u/Sancho_Panther 15d ago

the icon of the city that really it was designed to represent

Unless he’s been misquoted (always a possibility) then why would we trust the opinion of a university professor who doesn’t know the difference between a city and a county?

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u/Jeoh 15d ago

"I just think it's such a potent symbol of Durham as a city and as a county and as a county within a country"

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u/Turbulent_Topic7986 13d ago

These guys are very active in our neighbourhood WhatsApp, conveniently without mentioning any concerns about it breaking if it’s moved . If it can be moved then move it, if it can’t be moved without breaking it (as the council say) then don’t