Pagefield Mill

Is it not time something was done about this building

It has become a particular menace for the fire service, whose 999 crews have repeatedly been forced to take risks putting out fires deliberately lit in the unsafe premises. There have been repeated warnings to would-be trespassers about the risks of accidents, but that has clearly failed to deter some.[url=https://www.wigantoday.net/news/what-idiot-youth-dices-death-dangling-one-arm-100ft-

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Someone other than him would be blamed if he had fell. Pull the place down and build some houses

Let the idiots fall..I have no sympathy for these clowns. They chose to do this, why should others be blamed for their stupidity?

What have we become?

Clearly, this isn't a place to be messing around. If this picture doesn't make that clear, maybe this will - trespass and you could go to prison and be fined thousands



https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/clearly-isnt-place-messing-around-18646388

Closure order issued to stop ongoing vandalism at huge derelict mill
Anyone who goes near the building could be prosecuted


https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/closure-order-issued-stop-ongoing-18845692

Kids need a redirection. Give them a responsibility and training and watch the crime figures drop.

Demolition work begins on dangerous building at historic Wigan mill site
Work has started to demolish a dangerous building used by trespassers on a derelict mill site in Wigan.

https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/demolition-work-begins-dangerous-building-historic-wigan-mill-site-2971030

A senior fire officer says the time has come to knock down an historic Wigan mill dogged by intruders and arsonists – before someone is seriously hurt or killed.

https://www.wigantoday.net/news/fire-chief-calls-for-demolition-of-derelict-wigan-mill-plagued-by-arsonists-3679271

I thought work had started last September It's a shame the building was left to rot

It is a real shame, Lolly.

As Tony Porter of Wigan Watch says, if the mill’s beyond saving then now’s the time to knock it down and build apartments on the brownfield site and overlooking the park, rather than having the imposing 8-storey blocks as planned to replace the doomed Galleries.



From around 2:30 onwards

Contractors move into treacherous Wigan mill in the name of public safety
Fresh action to secure an old Wigan mill which for years has been a hotspot for vandalism and antisocial behaviour has been taken by the council.
https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/contractors-move-into-treacherous-wigan-mill-in-the-name-of-public-safety-4450333

And then the contractors found that it was in such a dangerous condition, that it was not safe to make safe, so they demolished it