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Historic TVR building comes down - but there are plans to honour heritage

PLUS: Fire hits a derelict hotel in Blackpool

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Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes
Jan 29, 2025
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Engineering work stopped at Bristol Avenue in 2006 and 250 people lost their jobs.

Since then, the original building has slowly been taken away with a clear loss of heritage in respect to the area’s motoring history through TVR.

This week we report on the last bricks being taken away, along with plans to honour that heritage.

Elsewhere, the fire on Monday…

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