I received a call on Friday to say that the Clayton Square models had been thrown away. Renovation work in the management office of the centre had been going on, and despite clear instructions from the Big Screen Manager that the models were not to be touched, it seems the Centre Manager allowed builders to trash them in the skip. I felt really shocked to hear this and very sad. That the models could be around and ignored for so long and then just when someone begins to take an interest in them they are thrown away seems cruel fate.
Apparently some parts of the model were salvaged from the skip by the Big Screen Manager, so we may still have something to work with, but this event itself seems to say something about the value and importance (or lack of) these models as the city develops. I don't know the ins and outs and whys and wherefors of all of this, but I hope to open a dialogue with the manager to find out some of the reasons behind their creation and destruction.
R.I.P Clayton Square
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