Britannia colliery 1990 (demolished)

Terrible destruction. And here, in Czech, is Kingdom given as an example in industrial heritage preservation. You are from Germany? Can you give some information about "Schwabinger tor" urban project? Looks like also modern valueless cubic buildings are to be built in place of some old quarter :'(

In my opinion many people in the UK are quite aware of their industrial heritage. But, like in Germany, it has to be * old *. Objects, which are less than say 50 years old, are not considered part of the history. (But of course they * will * be important parts of history in (say) 100 years - but then it's too late, because they are gone. In UK a lot of industrial heritage has been destroyed during the Thatcher era. She was obviously proud that she managed to destroy major parts of British industry and probably considered the disappearing of "outdated" industrial installations as an indication of "progress". Sorry, i don't know anything on the "Schwabinger Tor".