March 2021
A horrifying might have been – a scheme from the mid 70s I think, amongst a bunch of images I’ve got from the files of the @nationaltrustvic.
The saving of the Rialto and Olderfleet building group happened by stages, with many skirmishes, including the demolition of the rear wings of the Olderfleet by then owner National Mutual in the mid 70s ? I don’t have exact dates.
The photos were scanned for an exhibition in 2010 the Trust did called Loved & Lost, which was a quick overview, not blow by blow, of many of the major battles. The Trust’s files are very fat with many newspaper clippings, photos etc. You can see it took a while for the Trust to appreciate these #HighVictorian buildings, grading the Olderfleet as ‘E’ initially! The office building eventually built behind the Olderfleet group in 1985 has itself just been replaced.
