The Florrie

[Paul D]

£4m lottery cash saves Florrie

MILLIONS of pounds of lottery cash were today awarded to a building at the heart of the ECHO’s Stop the Rot campaign.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has agreed a £3.9m grant to help regenerate the Florence Institute in Dingle.

It will house a 300-seater auditorium, gym, cafe, crèche, social enterprises, library and heritage resource centre, and the observatory will be restored.

The country’s oldest surviving purpose-built youth club will now be converted into a community facility.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html

[Paul D]

It was a stunning building in its heyday so I hope they do a good job returning it to its former glory,here's the "Friends of the Florrie" website.

http://www.savetheflorrie.org.uk/his...es/gallery.htm

[snappel]

Excellent news! Thanks for that.

[johnlemmon]

here here, lets put Liverpool back on the world map...

Lemmo...

[Max]

gym, cafe

Splendid.

[lindylou]

It's good news for a lovely building.

[A.D.Williams]

My Da used to live not a 100 yards from the Florrie and not a million miles from the 'Holy Land' either. I reckon he'll be made up with this news.

[lindylou]

There's a 'Holy land' in Anfield too .. no not LFC (only joking ! I'm not a footy fan) .. there's Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Monastery, Bishop, Canon, Vicar, Rector, Curate roads.
Someone once told me that they called it 'The Holy City' 'cos it's got Cathedral.

[shytalk]

How come you get an animated avatar, when I tried to put one on it told me I couldnt.

[lindylou]

I don't know Shytalk. Perhaps Kev will know. Mine went on no problem.

ps,
that's my Mersey seagull.

[PhilipG]

I hope there's enough money to build a new roof.
The building has been open to the elements for far too long.

[MissInformed]

i am so happy about this!

hurray!

[johnlemmon]

Does anyone have

any links or contacts for the people directly involved in the restoration of the Florrie?

"It will house a 300-seater auditorium, gym, cafe, crèche,

social enterprises, library and heritage resource centre" - This is exactly the kind of project I have been wanting to be involved in.

Lemmo.

[PhilipG]

Does anyone have any links or contacts for the people directly involved in the restoration of the

Florrie?

"It will house a 300-seater auditorium, gym, cafe, crèche, social enterprises, library and heritage resource centre" - This is exactly the

kind of project I have been wanting to be involved in.

Lemmo.

Try "Toxteth Town Hall" in High Park Street.

[johnlemmon]

Thanks Philip G...I will

Lemmo...