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Golden Lion Cannon Hill

I can't answer your question but....I live in the same ward as Cannon Hill Park and the newsletter of one of our councillors has this:

Get involved with looking after Cannon Hill Park

The fledgling new and revitalised Friends of Cannon Hill Park group will hold their second meeting on Wednesday 28th February 6.30pm at The MAC. With the recent announcement of Historic England funding towards restoration of The Golden Lion inside the park but also the looming cuts to council services and staff, community involvement is all the more important to make sure we shape and maintain our open spaces and parks for the future.


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thanks jan...we have lost many fine building over the years but to lose this one would be catastrophic...all we can hope for is that the recent push to save the golden lion has not come too late..keeping everything crossed...thanks for the photos viv for me its really not a case of if its saved it must be saved

lyn
 
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This showed up on the Heritage Week Events this year
As you can't safely go in to the building, everything's outside but it's a history of the Golden Lion with something on what they plan on doing with it in future if they get more funding, I don't know if there's any degree of consultation involved there.
This will be from 6:30 - 7:30 pm outside the Golden Lion.
 
I would think the introduction of French doors at the back were not really just" to make building safe and secure". They had a purpose. I hope the purpose is one associated with the history of the building
 
Thinking a bit more about this, the renovations (all highly welcomed) are intended simply to make the building watertight. But surely, in the interim, it could still be used as a simple cafe/refreshments point with useful outside seating area linked to the building. It needs to have a vision for future use, otherwise its wasted money. And going forward, it won't support itself unless some income can be generated.
 
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