Gonna miss her, last batch of people vacate today ready for demolition.
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Will the last person to leave switch off the light, end of an era Amex House
- Thread starter Chicken Run
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Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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Sign of getting old when buildings you have seen built are being demolished
juliant
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Couple more weeks yet before everyone's out. Gonna miss the view over the pier and sea but not the rain coming in through the windows !!
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
1977
desprateseagull
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'Asbestos riddled', apparantly.
mikeyjh
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Not quite, 3 weeks yet. You should see the place though, really showing its age....
KZNSeagull
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Where are they moving to?
juliant
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Most back to Sussex House now its been refurbed and the remainder Telecom House or home working
OzMike
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We used to sneak in and play in the snooker rooms years ago, money in the light meter.
Cheaper beer too as I remember.
Cheaper beer too as I remember.
fat old seagull
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Not quite, 3 weeks yet. You should see the place though, really showing its age...
Blimey it's only 38!
Most inner city buildings are over a 100, many a lot more. I guess it doesn't say much for modern building standards.
KZNSeagull
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Are they then building a new office in it's place?
mikeyjh
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Not quite, 3 weeks yet. You should see the place though, really showing its age...
Blimey it's only 38!
Most inner city buildings are over a 100, many a lot more. I guess it doesn't say much for modern building standards.
Very fair point, and I guess some of it may be down to dwindling investment, but we've recently had buckets lying around the place catching the water - Really makes you feel you're living in the corporate fast lane.
38 years though, not good is it.....
Man of Harveys
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What are they building there?
My old boss claimed to have been fired from every FLOOR of that building on different occasions. Quite a feat.
My old boss claimed to have been fired from every FLOOR of that building on different occasions. Quite a feat.
mikeyjh
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According to the planning permission, it's supposed to revert to public space - I reckon flats within 3 years......
Blues Rock DJ
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feel old, can remember working from John Street when it was being built........
The Birdman
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They Closed14 offices in Sussex when they opened Amex House it was two small within in 6 months. They closed 5 in Mid Sussex which was The Martlets , London road opposite the Royal George which lost a lot of trade. In Haywards Heath Milton House, Eastchester and Westchester House which are all still standing on the entrance to Burrell Road. The Card Division started with 12 staff in Haymarket in 1966 ( a good year) then moved to the Birch Hotel Haywards Heath until Westchester House was ready. The Hayworth ,Liverpool arms and the Burrell did very well out of the Amex and Bain and Dawes staff. It is great they have refitted Sussex House as it will help to put much needed revenue into Burgess Hill. Thank you Amex for sponsoring the Albion.
Captain Sensible
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I worked there for a couple of years mid nineties. Are they re locating out of Sussex?
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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Sorry, but it's an utterly revolting piece of second rate self-regarding architecture that blotted 100 views from round the city for nearly 40 years too long. Understandable that Amex's accountants recently allowed it to decay into a shabby wreck but the sight of it did nothing for the company's claims to be community spirited. It wasn't a building, it was a hole in the sky.