Osborne View fire: Residents react as community focal point burns down
Local residents were in disbelief as firefighters tackled the blaze at The Osborne View pub.
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00:00 Good morning, I'm Councillor Steve Ugan, Hillhead Councillor.
00:03 Hello, Councillor Ugan. Welcome to the council.
00:06 Perfect, thank you. So when did you first hear about the fire today?
00:10 I saw it on Facebook first thing this morning, pictures of it, at night.
00:16 I had to do a school run this morning, but as soon as I'd finished that, I came straight down,
00:22 picked up Councillor Mandry, and we came down to see what was happening and to make sure everyone was okay.
00:29 Yeah, absolutely. So yeah, obviously a bit of a shock for yourselves and for all the residents as well.
00:34 It's a very big shock. Personally, for me, I've been going in there for the last 30 years.
00:39 My wedding reception was in there.
00:41 Oh, right.
00:42 It's a big loss for the community, but it's a good community space, and it's very, very popular, especially during the summer.
00:49 Yeah, I was going to say, it's quite a personal experience for yourself.
00:53 Yeah.
00:54 And have you heard from any residents this morning?
00:57 Only comments on Facebook.
01:00 Yeah, yeah, obviously, yeah.
01:01 There's a couple around in the car park.
01:03 Yeah, who were, again, really shocked, and they just come down to see it because they couldn't actually believe it.
01:09 Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
01:10 I was talking to the 18th birthday party, and they were thrown out as well.
01:13 Oh, right.
01:14 We spoke to one of the fire officers as we came down. He said once it gets hot in the roof, that's it, really,
01:21 and the only thing that's left standing are the bits that don't really burn, and it's a fairly old building, and it's pretty bad, yeah.
01:29 Yeah.
01:30 From a councillor's perspective, what's the next steps for you in terms of--
01:33 Well, the next steps for us, really, is not a lot.
01:38 It's just to make sure that everyone's okay and make everybody aware.
01:43 It'll just be liaising with maybe the pub owners, the brewery, to see what their plans are with the building or the site would be the next thing I would imagine.
01:56 I'm Steve, and I'm a local resident here, and I just heard the news this morning, unfortunately.
02:01 Perfect. Yeah, yeah, obviously, yeah, sad news.
02:04 Did you hear anything of it in the night at all?
02:06 No, not at all. I'm afraid I sleep very soundly.
02:10 No, I didn't hear that, but obviously we got contact this morning on social media from our neighbours who are fellow customers,
02:18 and I just thought I'd come down and look and see what was actually happening this morning.
02:23 Yeah, perfect.
02:25 And obviously, yeah, a bit of a shock. How are you feeling about it? Do you go to the pub quite a lot?
02:29 Yes, I do. So we're going to miss it.
02:32 I mean, we have the Haven, which has shut down recently, so to lose a second local amenity is a bit of a tragedy, really.
02:41 And I hope that they will manage to rebuild it as a pub.
02:45 What's your name and what do you do?
02:46 My name's Paul.
02:47 Paul. What's your surname?
02:48 Paul Tebbett.
02:49 Paul Tebbett. No problem. Obviously, you're from the local area?
02:51 Yeah, yeah, just up the road.
02:53 Perfect. Have you been in this pub before?
02:55 Yeah, last 30 years.
02:57 Oh, really?
02:58 So, yeah.
02:59 So, yes.
03:00 Every Friday night we have the dogs.
03:02 Right.
03:03 So, yeah, sad news. I personally just want to send my condolences to the staff.
03:11 Last stand present has been a great loser for all of us.
03:14 So, yeah, sad.
03:16 Yeah.
03:17 5 o'clock this morning after walking the dogs to town.
03:20 Oh, really? So did you hear anything in the night at all?
03:22 No, nothing at all. No, nothing at all.
03:24 Okay, so just...
03:25 Well, it is. So, I've only got one thing to say now.
03:29 It's definitely rest in peace, the Osborne View, and welcome to Dead Hill Heads.
03:35 Dead Hill Heads.
03:36 So, that's it now. It's gone.
03:37 In terms of that's... there's nothing left here anymore?
03:39 No.
03:40 Yeah.
03:41 It was... oh, okay.
03:42 Major player in the area.
03:44 Really?
03:45 They tried to save the Havens, but weren't very successful.
03:48 This was the last man standing, or last Queen standing.
03:52 Yeah.
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