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:00:22. > :00:22.We have lots of wonderful buildings battens down t We

:00:23. > :00:30.We have lots of wonderful buildings in this country. Some are easy to

:00:31. > :00:36.spot, symbols of great power. Others are almost forgotten, hidden from

:00:37. > :00:42.the world. Many aren't beautiful, but they all tell stories about how

:00:43. > :00:45.we lived in the past. It's a sad fact that as time passes and

:00:46. > :00:52.fashions change, buildings that we once loved and valued are neglected

:00:53. > :00:56.and can fall into ruin. Ten years ago, the BBC made a series called

:00:57. > :00:58.Restoration, which flew the flag for buildings in peril and celebrated

:00:59. > :01:04.those who were fighting to save them. In this programme, I'll

:01:05. > :01:07.revisit some of those buildings to see how the restoration campaigns

:01:08. > :01:08.work out, and I'll also find other buildings which in my view, should

:01:09. > :01:19.certainly be saved. I'll meet the volunteer who put the

:01:20. > :01:24.wind back into the sales of Britain's tallest windmill. When you

:01:25. > :01:28.feel the mill grinding, you can feel that vibration now all the way

:01:29. > :01:32.through your body. You know, it's like a heartbeat pulsing through the

:01:33. > :01:38.building. It's just superb. I'll discover why an ancient castle

:01:39. > :01:42.needs a modern roof. It'll be an interesting little programme. Bit of

:01:43. > :01:45.a jigsaw. They can blame me if it doesn't quite fit, yes. I'm looking

:01:46. > :01:50.forward to that day. And I'll find out what's become of

:01:51. > :01:57.this derelict Victorian treasure. You've got this fatal combination of

:01:58. > :01:59.water, structure and rust. But my first port of call is

:02:00. > :02:07.Grimsby. There's nothing standard about

:02:08. > :02:11.modern restoration projects. They can come in the most unlikely

:02:12. > :02:19.places. I'm in Grimsby docks, and this building is one that many

:02:20. > :02:24.people would like to see restored. Hello, Vicky. Hello. How do you do?

:02:25. > :02:27.Well, it's terrific. It's enormous. And it's very run down, isn't it?

:02:28. > :02:30.Yes, it is. But why are you determined to save it? Well, it's a

:02:31. > :02:33.very important building. It's grade`II* listed, and it's the only

:02:34. > :02:39.ice factory with its machinery intact of this period still

:02:40. > :02:43.existing. And it is, or was, the biggest ice factory in the world? So

:02:44. > :02:49.they claim. They produced 1,200 tonnes of ice every day, and they

:02:50. > :02:52.worked seven days a week. Right. And that, of course, was so important to

:02:53. > :02:54.these docks, wasn't it? It was incredibly important. Grimsby was

:02:55. > :02:58.the busiest fishing port in the world in the middle of the last

:02:59. > :03:05.century, and it was down to the enterprise of the people who built

:03:06. > :03:08.this ice factory, really. It's spectacular from the outside, but

:03:09. > :03:15.what's behind the walls that make this building unique?

:03:16. > 9:56:19This is something, isn't it? Isn't it amazing? These