Save The Kirkwall Black Building Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-kirkwall-black-building.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:41 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Dr George Mowat-Brown [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6438533?utm_medium=rss Not only is this building of local interest, but has such obvious potential for tourism. It appears to be in sound condition and would not require much investment to continue its preservation prior to refurbishment as a tourist attraction.

]]> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:14:45 UTC 6438533 Mr Magnus Spence [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6434345?utm_medium=rss This building was designed and built to be difficult to destroy, the house sites gained are going to be the most expensive created in Orkney for a long time to come! Surely it makes economic sense to prevent it from further deterioration and try to make use of it rather than to try to demolish it especially when it has the potential to become a future attraction. The Martello tower in Hoy made a servicable store for manys a year before its restoration.

]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:58:05 UTC 6434345 allie matches [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6431327?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:51:09 UTC 6431327 Mr Nigel Ruckley [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6430179?utm_medium=rss The "Kirkwall black Building" is an integral part of the 20th century military history of Orkney and should be saved for future generations of historians.

]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:02:43 UTC 6430179 Mrs Margaret Garson [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6430172?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:00:01 UTC 6430172 MRS MELANIE BARKER [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6428729?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:50:49 UTC 6428729 Bertha Work [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6427630?utm_medium=rss It is a disgrace that we have come to this. This building should have been preserved from the outset and encapsulated as it was left, along with an amazing amount of historic value to the general public. We are now at the stage that this building has lost significant historic value but it should now be preserved and if possible brought back to some sort level of usefulness as a reminder of how important Orkney was in the Wars.

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:52:29 UTC 6427630 David Work [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6427603?utm_medium=rss This building is a part of Orkney and indeed British history. It played one of the most important parts in the deployment of the British Navy during the Wars and should be preserved. It should never have been touched in the first place but that we cannot change - the total destruction of the building and its historic value - we can change

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:46:29 UTC 6427603 Mrs Ann Nibbs [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6425556?utm_medium=rss To deprive current and future generations of this unique and important link with the history of the United Kingdom is appalling. I can see no valid reason for it.

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:48:43 UTC 6425556 Mrs Pamela Duncan [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6422995?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:41:15 UTC 6422995 mr philip perry [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6422889?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:22:10 UTC 6422889 Mr Mike MacDonald [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6422543?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:09:22 UTC 6422543 Mrs Valerie Hughes [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6422316?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:20:56 UTC 6422316 mrs Penelope Shepherd [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6422177?utm_medium=rss WHEN ITS GONE ITS GONE FOR EVER.
Do we have to destroy everything of importance for the sake of the greed of property developers.

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:54:25 UTC 6422177 Mr Christian Marwick [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6417679?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:05:12 UTC 6417679 Mr Anonymous [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6416680?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:46:25 UTC 6416680 Mr Roger J.C. Thomas [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6416593?utm_medium=rss The overall survival of WWII military structures and features in the Orkney Islands is amoungst the very best in the World, and should be exploited to increase visitors to the islands to help the economy, particularly hotels and B&Bs. The loss of this highly significant structure would detrimentally effect the over-all group value that makes the Orkney defences such an import world heritage location. I strongly urge that the council reverses their decision and uses imagination to find a new use

]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:05:13 UTC 6416593 Mr Arthur Ritch [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6414750?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:49:30 UTC 6414750 Ms Sandra Nicol [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6412168?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:49:07 UTC 6412168 Mr Anthony Stell [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6410293?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Nov 2009 02:00:26 UTC 6410293 mr andrew rendall [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6410055?utm_medium=rss This very important piece of history should have been preserved a long time ago, instead of being butchered for the stone chips from the roof .. no wonder it leaks!
I feel it should be saved and turned into a museum dedicated to the very important role which Orkney played during the wartime. There has to be some sort of funding for projects of this nature that could be utilised.

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:38:45 UTC 6410055 Ms jem grieve [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6409475?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:30:30 UTC 6409475 Mrs Patricia Pomp [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6408697?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:46:20 UTC 6408697 Mrs Sheena Fairclough [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6408681?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:42:04 UTC 6408681 Mr Ronald Greatrix [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6408499?utm_medium=rss Would we burn all the history in the library? NO. So why destroy this piece of history?

Personal sentiment!
I have fond memories of time spent in there with Kirkwall Arts Club. Rehersals.

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2009 01:29:46 UTC 6408499 Miss Kelly Harcus [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6407822?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:38:12 UTC 6407822 Mr Kenneth Anderson [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6407807?utm_medium=rss The Black Building was always a feature on family walks up the Berstane Road and around Tankerness Road fifty years ago. It has been part of the environment since the war years and would be a loss if demolished.

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:30:14 UTC 6407807 mr g brammah [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6406536?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:33:54 UTC 6406536 Mr Peter Delaney [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6406012?utm_medium=rss In view of the vital part that the Orkney Islands played in WW2, I hope that the decision to demolish this building will be reconsidered. Appropriate development and marketing could see it become a remunerative tourist attraction as a museum and focal point for WW2 (and possibly WW1)memorabilia. Lyness already exists to concentrate on naval aspects but the other services and the vital role they played must be recorded for future generations. The Black Building could serve that function.

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:52:36 UTC 6406012 Dr colin shepherd [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6405949?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:18:40 UTC 6405949 Mr David Threadgold [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6405183?utm_medium=rss Let's have a bot of vision here and image what an asset this building could be. In the long term worth far more than a quick buck for a couple of houses!!

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:43:02 UTC 6405183 Kristi Cumming [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6404486?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:50:19 UTC 6404486 Anonymous [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6404376?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:11:56 UTC 6404376 Miss Anonymous [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403814?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:26:01 UTC 6403814 mr adam stevenson [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403763?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:06:40 UTC 6403763 Ms Sylvia Esslemont [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403397?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:34:33 UTC 6403397 Colonel William Clements [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403318?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:14:57 UTC 6403318 Mr John Clarke [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403299?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:10:03 UTC 6403299 David Lea [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403004?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:38:19 UTC 6403004 Mr Laurence Tait [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402699?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:09:43 UTC 6402699 Mr Eoin Robert Stevenson [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402666?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:56 UTC 6402666 Anonymous [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402584?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:34:39 UTC 6402584 Mr Anonymous [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402561?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:27:43 UTC 6402561 Miss Alison Howard [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402489?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:05:49 UTC 6402489 safty in saving alfred hutchison [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402353?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:26:26 UTC 6402353 MRS HELENA CUTLER [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6402057?utm_medium=rss Please think again - this building has far too much historical value for it to be destroyed.

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:44:05 UTC 6402057 Mr Chris Watson [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6401886?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:47:56 UTC 6401886 Dr Ian Lee [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6401796?utm_medium=rss Unique building

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:19:01 UTC 6401796 Mr Matthew Wylie [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6401115?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:53 UTC 6401115 miss Emma Tulloch [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6400423?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:09:54 UTC 6400423 Ronald Ritch [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6400327?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:44:22 UTC 6400327 tyy ccc [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6400259?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:24:20 UTC 6400259 Miss Jean Ross [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6400042?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:32:18 UTC 6400042 Aneta Meszka [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399928?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:06:25 UTC 6399928 MR JAMES HESFORD [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399691?utm_medium=rss Save the Black Building !!!!!

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:09:35 UTC 6399691 Mr Allan Jamieson [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399509?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:28:58 UTC 6399509 Mr Magnus Ritch [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399504?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:28:32 UTC 6399504 miss eleanor shiel [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399394?utm_medium=rss Worryingly nobody seems to have been so concerned about preserving this building. I suspect at this point it is far too late, but good luck to you anyway.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:07:30 UTC 6399394 Mr Michael Webster [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399299?utm_medium=rss The Black Building is part of Orkney Heritage and should be saved for future generations

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:47:05 UTC 6399299 Mr David Younger [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399223?utm_medium=rss It should remain as reminder to future generations of the sacrifices made by the brave pilots of the RAF in the second world war.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:28:38 UTC 6399223 Margaret Watson [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399216?utm_medium=rss Orkney played such an important part in WW2 and the war was also a major factor changing Orkney society that surely buildings relating to that time should be preserved. The Lyness Museum does cover this but not all tourists have the time or transport to make the trip to Hoy. A state of the art interpretation centre would provide a resource both for tourists and local schools

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:27:27 UTC 6399216 Mr Glenn Taylor [Signature #231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399184?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:22:12 UTC 6399184 mr christopher billing [Signature #230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399166?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:18:57 UTC 6399166 Mr Ian Brown [Signature #229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6399059?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:50:56 UTC 6399059 Mrs Marina Anderson [Signature #228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398911?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:16:51 UTC 6398911 Dale Turland-Ord [Signature #227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398891?utm_medium=rss This could be a good tourist attraction if managed in the right and offering the right 'experience' Many visitors do not appreciate the importance of the Orkneys in the nations defence

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:12:42 UTC 6398891 Mr Peter Swannie [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398866?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:08:03 UTC 6398866 Mrs Elizabeth Swannie [Signature #225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398859?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:06:45 UTC 6398859 Mrs Ruth Wilson [Signature #224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398847?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:04:38 UTC 6398847 Mr Alan Arthur [Signature #223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398678?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:26:20 UTC 6398678 Mr R A Scarth [Signature #222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398543?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:02:25 UTC 6398543 Mr Everett Garson [Signature #221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398426?utm_medium=rss No way should this historical building be demolished.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:38:31 UTC 6398426 Mr Matthew Younger [Signature #220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398410?utm_medium=rss How can councils get away with destroying heritage in this way?

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:35:27 UTC 6398410 Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton [Signature #219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398276?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:59 UTC 6398276 Hugh Halcro-Johnston [Signature #218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398203?utm_medium=rss This is an important part of our heritage and should be preserved as such.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:48:16 UTC 6398203 Mr Gary Budge [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398131?utm_medium=rss Don't knock down the Black Building, it is part of our heritage!

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:32:34 UTC 6398131 mr john challoner [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397999?utm_medium=rss short sighted council once gone cannot be retrieved look at the channel islands to see what can be done'

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:01 UTC 6397999 Mr Neil Johnstone [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397985?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:57:40 UTC 6397985 Ms Katrina Davidson [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397966?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:52:15 UTC 6397966 MR Doug Watson [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397954?utm_medium=rss Would be a shame to lose this historical building, if the money and the willpower can be found to save it then please do.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:49:44 UTC 6397954 Dr Nicholas Johnston [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397923?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:12 UTC 6397923 mr Bobby Spence [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397906?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:38:58 UTC 6397906 Ms Rosie Scollie [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397903?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:37:52 UTC 6397903 Mr Tim Dodman [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397766?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:01:03 UTC 6397766 Denise Watts [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397755?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:58:32 UTC 6397755 Martin Watts [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397745?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:56:12 UTC 6397745 Mr Paul Booth [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397732?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:54:00 UTC 6397732 Paul Cawdron [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397728?utm_medium=rss This could be an important asset to the council and people of Orkney from a tourist point of view. The Scapa Flow centre is a magnet for tourists - why not make this one.
It would be a disgrace to knock it down.
Engage the material between your ears and make the right decision and save a unique and historically important building for future generations.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:52:59 UTC 6397728 Ms Valerie Robinson [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397619?utm_medium=rss If Ivanov one of my favourite artists asks me to sign a petition and it is a worthy cause I have no hesitation.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:25:27 UTC 6397619 Mrs Wendy Berston [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397599?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:19:54 UTC 6397599 Mr Neil Craigie [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397585?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:16:54 UTC 6397585 Mr Paul Lowe [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397538?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:06:56 UTC 6397538 Ms Ulrike Prib [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397503?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:26 UTC 6397503 toomas mikkor [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397492?utm_medium=rss I've been living on Papay 2008 and 2009, that's why i'm concerned about this matter.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:58:42 UTC 6397492 Dawn Collins [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397485?utm_medium=rss This building should be kept it has become part of the community and history of the young people who grew up with it. The Black Building is as important as the neolithic sites to future generations. It is an accomplished brick construction of contemporary historical significance.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:57:53 UTC 6397485 Mr Trevor Harvey Morris [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397472?utm_medium=rss I have 4 children and their children living in Orkney and this is part of their heritage.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:55:28 UTC 6397472 Lisa Ross [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397467?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:54:12 UTC 6397467 julie munro [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397407?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:41:57 UTC 6397407 andy and jane clark [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397360?utm_medium=rss the black building is been there all our lives and the destruction of it is nothing short of evil planning by oic.we love to walk up past it.im sure many people in orkney would donate money to help preserve our unique heritage.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:28:58 UTC 6397360 Miss Theresa Kemp [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6397359?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:28:50 UTC 6397359