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Irreplaceable album lost forever

No chance given to search for possessions before building torn down
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Workers complete part of a firewall that collapsed on Accent on Pastries, crushing the Douglas Crescent bakery. The bakery building has been demolished, and two neighbouring business premises have not been repaired.

When Accent on Pastries was demolished recently, the only opportunity to search for possessions belonging to baker Mike Peglar evaporated.So too, did the chance to search the debris for a wedding album belonging to Rob and Sylvia Bath.The album had been taken to Accent on Pastries by the couple's children who were arranging a surprise 25th wedding anniversary party for them. Peglar had been hired to make a cake, just like the one the Baths cut on their wedding day. Baker was to copy the cake from a photo in the album.The album, wrapped in plastic, was in the bakery when a cinder block wall, separating the bakery from a condo building under construction, collapsed on Nov. 6. The building and its contents were crushed.It was too dangerous for anyone to enter the premises to search for the album or any other items.Although 91原创 City had notified the insurance adjusters of the situation, it was a surprise to Bath when the building was demolished."We are very frustrated," Rob Bath said."All along all we wanted was an opportunity to retrieve our album or some pictures from it. We made it clear to everyone involved that we wanted to be there for the beginning of the demolition. We didn't even get a phone call."Bath went to the bakery when The Times called him an hour or two after the demolition began.By the time he got there, all that was left was a pile of rubble.Sylvia Bath phoned the mayor and the City's CAO, Francis Cheung in his office."No one had a reason why we hadn't been contacted," Bath said."Maybe we wouldn't have been able to retrieve any pictures from the album. I guess now we will never know.""We informed the insurance company of their situation," Cheung said."However, we have no authority to put that (a search) as a requirement of a demolition permit," he said, adding that "it's unfortunate that they went ahead and did it."Peglar said he rescued a computer which a company is now examining to see if data can be retrieved."Everything is lost, except the computer," he said.Peglar, who had owned the business for 23 years, said that Accent on Pastries "was my bread and butter."He said it's unlikely that he will re-open the bakery."It's easy to maintain a business, but starting up is quite a lot different," he said."It's a great shame. We had a good business going there, and a lot of people liked it."





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