On 14, Dec 2006, at 18:09, Steve Haywood wrote:
> On 14/12/06, Staffy @ Stourport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> If we're lucky we might get half a dozen overnight moorings; the rest
> are
> scheduled to be sold with the new houses. My own guess is that we
> won't get
> even that many.
When I saw one set of plans there were houses "nicely" set back from
the water's edge but the in phase 2 the space in between was to be
filled with flats. So it is a bit half baked which maybe why Wimpey
pulled out.
> You may be Britain's number 1 canal town
Thank you {;>)
> but BW obviously
> don't think you're worth that much. Have a look at the roof of the
> Yacht
> Club - you'll see a section of tiling done as it should be - that'll
> have
> explanatory boards explaining the proper overlapped nature of the
> original
> building. The rest will be done on the cheap.
Well the YC roof is all done though I haven't had a close look and they
haven't responded to my application for membership. It looks pretty
decent to me. And the tiles recovered from the YC are being used to
re-roof the chandlery.
> As will the lining of the
> basin which actually isn't funded to be fully completed, this despite
> the
> fact that BW have made a packet developing the Litchfield Street basin
> and
> selling the Tontine which should have been the centrepiece of the new
> Stourport, with at least some sort of access to those of us who love
> the
> building and appreciate its hstory.
The money being spent on the basin sides and coping astounds me. Huge
lumps of reconstituted (presumably) sandstone. I don't know how they do
it for the money ! The hump back bridge which is the access to the
Tontine and the Angel is another expensive item. Less humped than would
have been authentic to provide access to wheelchairs, reportedly.
> But no, the cash raised from all this
> had gone to buying a fragment of Docklands as part of that nice Mr
> Evans'
> policy of financial 'self-sufficiency' (As long as we give him half
> billion of property assets to be self sufficient with.)
Can't comment.
> But hey, I better not say anything here! After all, we don't criticize
> BW
> now, do we? Not now we're in bed with them
Eeek !
Staffy
