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What changes would we like to see to improve our area?TalkClacton.myfastforum.org wants to hear the best 100+ ideas to improve our area. We can publish them at gettingwarmer.net/talkclacton.We can publish our photos there too on any of the subjects here. |
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| EssexGurl |
Ok an oldie but a goodie.
New toilets for Dovercourt sea front. |
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| suffolkpunch |
And some flower planting along the promenade
And no cutting the hedge back in spring when the birds nest. Anyone else would be arrested!! Do it in Autumn instead. |
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| ferret |
I would like to see safe cycle paths | ||
| ferret |
A proper swimming poole with plumes and things near the town centre so it is more central for every one to use. The shops may benefit too if it brings people into town. Better than all those stupid flats that are not selling. | ||
| amenity |
ferret,
Have a look at the new thread 'swimming pools'. Would appreciate your observations. |
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| amenity |
I take up suffolkpunch's point, stop cutting the hedge along Marine Parade during the sensitive bird season.
I know TDC are very aware of the risk of being brought to book so next year I'm going to report them to the wildlife officer at Clacton Police station. Having had discussions with him during the last year I can vouch for his keeness to protect bird life. Bird life is acknowledged to be in decline. |
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| amenity |
About 1.6million people were counted coming through the port a couple of years ago, if trade is important could not something be done to encourage tourist to deviate from their headlong rush south? Essex gained (according to ECC) £487 million from tourism in 2003. | ||
| amenity |
The post below was posted first on Douglas's site, no one picked it up but now Canada is following the USA in clean air policy, we who have a much smaller hinterland than these two giant countries haven't woken up to the health implications and the COST to our people and NHS.
PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:23 pm Every time I look over to Felixstowe and see the soot pumping out of those ships I fancy I am breathing it in. Perhaps I am, perhaps I'm not, but sure as eggs are eggs someone is. So could we not press for cleaner fuel for shipping. The Americans have a twenty mile exclusion zone for bunker fuel around their coast so why can't we? Bunker fuel= the rubbish left over after all the other fuels are extracted from oil. Bunker fuel is rich in particulate matter and NOX and SOX Extract from Lloyds List 30 Nov 06 Vancouver to reduce dues for clean fuel THE Port of Vancouver plans to reward ships which burn cleaner fuel with reduced port dues from the start of April 2007 and will levy higher fees on what it sees as heavily polluting visitors. The Back Page |
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| suffolkpunch |
And I'd like to see proper sorted at doorstep waste collection.
TDC don't care. They allow it to be mixed because they burn it all. That's what I heard . Anyone know if it's true? |
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| amenity |
This is something that needs further exploration, what does safe mean? For example, how about finding a way to help cyclists at places where roads narrow. At the moment the cycle track stops and the advice to riders is dismount and walk the dangerous bit, really, is that a good idea? Lots of cylclist wonder if the person or organisation that took the design brief had cycling at heart. Maybe the council are obliged to have a cycling route but cannot afford one that is truely safe. Councils should admit the problem and say what would it take to provide this service, at least this would provide a starting point for dialogue. |
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| frankie |
a playground restored at old road playing fields.
(not very busy at work hence all the posts!!) |
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| Lin |
Save some money by NOT putting All the floodlights on the Leisure centre when it's not being used.I see they have all 32 lights on at the moment and 4 blokes on the pitch....it's 2.20 in the afternoon for goodness sake ...
Agree about Old Road ,There used to be swings and things there ,ok not a huge amount but something is better than nothing. Lin ,at home ,pretending the housework is done 
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| frankie |
i used to play on old road playing fields everyday during the school holidays many moons ago!
these fields were left to the council on the understanding they were to be kept as a play area, a friend of mine has it on his deeds for his house. best thing they could do there is cut the football pitches from 2 to 1 and build a new playpark. frankie, pretending to be busy at work |
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| Lin |
I don't think TDC would like that.
You see ,that nasty little group called 'Locals' would use it and it's too far away from the town centre and holidaymakers . Lin polishing the radiators so hubby thinks I have been busy
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| EssexGurl |
Now we have confirmation of the new toilets for Dovercourt - big cheer - I would like to see the skating rink done up - the whole area really and made more inviting and appealing for people of all ages.
EssexGurl tries to figure out what this work thing is people keep talking about and fails. |
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| frankie |
lin did you get your radiators done!!?? At work we print magazines for councils up and down the country,one council has a brilliant action plan in the summer they have what they call a sports van,a van full of sports equipment.during the school holidays a van drives around the district and when they see groups of youths hanging around they pull over and ask them if they fancy a game of football,cricket,hockey,rounders etc. perhaps that could work here. |
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| Lin |
Thought I would really THINK BIG and came up with an idea to turn one of our biggest eyesores into something grand.
What about ,if money were really no object and this would never happen .Turn the Pavillion into a Botanical Garden ,south -facing ect it would be ideal to turn into Clactons very own Eden Project ,glass dome on top .......well..... we are allowed to dream..... Anyone got anymore GRAND IDEAS for local eyesores ????? |
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| frankie |
that is a great idea Lin, im sure if the council was interested in something like that they could apply for funding. | ||
| amenity |
frankie said,
"one council has a brilliant action plan in the summer they have what they call a sports van,a van full of sports equipment.during the school holidays a van drives around the district and when they see groups of youths hanging around they pull over and ask them if they fancy a game of football,cricket,hockey,rounders etc." Sounds very good to me, we could take a new look at the few remaining open spaces and see if the neighbours wouldn't mind those no ball games signs coming down. |
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| EssexGurl |
Where my friends live there is a no balls game sign near by. Despite there being a playing field near by they are constantly being asked by kids if they can have their ball back as they have kicked it over into their garden. Sometimes 4 times a day. If they are too busy or as normally happens eating when there is yet another knock at the door they tell the kids they will have to wait. You can be sure that 5 mins later there is another knock at the door. The kids have even been known to climb over a very high wall to get their balls back if they dont get any joy from my friends straight away. The kids who do know better care little about all the plants etc that have been ruined by the balls raining down hard into their garden. Nor do they care that when they climb over the wall and walk over the shed roof that they are breaking it. Nor do they care that one of the balls has put a huge crack in their backdoor window. My friend has a little one and is at times scared to let him play out back for fear that he'll get hit by one of these balls. For 7 years they have been asking these kids to stop and for 7 years they have apologised and gone back right to doing it.
Kids need somewhere to play but sometimes those no ball games signs are there for a reason. |
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| amenity |
Perhaps we should put the "No Ball Games" sign up over the place where we want them, at the playing field. 
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| Lin |
And bins with 'don't put rubbish here'......gauranteed to be full then. | ||
| frankie |
lin, you live near vista rec have they done the playground up yet? i remember the council calling that park the jewel in the crown and all it consists of is a few swings and a slide!!
i remember as a kid carrying my bike up the slide and trying to ride it down and falling off half way,cutting my knee open and having 6 stitches,im glad to say ive grown up into a mature responsible adult! 
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| Lin |
Now you are being silly ,course they haven't done it up ,when I last looked (this morning) there is a rusting helicopter climbing frame and thats it unless you want to count what fencing is left on it.
As you know ...family trees ect ....I came across a photo taken when I was a toddler of me sitting on that very slide. The words S%&* h^&e springs to mind. I remember the putting green over there and the little kiosk where you could hire bats and tings ,oh and ice creams I used to get Heart lollies...ooooh best stop as I'm getting all reminiscent now. Did you know they used to play County ...yes County cricket over there?? I also have maps from circa 1930's of what was there . Oh happy days when the sun always shone .....now I sound like Ivan the Scootie boy
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| frankie |
i remember the variety club playing cricket there and leslie crowther giving me 10p for getting the cricket ball back after it had gone in a bush.
do you remember the bushes around the playground,we used to play 40-40 hiding in them and we had to make it back to the climbing frame. im starting to get all emotional now 
those were the good old days,i used to be out all day playing now its all playstions and computers,not including forums because we are sensible hardworking adults 
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| Lin |
...and the drinking fountain tingy on the wall ,the bushes that were like a maze ,cycling your bike around the top of the mounds that surrounded the play area ,oh and the big sign that told you that if you were over 14 you shouldn't be on the swings...by order! and those wonderful gates .....sandwich ,bottle of drink and you wouldn't get seen from morning till sunset.
I'm beginning to sound like my mother 
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| frankie |
your not my sister are you!!!!!!
i used to get a sherbet dib dab from the kiosk when it was there and also my favourite which was a texan bar,do you remember them? i also remember riding my grifter bike around the mounds and falling off pretending i was evil knievel
you didnt need any money to have fun in those bygone days!! |
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| Lin |
Think we should have a new thread named 'Remember the Good Things ' but thats a bit twee.
We could all put forward the best bits of our towns that have now disappeared. |
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| frankie |
you must remember charlie the bus driver,he used to walk around town pretending he was driving a bus. the local bus depot even gave him a cap and a ticket machine,now he was a character. | ||
| Lin |
Oh I remember him ,he used to stop off for a cuppa in the Bus Station Cafe.
The bus drivers gave him a drivers badge ,his reversing skills would put most young drivers to shame. Another couple you may remember...One Arm Pip and Good Old Charlie Wheeler(he used to give me sixpence every saturday). Oooh and climbing over the fence to get into Butlins and using the pool for free
What about when the carnival association when they used to have the firework display over Vista Road,somewhere I have a photo of me in the carnival as a Geisha Girl with the Elise school of dancing .........perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned that...
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| frankie |
charlie was the tramp who sat by the land which is now holly court flats,there was a rumour that he actually owned the land.
why was it that everyone was called charlie in those times!! frankie.........sitting at his desk pretending to be doing his morning report
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| Lin |
There's many stories about Charlie Wheeler .
I can vaguely remember that he had a Merry-go-round on Jaywick beach.But the thing I remember is that HUGE wart on his nose. He was quite a 'knowing'chap ,he regaled us kids with many stories of his exploits. Clacton seems to have lost all the Characters as it grew. But now we have Ivan
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| frankie |
has ivan got a HUGE wart on his nose
do you remember the chap that used to walk around town holding his ear or the man that when you asked him the time he would chase after you. the only character now or rather recognisable person in clacton now would be the one called elvis with his black gelled hair. when we used to talk to these people it was fun and not nasty,if you had these characters today their lives would be intolerable. frankie.... just about to put in his stationary order. |
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| Lin |
Oh you mean the Time Lord ...
we would dare each other to ask him the time ,he would go nuts and chase us ,shouting "I'll give you the Bl*%^y time" . We got followed by a group from Barker House once so we ran across to the railway bridge ,charged up the stairs thinking we were safe when another group of them came up the other side... Apart from scaring ourselves silly ,we ,and they were harmless and no-one beat them up or robbed them .It was just gentle banter. |
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| frankie |
our harwich friends are probably thinking what the hell are we talking about!
oh how i wish i could go back in time,that was probably the best time of my life,having no worries and life just being fun,all i had to do was make sure i got home in time for my tea. i was a bit naughty when i was younger,i used to go to the amusment arcades when i wasnt allowed to,it all went wrong one day when my bike got stolen and i had to explain that to my mum and dad,lets just say they were not best pleased. |
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| Lin |
OOOOOHH I think someone has ruffled Pirre Oxleys feathers on the gazette website , it appears that he has taken to calling himself Anonymous of Clacton.
Have a read because he is trying to justify spending pot loads of money on the Leisure Centre and claiming that is costing the tax payers nothing as the money came from selling disused parcels of land......you see we need a fitness suite because the cramped flats that they build on these 'small plots'certainly won't have gardens and we need to execise somewhere......... |
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| amenity |
Surely the planning committee TDC could have made it a condition of approval for the builder/owner of the flats that they contribute to the fitness center. Otherwise it looks as though public money is supporting private profit through enhancement. | ||
| ivan burit |
IVAN FALLING OF HIS CHAIR LAUGHING AFTER READING ABOVEHA..HA..HA..Ivan now going on the Gazette site..(why would Ivan have a huge tingy on his nose ? ).....But, Ivan remembers being a chip eater when he was about 10, staying on Vally Farm in a huge ex army ridge tent, on arriving in / on a motor cycle and side car as the family transport, collecting dry grass to put under the tents ground sheet, and having an army of insects living under your bed for 2 weeks (not a good idea that one).. of remembering being on Clactons finest beach in the blazing sun, having to hide under a shelter of deck chairs to get out of the sun, being covered with cocconut oil for suncreame (must have smelt like a large malibu) of looking through the gates of Butlins at the rich kids, but all getting in for free one day (my dad could charm people better than me even) of visiting my poor mum while she stayed in a big old convalescing home between the Station and the sea front..of my first holiday without my parents and staying at Wheeley Bridge Camping Site, and spending my weeks money in 3 days and getting the sites owners to give me / mymates some tinned food and getting told off by my Dad in front of owners, but laughing his head off later...and not to forget arriving in town as a 16 year old on my first owned transport - A SCOOT - and trying it on with all the girlies (LIN)...lol... |
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| Lin |
Ivan , Charlie Wheeler(he of the big wart on his nose)was one of Clactons finest characters.He was the kindest ,funniest man around and made sure he was a nuisance to the council.I think that is where the comparison comes in.
We all laughed at and with old Charlie. Now the town has grown ,we don't seem to have any remakable characters left .......still we have old Iggy Wiggy ...only trouble is we only laugh AT him . As for Mr Oxley (love the comment someone made about flippping burgers on the gazette site),well ,just how much money has been poured into his so called Jewel in the crown Leisure Centre over the past few years ...let me think......I believe the floodlights for the Skateboard park were £60,000 ,then we have the grand refurbishment of the changing rooms and entrance of the centre ,perhaps Amenity could enlighten us as to how much that cost ,then the parking area has been done up ,oh and new gates or should I say UGLY barriers that do not stop the idiots on mopeds getting in because they use the other entrances (where did the ornate gates go to????) now we have the 2.77 million pound fitness suite .Where is it all going to stop.And just what do we get ,a new pool instead of the crummy little one thats been there for the past 30 odd years ,a water slide ? nope ,a fitness suite that will not encourage teenagers in like a better pool would have .He then goes on to compare it with Colchesters Pool ...excuse me while I have a fit of the giggles. I'm wondering just what ego trip this young man is on. He was in the papers this week declaring that there is a plan in action for the disgusting state of the seafront ,well ,lets hear it then.Perhaps they should look at that area first instaed of wasting yet more money adding to a rubbish pool. Thats it super long moan over. Just out of interest .....do YOU use the pool and would you use the Fitness suite???? |
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| Lin |
In the words of Queen ....Don't stop me now .....
Gold Coast indeed...
Oh and Ivan ,never ,ever think you look bad ,wait till summer then compare yourself with some of the Grockles ...works for me
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| ivan burit |
The Gold Coast Reporter----Reporting again------I juust love to see the expression on peoples faces really (Gold Coast)...lol...Its going to be a BIG wake up call for some of the litter throwing, dog messing, fag end dropping, emtpy chip paper chucking grokels this year, as our new Street Wardens will have the powers to make `em pick it up, and worse now.....Should boost the `entaint - cordial some what`.......lol.....Ivan |
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| daveb |
What will PO come up with next, First they want to turn Clacton into a mini Blackpool, then they keep trying to change it into some sort of up market resort town.
Schizophrenia springs to mind, perhaps they should commision yet another high priced Consultant to look into the whys and wherefores.  Question: How many Councillors does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: Well after spending £150,000 on a SPECIALIST consultant to advise on the best size to fit, we've decided that funds are no longer available so we'll stay in the dark.
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| amenity |
This extract taken from The Guardian site, it's one that is close to my heart since we are all enjoying breathing in ship emmissions one way or another.
"Separate studies suggest that maritime carbon dioxide emissions are not only higher than previously thought, but could rise by as much as 75% in the next 15 to 20 years if world trade continues to grow and no action is taken. The figures from the oil giant BP, which owns 50 tankers, and researchers at the Institute for Physics and Atmosphere in Wessling, Germany reveal that annual emissions from shipping range between 600 and 800m tonnes of carbon dioxide, or up to 5% of the global total. This is nearly double Britain's total emissions and more than all African countries combined." Of course what is not mentioned is the other emmisions that are emmitted along with CO2 such as the big killer 'particulate matter' this stuff is small enough to get past the lungs defenses. PM is very bad for children. Ports need cleaning up, people should not have to live close to them. Felixstowe has a bad record of emissions local councillors are taking up the cudgels to try to improve matters, would TDC do the same for us? |
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| Lin |
Long time since any of use had a say on this topic ,so here are a few of the things on my 'Wish List'
1. A Bus Station ,no I don't mean the new one in Pier Ave  I'd like to see a proper place to get on and off a bus.Proper seating ,not those perchy tings that are so slippy your bum keeps sliding off.Complete timetables to see what bus goes from where (I know this is extravagant ,but ,a nice little man who can answer your queries ,hmmm perhaps ).Maybe somewhere to get a cup of tea ????
2 . Seating arranged in groups .This may encourage us to actually speak to each other .Yes ,I realise this may cause youths to gather ,but is that really a problem ???,we are allowed to gather in groups ,so why shouldn't they ? .Most of the seating is in lines (whats the obsession with straight lines ?).Not just in the town centre ,but along the seafront ,and other places. 3.A new toilet block.The one we have is not enough , we need one near the fountains ,maybe not on Frintonians scale but a little block to encourage people to stop peeing in alleys. 4.Lower rates for 'Local' shops and businesses ,they have been suffering with the upheaval in the Town Centre ,it's ok for the national chains as they can cope with a years lower sales but the little shops can't and we will see the demise of our choice if this carries on. 5.Stop building so many blasted flats ,no gardens =kids out on the streets doing what they shouldn't be doing or ,even worse ,sitting indoors with no social contact in front of the latest playstation game. 6.Lower speed limits on residential roads. Is there really any reason why someone should want to drive at 30mph up a cul de sac ?. Main Roads fine ,keep the 30mph but on estates and near schools ect a drop of 10 mph is not going to adversly affect anyone.Or is it ?. 7.An increase in play areas that are up to scratch ,maybe even a few seats for the Mums (and Dads) so they too can relearn the art of talking to each other. 8. Bring back the yearly fayres that all the villages used to have ,whilst Clacton grows ever outwards eating it's way through the hamlets that used to be separate from their neighbour ,we face the prospect of losing our sense of belonging. It won't be long until every green strip of land that divides the towns and villages will be gone ,leaving us with one massive urban sprawl and no dividing area betwwen us. One way we can still be individual from each other is by knowing and supporting your local area. Great Clacton used to have a June Fair every year outside the Ship Pub in the village ,whilst that would be an inappropriate place to have it now ,there are still a few areas that we could do this on ,perhaps the lower end of the Vista Road pitches ?. Right thats my thoughts ,off back to cloud cuckoo land for a chat with Noddy.... 
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| mojo |
Lin - your comment about seating arranged in groups.
It reminded me about when I worked at a GP surgery (not in this area) and , as they are, the chairs were arranged lining the walls. So one day we decided to arrange them in small circles. Within half an hour of the surgery opening thepatients had rearranged them back to lining the wall!!!!!!!!! |
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| Nikadi |
I want them to redo the playground a the leisure centre, and to bring back our miniture crazy golf! I practically lived there as a kid and I always think it would've been nice if they kept it and I could've taken my little foster auntie there 
I feel old doing this reminiscing but, I remember I bit a hole through my tongue when I was a ki after being thrown into the ship shaped (the outside anyways) ball pool =D |
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| Lin |
Mojo we would have to concrete then to the ground .lets watch them move them then nice one.... 
Agree about the playground ,it has fallen into a real state.There is nothing there now . I remember the Carnival used to have the firework display over there and joining the huge crowds going to watch ,the beautiful Iron gates at the entrance..................ooooh better stop or I will have to go over to the 60's 70's page as we went off tangent before.But getting the playgound put right should be a priority as it will let the whole area down ,especially as they are spending so much doing the Leisure Centre up ....we can only live in hope. Have had an idea put to me by my 11 year old "Could we have zip slides down ALL the slopes on the seafront please" .......young people
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| ivan burit |
As its a merry new year ting,
get rid of a certain "deprived" 80 year old useless councillor for Golf Green....  ...ggrrrr
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| ivan burit |
Well as we long term sufferers of old timers now know our old timer is now King of the Castle in TDC`s jolly up meetings. Must say that the new chain of office has made his 30year old suit look like new in dark blue..... Anyway...not sure if i should post this link...but read through it for a better look at IN-Tends asperational material for OUR Town.. http://www.in-tend.org/ |
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| amenity |
Funny how they offer the reader of their website a variety of jobs and at the bottom of the advert say, to find out more about these fixed term contracts visit the website.
Is this more of the same? |
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| ivan burit |
"Is this more of the same"
Funny thing is...For exceptional candidates there may be scope for negotiation, right next to a picture of a huge cruise liner.... Any spaces left for the new (soon to be ex?) head of Suffolk Council @ £240 K a year...well handy to pop off on a cruise, while "in the office" on a lap top... http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/cont...20Mar%202008%2014%3A35%3A14%3A420 |
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| amenity |
Saw the new head taking up her position, she had a wry smile on her face.
We just cannot expect people to relinquish their advantages on a self governing basis. The trouble with this sort of income (£4,600 week) is that it takes two days each week to avoid the taxman. |
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| amenity |
I just set about wondering if the head does 48 hours a week then taking ten minutes of to go to the loo will cost about 16 quid.
Cup of coffee anyone, cheers. |
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| ivan burit |
Nah amenity, i recon she wears incontinance pants for her wages.....
Even the cost of the Taj Mahals 20p per P looks cheap...(but dont say i said it-would never live it down) "Saw the new head taking up her position, she had a wry smile on her face". that was no wry smile, i recon she was testing her pants out.......lol |
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| amenity |
This person must be the one who can afford the Taj Mahal, not rent but to buy. | ||
| ivan burit |
All stand for the man in a 3 cornered hat, that jingles as he walks.
its also ironic that for half a million quid, you can rent it by the day for just 20p. sandwiches / hot flasks and travel rugs optional....... (not yet read its bylaws, but surely its not a "timed" event in the Mahal) |
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| amenity |
As it's all mod cons Ivan is the TM fitted with CCTV? | ||
| ivan burit |
satellite TV would be better amemity...lol I installed my neighbours large dish and free to air chanels reciever 100`s of chanels, depending what group of satellites you point it at.. The TM could advertise as the best chanel 5 reception for miles, and both BBC & ITV regional variational news chanels running on a loop, as visiters could catch up with local to home news, to make them "feel at home" while enjoying their 20p spend... |
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| amenity |
I was thinking the other way around, you know when a great personage enters the portals, on come the cameras, bit like watching Felixstowe docks on their live feed. 
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| Lin |
Do you get a Fanfare as you pull the chain (cor I know what chain I'd like to pull VERY tightly , near a blue suit ) or would you rather call it a 'Royal Flush'.
I expect even the mirrors above the hand basins say "You are the cleverest of them all "just like in Snow White. |
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| ivan burit |
Sorry, yet again amenity, my bedazaled brain will need a few days rest & recoup before, normal service will be resumed next week...........lol. But the idea of a court jester only activated motion cam trained to accept & zero in on just the one person sounds just brillient. It would be like a DNA footprint switch.............lol. |
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| ivan burit |
As ever young Lin, brillient post.. small point though, would you like to "adjust your dress" infront of one of the T M mirrors, dont think i`d like to, even if i wore a dress.......lol (thought i`d get that one in before "someone else did madam) The very thought of secret cctv behind one way glass, just "keeping an eye" on the latrines patrionages, sets my nerves all a tingle. Its public knowledge that Chairman Mao has given his OK for Tin - Tins army to be equiped with night vision goggles......... The reason it was granted (so its rumoured) was because an "idiot" was wearing beer goggles at the time, and got confused with night goggles, but was too "confused" to admit his mistake afterwards...(so they say) |
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| Lin |
Back to the 100 Ideas thingy.
How about ,all along the greensward up to Holland on sea ,cutting all the grass into grass mazes (s'okay ,you can all come out from behind the sofas now ,MAZES not Mayzies ........phew !!!). I saw something on a small scale at Hunstanton and at Leeds Castle ,the youngsters loved them. Mind you ,if the Council really wanted to go to town BIG style ,and not too expensive ,how about planting mazes all along the and making it Britains Biggest maze ,think of the tourists !!! Get your ice cream van out Ivan ...we're in business !!!!!!!!!I do get these strange ideas sometimes ,remind me to tell you about the collapsable letter box cages
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| ivan burit |
ok, enough suspence for a long time Lin,
tell us all woman...........the cages.... |
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| Lin |
Well ,having had a few dogs in my time .I decided I was fed up with my letters being eaten before I got to read them.
Now ,my front door opens inwards against a wall ,so I could not put one of those letterbox cages on as I wouldn't be able to open the door fully .So ,I thought ,what about a folding one that collapses when the door is opened ,by a string going up .over the door attatched to the frame.That way ,when the door is shut ,the box is open ,but when you come through the door ,the string pulls the box to close upwards ,thus allowing you room to get in. There you go Ivan ,now you know what I think up in the small wee hours. Probably been invented ,but never found one .Husband thinks I'm daft ,so does my neighbour who is eldrly and is finding it a stuggle to ride his bike(I came up with a sail solution for this problem ) . Oh I have dozens of inventions in this blonde head
Luckily with my lovely dog I have now ,this problem has disappeared as I have taught him to bring the mail up (and the paper) and place it on the coffee table ready for when I read them. Though it has not stopped him from eating my shoes ,the hall carpet ,hall walls ,various clothes ,balls and undies.Not forgetting the wonderous contents of my recycling bin.
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| ivan burit |
Oh young Lin,
your remote string pulled collapsable letter cage is actually a good idea. perhaps it could be made with a coiled spring along one of its edges that allows the cage to collapse when it comes into contact with the wall ?. Your other sail-bike idea had me smiling at the idea i saw on an old top gear show on telly when Mr Slow (James May) fitted a sail to his triumph herald, made it water tight (he thought) and tried to sail accross the channel at Dover in it.. He nearly sank........lol. I think you neighbour may need to read up on rechargeable bikes.. To a dog, the treasures of a recycling bin are immense. my two bi*ches (the jack russells naughty), just jump out of their basket at the first sound of an empty plastic bottle. not only do they unscrew the tight caps, then chew them into tiny pieces all over my carpets (good old dyson hoover to the rescue) but for some reason try to eat the bottle tops off.. ( i must remember to feed them).........ha..ha..ha.. In reality, both them and my other queen of the castle, piddles the cat, are most fussy eaters........pets, who would have them eh.. P.S. "Well ,having had a few dogs in my time" see, i never made a joke about that, did I. (did drive a cab round Romford for years though)...lol |
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| Lin |
Here Ivan ,found this in my local history picture collection ,shows the original jetty at Wash Lane .The two martello Towers are in the back ground.
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| Lin |
Had to post this picture.I have been waiting days for my bid to be the highest on ebay ,and ,whopee ,I got it. It's the chidrens boating lake at what is now the Leisure Centre .In the background is County High School . The post mark is 22/8/1930 . |
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| ivan burit |
Brillient find Lin.
Even Jaywick had a boating lake before its own railway line, both long gone.. As our revamped lifestyles tingy has sprouted cracks already (not just the management either) if it was erected over an old lake, how was the lake fed... no jokes about unstability please.....lol. When i was a child (still am but older) and living in NAM (dagenham) we had a most marvellous place right next to the railway between Becontree and Upney stations, called Mayesbrook Park. It had 2 boating lakes and a most regal structure on the first one where the old "parky" used to sit and survey all his kingdom, and if he caught you cycling (not allowed then) he would blow his whistle with fury, then chase you on his bike. The parky has gone along with the regal structure, but the lakes remain. I am sitting looking at a London A to Z with pages open that covers Chadwell Heath down to Barking, across to Becontree and Rush Green down to Dagenham East. In these two pages of them areas, it shows 21 parks and playing fields and 11 ponds or lakes. I had forgot all about them untill i opened this A to Z map... I had lived in some of them areas at times in my life, and had driven around that area as a cabbie for years... 5 years of living in the calm of my part of Jaywick, while awaiting the latest regen thinking makes you forget things easy.... |
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| Lin |
Anyone remember my idea of letting the grass on the greensward grow and cut mazes (no ,not cor salt and vinegar) , in them?.
Well ,I found this one ,do you reckon TDC would go for it ?????. sorry it's such a small pic but knowing you lot ,it will get googled.I found it in a 500 days out in England Book (funnily enough Clacton does not feature) that we picked up for a fiver in Tesco. Called star Trek Maze in Yorks 
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