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ivan burit · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: What do you think about this..

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/dis...an_urges_bathside_bay_rethink.php

A BUSINESSMAN has given his full support to an alternative vision for Harwich and is urging others to join him.

Tony Woods, who set up AJ Woods Engineering eight years ago, has said he is backing town councillor Ricky Callender's ideas for a historic village tourist attraction.

He said: "I would like to get together a lot of support for Ricky's idea and am really asking the community of Harwich to get behind him."

Who has a responce to this, ?
amenity..

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amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Of course I had seen a copy of his mail shot on this subject. I am pleased that someone has realised that this area has effectively had a shroud put over it by the approval by HMG of a dock at Bathside Bay.

Councillors had long thought that this option was a silver bullet, but it has turned into a boomerang.

We already have an historic 'village' in our dear old Harwich Town (described by historians as "the jewel in Essex's crown") so am hopeful that Harwich receives the help it deserves and it is put back on the tourist trail once again.

The mention of a 3000 meter quay in the same breath as the word container is flawed I'm afraid, there are 106 agreements to stop this happening without another planning application with all that that entails. The quay length will be no more than 1400 meters in spite of it being apparently contiguous with Harwich International Port.

Neverltheless I support the notion that we must not put all our eggs in one basket, to do this peninsula proud we need diversity and although tourism in the foriegn sense might with increased costs fall back in the future, home grown tourism could very well increase using some of these ideas that Ricky has recently brought back to life.

Given a modicum of imagination by the omnipresent TDC much in the way of history could be developed, talk of a lighthship as a museum alongside are very real, the Lighthouse as a museum for antique radio's and like paraphanalia is very well known, deservedly so.

During the inquiry into Bathside Bay there was an offer to open a railway museum in the town but it was not smiled upon, and a great collection never came our way, pity. This would have put the old station buildings to appropiate use.

The talk of a full scale model of the Mayflower is a really grand idea that would bring money to this town, just look at the crowds when Captain Cook's replica came our way.

ivan burit · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:

Your enthusiasm for your Town shows very highly amenity.
I admit i never travel over to your jewel so much as i should, but do enjoy the touristy places when i / we do.
One place i mean to go visit is the radio museum, as both my son and i have a fasination for radio, more so 2 way communication.
We have friends that live in old Dovercourt, all being in scooter clubs, and venture that way as a group.
My little grandaughter Vic, (8years old) keeps reminding me of not taking her on the foot ferry, so that will be "another day"

I often wonder what the scandinavian tourists think of your jewel when visiting by ferry, Harwich being once so famous, but now needing a helping hand it seems (like most places)
A full scale model of the Mayflower would be brillient, but would frighten the life out of many, for its size as a sea fareing ship that crossed oceans.
We now think of huge cruise ships as being just the thing.

Time is either our friend here, or our enemy i`m afraid, with prices falling on land and housing stock, buildings and building firms all being hit for six, or in our case four and a bit..

If one was really brave and purchased land or housing stock at todays price, would it be an investment, or a burden that loses money faster than water down a drain....

Yet again time will tell..
(i`m begining to sound like the old moores almanac)....lol.
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amenity · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 775 Location: Dovercourt

Hello Ivan,

Buying at the bottom is the idea, but usually within 10% as it turns upward again, a mighty trick this.

Of course there are people that engineer these falls on the world markets, happened during the twenties and before and after many times these are the people that know when to strike being on the inside.

Just for the record what do you think of the rumour about the banks that lost a packet (all of them) now dealing in oil futures, big time, and some say getting it all back?

ivan burit · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

Wow, never gave that one much thought amenity.
maybe the reason behind our hidden taxes being taken via fuel duty payable on each and every gallon.
It was Walmart who practices the "store it high, sell it cheap" ethos.
just how much oil is being stored as we speak.
the more stored, the dearer it gets for consumers, coz we cant get it = (fuel tanker drivers on strike ?)
you know and i know the richest Co.s in the world are not humble banks, but mighty oil Co.s...
we now have a diesel car we run, but that too is getting very dear.
the alternative fuel is vegetable oil mixed, but someones wised up to that and thats now dear too.....
i have been told a bidding war exists in some places over once free to anyone, used chip fat type oil, used for bio diesel..
the bio diesel manufactorers have to pay at source before collecting old used cooking oil nowadays.
it used to be dumped, now eagerly saved, and so that in itself is a better solution.
funny story on Top Gear the other year, they took a normal Volvo 6 cylinder turbo diesel, drained it out, filled it with strained and filtered chip fat / oil, and run it round and round their test track...still going i expect....lol.
it ran ok, but smelt of your local chippy on a friday night....but much cheaper...

Funny thing about futures, if i said from tomorrow, there will be a shortage of potatoes, futures dealers may be buying all the stock up, so making your friday night treat dearer..
Gold / Silver / even lead would work also..
In reality, they (the dealers) gamble with our livleyhoods...
but can it change for our benefit, i doubt it.

A small thought, what if i`m wrong about storing oil, and the banks lose even more money on it................uummmmmmmmmm
dont let us even go there..
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