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[Canny lass]

One of the nice hings about this site Pauls, is that there is no obligation to contribute, or even to read the contributions of others. Members enter discussion of their own free will should they feel that they have a contribution to make or a question to ask, so I’m sorry if you feel that you are being ’dragged’ into a discussion against your will. That was certainly not my intention.

I’ve read through the topic again and I don’t see that I, or anyone else, has said that parents were better or worse in the1950s than they are today. I think you may be misinterpreting my response to your argument that ”few kids in those days (1950s) grew up in households where both parents worked full time so there was more scope for parents to take them to facilities that were further afield”.

I found that statement to be far from how I remembered my childhood and that of my peers. I responded with a counter argument, claiming that there was in fact less scope, as working hours were longer for both parents. Additionally I argued that less money was available to parents than today, which further decreased the scope for providing outings to facilities further away. I supported those arguments as best I could with factual information from my own childhood but at no time did I suggest that parents were either better or worse than they are now. I did suggest that perhaps parents of the 1950s prioritised other things than parents of today – there are, after all, some things today which didn’t exist then, thus eradicating that need - but I did not suggest that their priorities were better or worse than those of today’s parents.

However, I have to disagree with you about the relevance of parents to a discussion about public leisure facilities, because without parents involvement, children would not be seeing the inside of a leisure complex until they were teenagers, and that would be far too late. Again, I’m sorry if you’ve misunderstood my contribution to the discussion.
 

In relation to your last statement It appears it is I who may have misunderstood. I believed that we were talking about the facilities provided by NCC in ’their’ districts and that being the case it is the facilities provided elsewhere in the country that are of not really relevant. Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought taxes paid by residents went into a communal pot. If that’s not the case can you, or anybody else, please explain to me how the 600 or so residents of Otterburn managed to get a school, a bed in a hospital or a road to get them to their nearest leisure centre, 15 miles/27 minutes away in Rothbury?

 

[rosco]

Work next door the the Aldi store seems to have dried up

[lilbill15]

4 minutes ago, rosco said:

Work next door the the Aldi store seems to have dried up

Has Aldi opened yet, please? x

[_pauls]

6 minutes ago, lilbill15 said:

Has Aldi opened yet, please? x

Not yet - 25th I think.

[lilbill15]

49 minutes ago, _pauls said:

Not yet - 25th I think.

Thank you very much 😁🌈x

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 12/11/2021 at 19:08, _pauls said:

Not yet - 25th I think.

@lilbill15 - it did open on the 25th - https://www.aldi.co.uk/bedlington

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/council/ps2m-funding-boost-for-vital-town-centre-development-3653039?fbclid=IwAR3Ustv1Y_cDOJlkdd8pnJnF_3-fk28IlSTc2ezAGr19tejNXCEY1PPATJI

Edited April 14 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[_pauls]

"Further investment of just over £2 million to ensure the project is completed."

 

Part of the problem is nobody seems to know what the project is any more. I'm assuming that what is referred to here is the four new retail units and associated flats, rather than any of the other plans.

 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 05/06/2017 at 08:45, _pauls said:

Much as I hope you're right, I interpreted the comments about amending the plans as fine tuning rather than a total rethink, and given that Ashington's new leisure centre cost double what the whole project for Bedlington is costing I doubt that Arch/the council will be able to squeeze it in.

Can't help you there @_pauls - it's just what @Malcolm Robinson had posted on his FB page. 

[rosco]

8 hours ago, _pauls said:

"Further investment of just over £2 million to ensure the project is completed."

 

Part of the problem is nobody seems to know what the project is any more. I'm assuming that what is referred to here is the four new retail units and associated flats, rather than any of the other plans.

 

Your hopeful......4 new retail units....... Aldi plus a new Greggs and a load of flats is probably the best we can hope for, it been a total cock up from start to whenever it finishes

Edited April 15 by rosco

[Malcolm Robinson]

16 hours ago, _pauls said:

"Further investment of just over £2 million to ensure the project is completed."

 

Part of the problem is nobody seems to know what the project is any more. I'm assuming that what is referred to here is the four new retail units and associated flats, rather than any of the other plans.

 

Just so.   And I wouldnt disafgree with rosco's last bit of his take!!!!!