Canny lass Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 Work next door the the Aldi store seems to have dried up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbill15 Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, rosco said: Work next door the the Aldi store seems to have dried up Has Aldi opened yet, please? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_pauls Posted November 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, lilbill15 said: Has Aldi opened yet, please? x Not yet - 25th I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbill15 Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 49 minutes ago, _pauls said: Not yet - 25th I think. Thank you very much 😁🌈x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 (edited) 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) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_pauls Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 "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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Robinson Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 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!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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