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Sad to see a shop close. (Great joy for the OLM dissenters)
As to a retailer being lined up = good. But I seem to remember that when the two restaurants closed the OLM said they had new tenants lined up - they remain empty
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Friday 21 September 2018
100 years ago Allan was killed in action during WW1 and as a result of his bravery was awarded the Victoria Cross. He is the only Herefordshire born person to have been awarded a VC
This Friday there will be two events to commemorate Allan.
At 10.00am in the Lady Arbour Garden at Hereford Cathedral a plaque will be dedicated in his honour.
At 11.00am at the Old Market shopping centre a statue of Allan will be unveiled.
Please try and take some time out to attend these events.
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In the north magazine area apart from the Shell Store there remain some of the blast wall structures, a rail loading dock and a number of above ground air raid shelters.
Of course elsewhere around Rotherwas there are many WW1/2 structures a number of which are occupied by current businesses
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As far as I know they are two picric acid stores. Both unlisted but very similar to the one to the west which is listed? They are both in better condition than the listed one. All three are on land as far as I know owned by the Goodwin family.
This is a very old photo and almost all of the trees have been cleared.
I am happy to provide a (unofficial) tour of the site
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Frankly it is shameful that all of the remaining Munitions Factory buildings have not been Listed. I cannot understand the decision making of Historic England on this. They List the Picric Acid store (well only one of them) and ignore the other equally significant buildings/structures. The whole site should be designated as an Ancient Monument, as has the former Munitions Factory site in Leeds, or all the remaining buildings Listed asap. We have or about to lose the old guardhouse (bungalow) and last remaining below ground air raid shelter on the Straight Mile, a couple of the north facing stores have recently gone and the Council are selling some of the former Nissan huts for redevelopment. The loss of the boiler house is just silly - all it needed was a new roof and it could accommodate a business.
The work to the Shell Store may well in principle keep the building but once the structural engineers have got to it and it has been "refurbished" and subdivided internally then all we will be left with of a fantastic structure is memories. Having spouted this if it was my Building I am not sure what I would do with it!
OK the factory complex may not be as "trendy" and the other historic attractions we have but once you delve into the history of the site you can only be impressed at the major role it and the thousands of workers (many of whom died or were injured) played in the defence of this country.
Of course the Council and the EZ Board would just be happy if these old buildings were gone and more of their tin sheds could be built
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Actually in Neath he is recognised as Amber Taverns have a pub named Allan Leonard Lewis VC
The statue will be unveiled on 21 September 2018
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Contract for works at Widemarsh Children Centre
BOOM! - Awarded to Integral utilising S C Joseph
BOOM! - Up to £55,000
Clearly other local building firms need to get the estimator from S C J on board
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So they give the job to Integral who tender it out and then the Council who appear to have no part in the tender process approve the winning bid! The Council pay Integral for a service who do nothing much except run a tender process and then take a cut from the total cost. Would be interesting to know out of the £99k plus £20K how much goes to Integral for doing very little.
I see that with work in progress they have discovered a leak in the roof so have added a further £19K to the costs
Shades of Blueschool House again
When they prepared the original specification for repairs to the roof (at £99K plus £20K how come they missed that there was a leak in the roof. Seems like poor survey and costing work yet again and another lump of money presumably goes to Integral/S C Joseph. The inefficiency seems staggering to me.
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Actually do we know if Lakeland as a business is in trouble? Yes they are trying to renegotiate their rents etc but that perhaps does not put them in the same bracket as others.
Perhaps Mark Ellis who I have as the last named owner of the building could explain the position from his point of view?
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There has been a message on there for a few days saying it would be down for maintenance for today
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There may be good reasons why planning permission should or should not be granted but does it matter what religion those attending practise?
Not to me anyway
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I see the Council have awarded a contract for the repair of the Hereford Library/Museum roof - £99K plus £20K
As usual the work is to be done through the Council's privatised service company Integral but the work will be carried out by S C Joseph.
I am sure it is all above board but just how many Council building contracts do S C Joseph receive? Their bid was £10K below those of the other bidders. Perhaps they know something the others do not.
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So Ragwert (who apparently knows it all) does not know if there is a New Look in Hereford and Denise thinks it is in the OLM.
Well you could both go along High Street and lo and behold there it is
Yes in retailing times are tough but a major part of the problem is the debts the chains build up - it is not that Hereford alone has a problem
And why do people seem to take some perverse delight in pointing out that shops restaurants are to close?
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You will not need to book as it is outside by the North Porch
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"Phil Edwards"
Oooops
Awaits Glenda's reply with interest!!!!!!
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I understand that the need to have a lift installed in the new building was only recognised by said resident pi*% artists at the 59th minute of the 11th hour.
How the chosen lift manufacturer / installer must have rubbed his hands with glee!
In now way defending the actions of out of control officers what do you mean by this - the planning application approved in September 2016 showed a lift?
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Read and weep!
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"aimed to be established by September 2018 with 60 students"
They'll fit in Franklin Barnes - job done.
Acres of space at Robert Owen School
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On 24/08/2017 at 20:01, Maggie May said:
Like some other posters I ride a bike in and out of town as it is quicker than car driving and better healthwise for me and my fellow residents and I save £1,000s per year in parking fees and car costs. Like other posters I follow the Highway code and believe we should all respect each other. The minority of cyclists who behave badly should be dealt with the same way as motorists who break the law. However, perhaps we also need to ask why some cyclists don't follow the Highway code all the time and do things such as ride on the pavement. - a lack of safe segregated cycling infrastructure in Hereford as well as ignorance and little education on how to ride safely.
I am not excusing the cyclist in Colin's video but if like me you have ever cycled over the old bridge with it's wide pavements and high kerb side car drivers have no room to overtake. These drivers then get frustrated because you are cycling and blocking their route. Cars come up very close behind you, blast their horn at you, etc. and when you are an older lady on a bike that is very intimidating. The same thing as someone else has said is cycling down Belmont Road from the Ruckall junction down to Tescos - I have tried cycling on the very poor surface on a number of times, having to stay away from the gutter to avoid the lethal potholes and all have I have received from motorists is horn blasting and abuse and telling me to "get off the f****** road". This is in the daytime at the weekend not at rush hour. I now cycle on this short stretch of footpath when I am in the area, though I get off if there are any pedestrians on it. I then avoid the rest of Belmont road and join the cycle path behind Belmont because this feels safer and there is space for both cyclists and pedestrians.
Sadly the Council are spending £millions on new roads for car drivers and yet they have no money to make cycling around Hereford safer - they just put cyclists on the pavement with pedestrians. The new City Link Road is a good example - 4 lanes for vehicles and yet no space for a cycle path in the £30million project.
There will be a shared pedestrian/cycle path on the link road from Aylestone Hill to Edgar Street
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Spot on comments.
Cyclists have no regard for the Highway Code, the unwritten rules of the road and good manners.
After all it is as rare as hen's teeth to see a motorist jump a red light, enter a roundabout with no regard for any cyclist already on it, ignore the "yellow box", park on double yellow lines, park too close to a junction, drive too close to cyclists, force cyclists into the gutter, park across pavements or speeding. Not to mention pedestrians thinking it is quite reasonable to let their children and/or dogs wander across a shared cycleway with out any regard for those cyclists entitled to use it.
I say ban all cycling now and lets increase pollution and make a justification for a bypass
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You will obviously do what you are going to do and it does need a clean up but perhaps you need to consider that it is an Ancient Monument and you do not own it
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Well whatever the solution from the Labour Party is (and they don't seem to want to add it to their post) they have some work to do if they intend to influence the Council's decision making as they have zero Councillors at present.