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Sep 20 2016, 06:44 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Sep 20 2016, 05:28 PM) Business friendly is a weasel phrase only used by estate agents, quite meaningless. Newbury isn't deviating from its long term vision; to be the high end commuter / retirement suburb for West London. Hence being a spur terminal on the electric railway project, having a new 'high end' retail centre together with the decent pubs and restaurants around. With its proximity to pleasant open country and the unspoilt canal; it should end up quite nice, in the truest sense of that word. So don't worry, we really don't need big corporations and the like. Dodgy things in Newbury.... I'll start.. Newbury Train Station. Collects water and sewage every time we have a bit of rain. Pound Street area. Drunks and druggies everywhere. Anyone else got any?
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Sep 20 2016, 09:00 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Sep 20 2016, 07:44 PM) Dodgy things in Newbury.... I'll start..
Pound Street area. Drunks and druggies everywhere. I haven't particularly noticed a problem there to be honest.
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Sep 20 2016, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Sep 20 2016, 10:00 PM) I haven't particularly noticed a problem there to be honest. No? End of pound St? Near the Chemists? Opposite the betting shop? Cop cars may as well be on permanent standby. Dont seem to know Newbury very well newres. Ask a copper!😂
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Sep 20 2016, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Sep 20 2016, 10:26 PM) No? End of pound St? Near the Chemists? Opposite the betting shop? Cop cars may as well be on permanent standby. Dont seem to know Newbury very well newres. Ask a copper!😂 Isn't that St Michael's Road?
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Sep 20 2016, 09:47 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Sep 20 2016, 10:42 PM) Isn't that St Michael's Road? Same general dodgy area!
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Sep 21 2016, 05:57 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Sep 20 2016, 07:44 PM) Dodgy things in Newbury.... I'll start..
Newbury Train Station. Collects water and sewage every time we have a bit of rain.
Pound Street area. Drunks and druggies everywhere.
Anyone else got any? The flooding at the station is a solvable problem which will doubtless be covered as the developments supporting the end vision move on. It will make little difference anyway. As to the 'drink and drugs' issue, we are simply seeing the tail of a national problem. Again, fixable, but it occurs everywhere. If you take the time to look round other towns when you visit, particularly those in the UK's previously industrial belt, its far, far worse. Another sign that we are heading for dormitory status is the lack of investment in arterial roads either locally or to other motorway hubs and commercial centres. Notably the M3 and Basingstoke. Similarly, our technical college shows no signs of becoming any more than a 6th form extension and an evening class centre. Again, nothing wrong with this, its easy and inexpensive to deliver and administer and will be quite pleasant.
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Sep 21 2016, 08:10 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Sep 20 2016, 07:44 PM) Dodgy things in Newbury.... I'll start.. Newbury Train Station. Collects water and sewage every time we have a bit of rain. The railway station has always flooded in heavy rain and always will. I think it's to do with gravity and that fact that water always seems to flow downhill. I dispute the "bit of rain" comment. The amount we had during Thursday night was exceptional. It's the reason why the very expensive gateline on platform 1 has not worked (but is still staffed (occasionally)) for about 2 1/2 years!!
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Sep 21 2016, 08:24 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Sep 20 2016, 07:44 PM) Dodgy things in Newbury.... I'll start.. Anyone else got any? Well the Kennet Centre seems to be emptying out rapidly. A mere shadow of it's former self. The introduction of the cinema doesn't seem to have changed it's fortunes.
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Sep 21 2016, 01:31 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 21 2016, 09:37 AM) I don't think flooding in those two places can be solved without in-situ pumps. But then where do you pump the water to? In the case of Pound Street, maybe into the railway cutting by the Bart Street bridge where it has more room to disperse.
(Just noticed where I am posting this, and wondering how a thread about Newbury business has turned into a discussion about flooding.) The quote come from: "Ute Bockstegers made the comments in front of more than 200 people at a Thames Valley Property Forum meeting held to discuss what the region can do to make itself more attractive to employers." Flooding would be one item to put people off, maybe?
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Sep 21 2016, 04:44 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Sep 21 2016, 09:24 AM) Well the Kennet Centre seems to be emptying out rapidly. A mere shadow of it's former self. The introduction of the cinema doesn't seem to have changed it's fortunes. With traditional retail in decline the Kennet Centre has a serious problem. What's the point anymore? The shopping centre is essentially the other side of the bridge, leaving Bartholomew Street as somewhere for very small niche local traders and the old Market Place simply as a place for eating and the odd outdoor entertainment. A new use needs to be found. It would make an ideal college, or even an office; although the need for both locally is negligible. What about something radically different; a modern first rate opera house? Not sure if we'd want culture in Newbury though!
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Sep 21 2016, 09:01 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Sep 21 2016, 05:44 PM) With traditional retail in decline the Kennet Centre has a serious problem. What's the point anymore? The shopping centre is essentially the other side of the bridge, leaving Bartholomew Street as somewhere for very small niche local traders and the old Market Place simply as a place for eating and the odd outdoor entertainment. A new use needs to be found. It would make an ideal college, or even an office; although the need for both locally is negligible. What about something radically different; a modern first rate opera house? Not sure if we'd want culture in Newbury though! Sold for £18m..... Bargain. Empty it of retailers, claim it isn't viable & then demolish it - making way for a lovely brownfield site for lots of nice duplex apartments......
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Sep 21 2016, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Sep 21 2016, 10:01 PM) making way for a lovely brownfield site for lots of nice duplex apartments...... Is that posh estate agent speak for 'dormitory '? It's gonna happen....
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Sep 21 2016, 09:21 PM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Sep 21 2016, 10:16 PM) Is that posh estate agent speak for 'dormitory '? It's gonna happen.... £10 will get you £20
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