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Originally Posted by Al88c
Central Hall, I think became the Britisk Legion and in my youth the Norseman - Thomas Gibson Proprier circa 20's?
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Ah.. right got it. Another lovely stone building gone, replaced by a carbuncle.
On the subject of Carbuncles - Amble Harbour - what a total mess the place is now. And it's been a conservation area for decades. The council are a bunch of jokers- the only reason the older parts of Amble were declared a conservation area was for the council to charge higher fees for various things. Technically, if you are going to change your front door or put a satellite dish up it has to be ok'ed by the council. (with a fee for asking)
Then you read about the (perfectly fine) charity shop sign on Queen Street getting knocked back - then look at the harbour disaster - They must be having a laugh.
I mean how does someone walk around the harbour and see all these massive alien buildings then walk up Queen Street and see a shop sign, then start taking a tantrum because it's not in keeping with the Queen Street conservation area? What are they smoking?