Not been a good week.
We applied to Suffolk Coastal District Council for a small grant to keep the radio station going. It was refused.
We submitted a tender to Suffolk Coastal District Council for a contract to tell the council what to do with the Spa Pavilion, a 900-seat theatre on the seafront at Felixstowe. The 'we' were about 30 local people, all experts in their field. I had a little idea
You guessed that was turned down as well. It's easy to get paranoid but there is one councillor, she's been on the council for 38 years, who seems to dislike me. No doubt with good cause. I believe she should step aside, and let new blood onto the council. Instead she intends to be mayor again, this will be the fourth time.
On Easter Sunday seven years ago a part of British Rail, the part still owned by the people, sneakily knocked down our Beach Station. A wonderful old-fashioned station, which was only small but had 14 toilets to cater for the thousands of sun-seeking visitors to the beach at Felixstowe.
This town is becoming a wasteland as the council grant planning permission for dubious schemes, which allow demolition of fine old buildings, and the ground is not developed. , The Felixstowe South has not gone ahead.
Another big worry this week concerns the Bartlet Convalescent Home. Given to the people of east Suffolk in 1928 it was acquired by the new NHS in 1948 (seized might be a better description) together with sufficient funds 'to maintain it in perpetuity'.
The dying Suffolk NHS Trust want to convert it into luxury flats. The local community wants it back.
One week of the Big Society in action in a small seaside resort.
We applied to Suffolk Coastal District Council for a small grant to keep the radio station going. It was refused.
We submitted a tender to Suffolk Coastal District Council for a contract to tell the council what to do with the Spa Pavilion, a 900-seat theatre on the seafront at Felixstowe. The 'we' were about 30 local people, all experts in their field. I had a little idea
You guessed that was turned down as well. It's easy to get paranoid but there is one councillor, she's been on the council for 38 years, who seems to dislike me. No doubt with good cause. I believe she should step aside, and let new blood onto the council. Instead she intends to be mayor again, this will be the fourth time.
On Easter Sunday seven years ago a part of British Rail, the part still owned by the people, sneakily knocked down our Beach Station. A wonderful old-fashioned station, which was only small but had 14 toilets to cater for the thousands of sun-seeking visitors to the beach at Felixstowe.
This town is becoming a wasteland as the council grant planning permission for dubious schemes, which allow demolition of fine old buildings, and the ground is not developed. , The Felixstowe South has not gone ahead.
Another big worry this week concerns the Bartlet Convalescent Home. Given to the people of east Suffolk in 1928 it was acquired by the new NHS in 1948 (seized might be a better description) together with sufficient funds 'to maintain it in perpetuity'.
The dying Suffolk NHS Trust want to convert it into luxury flats. The local community wants it back.
One week of the Big Society in action in a small seaside resort.
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