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Post by tiddles on May 29, 2012 13:31:06 GMT 1
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si67
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Post by si67 on May 29, 2012 17:34:13 GMT 1
I remember when you asked a builder to build something, they'd tell you how much and that was it. These day's it always goes up, especially if it's being built for a Government or local authority. The builders know they'll get away with it because it would be embarrassing if they down tools! Same thing happened with the Edinburgh tram, the big tent thing by the Thames, Holyrood etc.
Think I'll try the same tactic half way through painting someones bedroom and see where that gets me!
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Post by neartic on May 29, 2012 18:10:43 GMT 1
what i have seen of it so far it is one god dam ugly building so it will match the rest of the crap this lot spend money on
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Post by linda wallace on May 29, 2012 23:21:24 GMT 1
we know someone that helps with the lighting of the arts guild.....we wind him up on facebook cause he thinks its a beautiful building.....when you ask what is nice about it and were the architecture is all he can say...its lovely........so jock's rear end....
it should never have been built were it is and to be honest it looks like a load of cornflake boxes stacked on one another
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Post by tiddles on May 30, 2012 11:12:45 GMT 1
What an odd way to describe your husband's arse
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Post by linda wallace on May 31, 2012 20:12:54 GMT 1
tidds he has a pirty wee rear end haha
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Post by myfindhorn on Jun 3, 2012 0:51:24 GMT 1
imagine how many pensioners would be cosy and warm this winter with all that money and as for the gas used on the lyle hill well what is the betting that , that will be the next headliner when the neds get a hold of it. Melted tyres anyone
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Post by linda wallace on Jun 3, 2012 1:40:23 GMT 1
in this financial situation it really bugs me to hear about all the money that is getting wasted...things are getting harder for everyone but dont worry we have the new arts guild made of boxes and off course a place to light your ciggi's if your stuck, just go to the lyle hill
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Post by tiddles on Jun 3, 2012 14:20:32 GMT 1
Being fair, Inverclyde like any other municipality, needs a civic venue for visiting performers and exhibitions. However, this banal project takes this requirement to extremes. Firstly, we have the existing property on Campbell Street which was effectively purpose built and despite all the mendacious fluff about it falling to be bits, it could continue to do the trick albeit with some sympathetic upgrading for many years to come.
Alas, the aspirant Thespians who swarm about the Arts Guild didn't feel they were being, 'served' by such a small and unworthy venue. There had to be somewhere large enough to house their enormous collective ego. We also had to have somewhere for the growing number of, 'local artists' who wanted to display there oft times, doubtful wares. The late Fyfe Robertson spoke of, "Phoney art, or Phart for short" and he would doubtless be moved to describe some of the forthcoming excrement in such terms.
Where do we come in amongst all this artistic fervour? Well the fact is, we don't. We just have to foot the bill both in the construction and outfitting of the building and the inevitable, endless repair costs that will ensue with such a badly designed and poorly located facility. We will no doubt be told that the exorbitant prices charged for entry to all the fun and games will be necessary to fund more productions, in other words, only those and such as those will be able to afford it. The Greenock Players or whatever they call themselves after all the recent blood-letting, will rule supreme. We'll have execrable performances of Chekov's lesser known works and occasionally laughable revivals of, 'The Steamie' played entirely in that hellish pseudo-Morningside accent, "Yes, but it is your own dirt Margaret".
We did of course have a superb civic theatre in the shape of the Cragburn but alas, the greed of some local councillors put paid to that place despite it having a high classification as a listed building. If only I could remember which councillor in particular was heavily involved. Well actually I do remember quite well but I have no intention of being sued but someone who is quite good at it.
Well, there's no going back and probably in the end, this fanciful edifice will cost even more. However, we can be consoled by the fact that HRH The Ponce Edward will be there in his wife's knickers to open the thing. Oh how the champagne will fizz and the canapés enliven the taste buds, it'll be such a jolly occasion. The poor bastards who have actually paid for it all will be pondering whether they can afford one of Morrison's £2 loaves.
The bottom line is, Inverclyde is NOT Drury Lane and the Greenock Players are NOT the Royal Shakespeare Company. I think St Lawrence's Club might suit them better.
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Post by linda wallace on Jun 3, 2012 21:25:11 GMT 1
a friend was on the waverly and took a picture of that new crappy building...my god it doesnt look any better apart from it being a very light green sort of colour....still looks like crap and will never change.....think of what could have been done with that money for the good of inverclyde rather than this over rated expensive piece of shit
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Post by tiddles on Jun 3, 2012 22:08:49 GMT 1
Exactly but we'll be branded as heretics by the Tele lot
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Post by linda wallace on Jun 4, 2012 0:17:39 GMT 1
well i dont mind being branded as that
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Post by fedup on Jun 4, 2012 12:06:52 GMT 1
Just a thought when the new Arts Centre is opened and they sell the Art's Guild who gets the money from that sale?
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Post by tiddles on Jun 4, 2012 12:47:55 GMT 1
That's a good question, a VERY good question!
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Post by fedup on Jun 4, 2012 14:32:34 GMT 1
I would have thought Tiddles any sale of the Arts Guild should go towards funding the new build but it probably isn't.
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Post by tiddles on Jun 4, 2012 17:05:28 GMT 1
Now I'm not sure about the situation today but I seem to recall that the building was leased to the thesps on a long term peppercorn basis by two old dears who are probably pan-breid now.
My mother reminds me that she used to be a member of the swimming club back in the days when it was the West End Baths. She get's frightfully toffee-nosed when she mentions it.
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Post by linda wallace on Jun 5, 2012 1:55:52 GMT 1
was there not something in the paper regards the arts guild and the coastguards taking the building
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