Friday, August 13, 2010

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah - what exactly does Swanage think it does to attract and keep tourists? Dave C says the UK people should vacation at home. What does Swanage do to get them to come here? Outdated expensive crap B&Bs, nothing to do for a wet day?? What's the focus? Who actually promoted tourism in Swanage, especially out of season?

Just a thought. Discuss, children....

Anonymous said...

Health Centre oddity

A quick look at the staff photos on display in the lobby of the Health Centre shows 31 female staff and no males ! Are the male staff camera shy? Are there any male staff at the Centre? Is this cock-up or conspiracy? Anyone got an idea how this came about ?

Anonymous said...

Health Centre oddity

A quick look at the staff photos on display in the lobby of the Health Centre shows 31 female staff and no males ! Are the male staff camera shy? Are there any male staff at the Centre? Is this cock-up or conspiracy? Anyone got an idea how this came about ?

Is it because men dont gossip as much as women or are nosey ie wanting to know whats wrong with you. Alledgedly.

Anonymous said...

The Purbeck Flawed Strategy for Swanage?

Now that the dust has settled on the public consultation which finished at the end July, I wonder if we should now examine this consultation: Why was there a preferred option? isn't that putting a bias on the process at the very start - why have a consultation if you might have made up your mind already? Should it not have been a straight "which one: A, B, C, D, "None of the above"" kind of question? Why was it not mandatory to supply name address etc in the response - to stop mass mailings from spare copies picked up from the library. Why did so many people say that they had never received the questionaire? Indeed why were we not informed that site A and C weren't even realistic options?
I have looked at most of the documents and I think that the PDC planning department have done a thorough job in developing their core strategy, but I think that they have failed with the public consultation. Given that no one seems to know what the medical practice/NHS/PCT position is, how can our District Councillors possibly vote for any of this on October 5th? Discuss...

Anonymous said...

...answers on the back of a stuffed brown envelope, sent to the councilor of your choice....

Anonymous said...

HEALTH CENTRE AND HOSPITAL - A STATEMENT OF INTENT MAY AVOID ALL THE RUMOURS ABOUND

SOMEONE MUST KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING !

"I know several people connected to the Health Centre who categorically state the health centre is no longer adequate for the needs of Swanage."

There seem to be a few people "in the know" about the health centre. However, the Town Council, Purbeck District Council Planning Department and the Friends of the Medical Practice are not, unfortunately, among them! Perhaps, as has been suggested in previous posts, the medical centre should come out and lay their cards on the table?

Anonymous said...

Something has puzzled me for a long time, and thats the disappearance of JaL aka Just'a'Local.

Some have said that he/she was a fictitious character created to boost posts on vaious web sites?

If you know this to be untrue, could you update us on his present condition.

swanage resident said...

new topic: Broadband speeds in swanage

has anyone else had problems with their broadband speeds over the last week? Several people I have spoken to have had major issues with very slow speeds when sending files or downloading.

Anonymous said...

New subject

Newton Knapp

At last work has started again on this travesty of a site.
The origanal site board still promises a sustainable future. What a joke that is. When work started there was no concern for existing wildlife. The few original trees, now clearly dead, rattle like skeletons in the wind. And what of the water flowing from natural springs on the site?
The last of the old wall has just been demolished so presumably the continuation of what must be the worst stone wall in the area is imminent. Is it just a rumour that the garages on Cow Lane are to be demolished as someone has realised that cramming so many houses onto a small site leaves little room for cars?

Swanage Resident said...

New topic: Swanage Business Units

With the businesses who rent the units in Kings Road being kicked out in the next year or so to make way for housing and the rumours that the new business units behind Triangle Garage being cancelled so they wont be able to move there, what is going to happen the businesses and their employees from the current Kings Road units?

Anonymous said...

"The Electric Palace in Bridport has begun fundraising to buy the satellite equipment it needs to show a season of live opera straight from New York."

Lighthouse in Poole is showing the ralays and charging £25 a ticket. Pity the place at the town end of the seafront will ignore the whole thing. No doubt Swanage will meekly follow in about a decade's time

Anonymous said...

Fibre Optic Broadband for Swanage?

Much is being blogged about here about the demise of small industry in Swanage. I had an idea some time ago that may just help Swanage in lots of different ways: what about, as part of the re-signalling at Wareham, putting in a fibre optic cable down the railway line? This could serve Swanage and Corfe, and maybe other places too, with ultra High Speed broadband. This would allow all sorts of hi-tech businesses to locate here - even if people are only working out of a room at home.

Would there be demand for it?

Anonymous said...

SAVE HERSTON FIELDS

Open Meeting Tonight 7pm

Find out what's been happening over the last few weeks

Short talk by Dave Glassock on the geology of the fields

All Welcome

Herston Hall

Jubilee Road