JennyMorgan Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/feilden-mawsons-norfolk-broads-visitor-centre-on-hold/10043444.article 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I wonder how much dredging could be done for that sort of money, or how much bankside foliage cleared, or 24 hour moorings re-instated, or Broadside refuse sites replaced?. Or am I just being too synical?. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 More importantly what money has already been expended on this farce 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnks34 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 The Broads Authority couldn't see a reason to mention it then..... Egg & Face are two words that spring to my mind. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnks34 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 1 minute ago, CambridgeCabby said: More importantly what money has already been expended on this farce Precisely... We will no doubt discover when the Toll goes up next year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatingman Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I visited the cafe there yesterday it was very busy with most outside tables in use. the building looked fit for purpose was clean and had obviously been repainted not derelict and unuseable as an ear!her BA statement 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Boatingman said: the building looked fit for purpose was clean and had obviously been repainted not derelict and unuseable as an ear!her BA statement That it was near derelict was certainly mentioned as a justification for knocking it down and replacing it with a nice, new black (white) elephant. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytheriver Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 There this morning a perfect spot just as it is - busy with customers too 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdobson45 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 This was one of my favourite locations on the Broads as a kid, the shop sold just about everything a 10 year old would want. When I was much older my family hired a boat and my sister's fiancé came with us (he later was stupid enough to marry her). He had moored at the Bridge Inn overnight and decided that once cast off we would go under the bridge and moor up at the shop to get a morning paper. We had hired a dinghy and my sisters fiancé (we'll call him Gavin as that was his name) decided he'd row across the river to us. We duly set off and moored up at the shop, bought a newspaper and some other bits and pieces, and waited for Gavin... 10 minutes later and no sign of him, another 10 minutes and my sister was starting to get concerned so we headed downstream to find him. Surprising how far down the river the current had taken him, he was down near Stokesby by the time we caught him up... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, chrisdobson45 said: This was one of my favourite locations on the Broads as a kid, the shop sold just about everything a 10 year old would want It was a mandatory stop for our family (well for me anyway as a kid). I loved that shop and always spent my holiday pocket money in there. Happy memories:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 It's always looked busy and nice when I've passed by recently. Grace and I will be making a stop there next month to contribute to its continuation as opposed to some pointless vanity building. They do have a mini website now by the way if you want a little gander https://dunesrivercafe.weebly.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowrights Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 We visited the café three weeks ago, it was perfectly usable, clean and tidy. That artists impression is an awful looking building, in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 10 hours ago, twowrights said: We visited the café three weeks ago, it was perfectly usable, clean and tidy. That artists impression is an awful looking building, in my opinion. The artist impression of the inside of the building and internal construction is not that different from the Cafe in the Norwich Cathedral. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 11 hours ago, Jayfire said: They do have a mini website now by the way if you want a little gander They sell geese online? Whatever next? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, Smoggy said: They sell geese online? Whatever next? You just can’t duck the issue can you?!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Have often used their sister café in Winterton which is always very busy. Would imagine they will be as successful here which can only be good news for the area, and make it slightly harder for the BA to justify rebuilding the place! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, vanessan said: You just can’t duck the issue can you?!! I wish you'd stop playing ducks and drakes with this thread :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytheriver Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Or is it https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/broads-authority-acle-bridge-not-on-hold-1-6145170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 By the River, so right, is it on hold? There is good reason to believe that JP is badgering away trying to keep his pet project alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 If the EDP article is anything to go by, there is no good reason to think anything. I reckon the EDP was very succinct about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I shall "Box-the-Tide" I like the building. If you come up the A11 for your first Broads Holiday or down the A47 and follow The Broads signage this is where you get. It is The Gateway to The Broads for many aiming for Richardsons, Herbert Woods, Martham and Hunters as well as those landbased at Winterton, Palling, Mundesley etc. It is about time The Broads had a bit more "Style" and I sincerely hope it gets financed and built because I think it will be a success. EDIT PS. Nostalgia is fine, it was first coined as a phrase to describe the "homesickness" of the Swiss who's main industry some few hundred years ago was as "soldiers of fortune. Mercenaries" But it does not aid progess. " no good looking back, no future in it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnks34 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 If anybody has 750k going spare please please whatever you do do not give it to the Broads Authority. 30k in costs already.....not a significant sum of money the BA claim. Well if you have it to waste it must be pocket fluff.... Why oh why are there always “Consultancy” fees.... Maybe we could go a year without a Toll Increase.....reinstall some confidence instead of spraying 30k up the wall on a pipe dream... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 As a piece of architecture I too like the design of the building. But I do question its purpose, its cost, its location and the manner in which it has, as a project, been forced through the system. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 11 hours ago, dnks34 said: 30k in costs already.....not a significant sum of money the BA claim. Well if you have it to waste it must be pocket fluff.... Why oh why are there always “Consultancy” fees.... "Including the purchase of the land, the short-term improvements to the site and the costs of design work, around £280,000 has been spent by the authority on the 1.1-hectare plot. Of this sum, £180,000 was spend purchasing the land, £70,000 on the improvements and around £30,000 on the project itself - including costs to winning architects Feilden and Mawson, design work and consultancy fees." I think taken in context, "Not significant" isn't too far off the mark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said: I think taken in context, "Not significant" isn't too far off the mark. As a small child I was told by my ancient and wise Granny that if I looked after the pennies then the pounds would look after themselves. Thirty thousand by itself might be paltry, just pocket money to some, but add that to the other questionable expenses, consultancy fees leading nowhere for example, and they don't half add up! So whilst I agree with you, MM, I also agree with Richard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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