The Central Cinema in Torquay, situated in Abby Rd has been looking a bit rundown recently. When I say recently I am using the geological recently here. The last time it was cleaned up the Atlantic Ocean was several feet narrower. Sometime ago on my way home from work, yes I can remember that far back, it was raining and I decided to stand under the canopy out of the rain for a few minutes. What a waste of time that was, water was pouring through the holes in the canopy, the holes that had lights shinning out of them, electric lights that is. We stopped using gas lights here in Torquay a good few years ago. Water and electricity are not good together unless the term Hydro-electricity is in use. I don't think the C NTRAL Cinema generates power for the Nation Grid. Oh yes, the E has been missing for ages. We have a lot of Foreign Language students in Torquay for the summer and for a while I wondered where the cee nat ral cinema was they were all asking for.
Well there are 3 workmen working hard to fix the canopy at last, maybe Torbay Council have had a word with the owner to improve the place as they did with several house owners this year in the Bay area. Hint, have a look round the back, not pretty round there.
An other place where building is continuing apace is Factory Row where a hostel for the homeless is being completely rebuilt. Don't let anyone say Torbay Council aren't a caring council. The scaffolding work is in the hands of a very capable firm ICSA who you may recall built the scaffolding for the barrier at the base of Rock Walk. This barrier has been there since March and has protected all the passing number 12 buses from being hit by any boulders that our Councillor Chris Lewis has been so worried about.
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Didn't you mention a harbour hotel front being sheeted up by a clock many months ago? What's happened to that - it was some form of legal case with the council wasn't it?
Ill try and catch up with you Dave and tell you about my blog.
Fleet walk will soon be coverd by Scaffolding in January.
From the bottom corner to K F C all the shop will be having a major facelift.
Will keep you updated.
Nothing is happening behind the sheets on the Queens Hotel. They are there because they look nicer than the hotel front. The council are, I believe, trying to get the owner of the hotel to do something to the building and he wants to do something else so meanwhile the building slowly disintergrates.
Dave, how long will the Fleet St work last, ages I expect? Sorry you are off air blog wise.
The work in Fleet Walk starts Jan 5th and lasts until May time and Scaffolding will cover the whole of the bottom half of the shops from the dome at the bottom right up to the elevators for major work up above.
All of the stones at the very top are very dogdy and are at risk of falling on a windy day and the nearly all the roof leaks.
Going back to my blog i was forced to close it down and now banned from opening another for two years.
Cant tell you why on here but will explain at a later date .
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