Comments on: All The World’s A Stage…

By: Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:32:06 +0000

To replace a theatre that has been of great benefit to the city as well as Greenwich to be replaced by an bunk beds is wrong. There are enough facilities of this kind, and where they seem to pop up (look at Deptford) they give the wrong tone. This is the portal to Greenwich and this bar is a public nuisance at the weekend already. More culture please and less cheap booze and crass bars. Arrive in the station at 11 at night and walk down to the Cutty Sark where I live and its like running a tunnel of drunks, chavs and pee. No more Belushis and their type please.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:21:55 +0000

Haha. I’m in the employ of the place because I have a view that you dont like Peter (or may I call you Pete)? You needed the inverted commas around village because this isn’t a village – that’s just what certain people, no doubt those you’d describe as ‘having the right class’, want it to be known as. Greenwich, as with the rest of our country, is made up of different types of people. Some, heaven forbid, may want different things to you or hold different views.

By: Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:33:22 +0000

The above person is no-doubt in the employ of this bar or one of the others in the high street. The Greenwich ‘village’ area needs to be recovered for it to gain a bit of class and get rid of these cheap booze oulets.
Get real Dan!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:17:10 +0000

Not withstanding the ‘who said what’ elements of this (and TGP is right in pointing out the earlier denials) this is still a business choosing what it does with its property which it is perfectly entitled to do. The theatre company was also a business despite its very good PR making it out to be a community service. Bit daft of the owners not getting planning permission granted but why this snobbishness?

1. What is wrong with ‘cheap’ accommodation. The same people moaning about this would just as quickly complain about ‘overpriced accommodation’ in Greenwich. Hostel accommodation already exists in this property anyway.

2. And the old ‘higher purpose’ argument about arts. What makes theatre more important than tourism?

By: Peter Clarke

Peter Clarke — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:06:06 +0000

This is typical of this type of Greenwich High Road pub. It is a disgraceul outlet and the only thing that lent it a reason to exist was the Playhouse. This building of Hostel facilities should be opposed by all residents, theatre lovers and the council.

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:35:23 +0000

A few years ago now, when I challenged the developer’s deviation from approved plans on Mumford’s mill and after being batted to and fro between Greenwich planners and the abject failure that is English Heritage a few times I was, in all seriousness, given this excuse by Greenwich Planners;
“We do not intend to challenge this developer legally as our legal department has a poor record in this field so we feel that it would be an irresponsible use of council-tax payers money.”

Bless !

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:37:34 +0000

Is Greenwich the only place where large companies just go ahead with their schemes and wait for locals to make a fuss before reluctantly applying for planning permission?

Shouldn’t here be a system whereby these firms are fined for their arrogance and assumption that because they are big they can do as they please?

By: Capability Bowes

Capability Bowes — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:08:50 +0000

“We’re looking at what we can do with it and have made no application to change the space.”

Well that bit of the article was true, at least. They made no application to change the space. They just changed it.

By: Capability Bowes

Capability Bowes — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:06:49 +0000

The old adage “If it sounds too good to be true – its not true” holds.

By: Frankln

Frankln — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:43:28 +0000

What s/he said ^. But I would add “scurrilous scum-sucking shyster” between “of” and “sh*ts”.