the sun went down on the headland

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

today

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:35 pm

Looks like an improvement!!

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:42 pm

It used to be a good pub, but not for a long time.

My sister used to live in one of the row of houses next to the Sun.

She's moved upmarket now, to Clavering. :grin:

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

up market but down sizing clappp

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:28 pm

gremmlin wrote:

up market but down sizing clappp

You're probably right, her new house certainly isn't bigger than the old one. clappp

chimp choker · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:42 pm

I had my first clandestine CB radio meeting in the sun back in 1978...halcyon days.... come on...

parmopooly · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:00 pm

one of the old man's drinking haunts in the 70's.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Any chance they can knock the rest of it down?

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2471

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

loyal blue · **Joined:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:53 pm **Posts:** 1912

JohnnyMars wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

Of course the HEadland has a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. They are all linked through family in one way or the other. In and another word made from wheat springs to mind

clappp

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2471

loyal blue wrote:

JohnnyMars wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

Of course the HEadland has a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. They are all linked through family in one way or the other. In and another word made from wheat springs to mind

clappp

Now you come to mention it, they do look a bit cross-eyed and lantern-jawed in those old pictures...

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:19 am

I've always thought the Headland to be a dump..................is it actually getting worse? I wouldn't have thought that possible.
That footbridge they're on about building needs to have guards on it, we don't want the buggers getting loose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wink:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

loyal blue wrote:

JohnnyMars wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

Of course the HEadland has a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. They are all linked through family in one way or the other. In and another word made from wheat springs to mind

clappp

...and from where do you 'originate'...?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

TickhillPoolie wrote:

I've always thought the Headland to be a dump..................is it actually getting worse? I wouldn't have thought that possible.
That footbridge they're on about building needs to have guards on it, we don't want the buggers getting loose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wink:

... if only we all lived in South Kensington like you eh...?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Easy to tell where your from then...

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

Yubep wrote:

Easy to tell where your from then...

Well come on then, tell me, but you're gonna be wrong :wink:

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:42 pm

Snowy wrote:

Yubep wrote:

Easy to tell where your from then...

Well come on then, tell me, but you're gonna be wrong :wink:

He won't be the only one that's wrong. I don't live in South Kensington.
I don't see why where someone lives precludes him/her from having an opinion on the headland.
It is a dump............simple as. It isn't the only dump I've ever seen, but yeah, it is a dump.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

TickhillPoolie wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Yubep wrote:

Easy to tell where your from then...

Well come on then, tell me, but you're gonna be wrong :wink:

He won't be the only one that's wrong. I don't live in South Kensington.
I don't see why where someone lives precludes him/her from having an opinion on the headland.
It is a dump............simple as. It isn't the only dump I've ever seen, but yeah, it is a dump.

Iknow you don't live in South Kensington :roll:

but if you'd read it you'd see I said that it was spoilt by shit for brains planners...in parts. IT ALSO HAS IT'S NICE PARTS, the Headland is a good location and there are good parts...it has a rather more interesting vista than some God foresaken village in Yorkshire :razz:

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:35 pm

Snowy, you have an opinion on the headland and so have I.The thread has nothing to do with either South Kensington or any of Yorkshire's villages. Bringing in other places doesn't stop the headland being a dump.
Try and stick to the point.................just for once. :razz:

Jonny · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:49 pm

JohnnyMars wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

Oh come on - who the hell is / was ever gonna come to Hartlepool to go to the headland? And if it was a tourist attraction (not that it wver would or could be) - people would be complaining about the amount of tourists.

Lets get back to the real world - the headland is a bit shit just like thousends of other places.....

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

Jonny wrote:

JohnnyMars wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Every building of character is slowly being removed, only planners could turn an historic area like the headland into a fooking glorified council estate in the space of sixty years...give it ten years...St Hildas will be a Kebab shop with a giant elephants foot kebab rortating on top of the church tower. :roll:

Sad, but very true Snowy. When you look back at those old pictures of the Headland it looked like a bustling little community with an atmosphere of its own. It would have been a great tourist attraction if it had been kept how it was.

Oh come on - who the hell is / was ever gonna come to Hartlepool to go to the headland? And if it was a tourist attraction (not that it wver would or could be) - people would be complaining about the amount of tourists.

Lets get back to the real world - the headland is a bit shiit just like thousends of other places.....

The 'real world'...a place where you are indeed a tourist. :roll:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

TickhillPoolie wrote:

Snowy, you have an opinion on the headland and so have I.The thread has nothing to do with either South Kensington or any of Yorkshire's villages. Bringing in other places doesn't stop the headland being a dump.
Try and stick to the point.................just for once. :razz:

Aw, not the old get back to the point line.... :roll:

Jonny · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:56 am

Snowy - You make me laugh sometimes :laugh:

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:39 am

Jonny wrote:

Snowy - You make me laugh sometimes :laugh:

Aye...and me :wink:

grabec · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:05 am

I fairly often go over to Old Hartlepool......it's one of my favourite bits of the coast anywhere in England. True there are grotty bits, around the shopping area, so, erm, you don't go to those bits, eh?

Anyway, better say no more. Will arouse the wrath of Mr Gremmlin if I encourage people to go and take a better look...he likes his peace and quiet!

UncleTom · **Joined:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:18 am **Posts:** 6

Plenty of Headland bashing going on in this thread :roll:

Cant say it's any worse than some other parts of the town we could list (waits for the backlash!)

I await a 'warm' welcome to the board :laugh:

& more importantly await a goalfest this afty.

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

grabec wrote:

I fairly often go over to Old Hartlepool......it's one of my favourite bits of the coast anywhere in England. True there are grotty bits, around the shopping area, so, erm, you don't go to those bits, eh?

Anyway, better say no more. Will arouse the wrath of Mr Gremmlin if I encourage people to go and take a better look...he likes his peace and quiet!

one of the worlds best kept secrets so leave me in my calm tranquil heaven
so i applaud tickhill for his anti promotion comments probably done from afar that keeps the likes of him out of my space
you have to live here to appreciate its finer points but hey keep them to your self and let him live in suburbia with all the rest of the also rans

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:00 pm

if anybody says they wouldn't want one of those Victorian four storey houses looking over the Town Wall, they are liars.
Let's face it, a house in Dykey or the Manor is so much more des res, eh?

Frodraff · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:45 pm

I'm with the pro headland side here. I go back to Hartlepool and make a beeline for the Headland everytime to see if it's being looked after. (If anyone says as long as you don't make a beeline for the Vic they can bugger off but thats another story). Last time I was there I met a bloke and his wife wandering round doing exactly the same. (I knew she wasn't from Hartlepool cos she was sat doing the cryptic crossword in the Telegraph). A bout of nostalgia broke out including the memories of thrashing of Bolton by Pools years ago...... was it 10-1.....was it Bolton.

And yes those big houses with painted walls would do for me only rivalled by those houses with the big window seats on the front at Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

one for fodroff

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:58 pm

its tobermory :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37311

I go down every night and just marvel at the sea in all its moods, take a couple of sketches or just watch the sea and sky ....pity they're gonna build a fookin big wind farm in the sea off Redcar and ruin the view down the coast, climate change dontcha know.... :roll:

Frodraff · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:58 pm

gremmlin wrote:

one for fodroff

Faaantastic! Almost ready to sell up and move back.

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

ah but there is a queue you have to join

Salty · **Posted:** Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:17 pm

Frodraff wrote:

And yes those big houses with painted walls would do for me only rivalled by those houses with the big window seats on the front at Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

impecable taste young man

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