Ah but it might attract people from out of the town which could in turn attract more business which leads to inward investment which is what you want to happen isn't it?

The only way that site will make money is possibly by having a casino there, I want it to be a good thing for the town like an ice rink etc but it wont happen as people wont make their money back. You can say what you want about casinos but they do make a lot of money.

Also we have a brothel on the marina and a strip club so its the final piece in the chav jigsaw

errr compo, just so i know, this erm brothel, where is it?

just so i can tell people like

What about a car auction house failing that an indoor car park for the tall ships charging a £10 a day!!! Cause you just know its gonna pee down all weekend!!!

I though I mentioned this a while ago on here. There is lots of reading material in our bog while having a dump one day was reading the daily sport my flatmate bought and in the back glanced at the listings for the massage parlours. it had a massive advert for hartlepool marina and a number its in the flats above vibes apparently.

Cue Mr Yubep legging it down the marina in an 'aroused' state, clutching his piggy bank and sweating likle a Turkish docker.

He can only do what any elected official can do; make it attractive for investors. Trouble is there ain't any investors at the moment so I guess you have the choice of doing something or doing nothing. If it can be used for something, whatever that might be then its the better option.

As for the money; the Mayoral salary is decent but not spectacular. Given the accountability and grief the job should pay a lot more. It's essentially a middle management wage for a CEO job. He earns roughly the same as me and believe me, my responsibilities are a fraction of his.

I'd like to see it turned into offices

I'd like too see it turned into a discount shopping mall with a cafe at the back.

That would work that.

:refusingtobitetojuvenilehumoursmileythingy:

can i borrow a tenner

Oh yeah??

And you in the cludgie as well??

You're nicked mate!!

we also have a rang of "jazz" mags, nuts and zoo everything a man needs.

it's not really easy to see what kind of new businesses would invest in the town, because of the problem of transport links.

What's that got to do with Manny fags?

Everyone needs an escape route.



whatever manny fags might be

Perhaps we could persuade some of the North Sea ferries to use our facilities rather than those around the Tyne, as we are only 40 mins from Newcastle, 20 mins from Durham and an hour fron York and whitby quite a lot of the touristy bits are very accessible. Thw towns motto is ' from out of the sea came industry' or something like that. Just focus on a different industry. I think we are also one of the few deep water berths in the area so maybe even larger cruise type ships instead of Newcastle.

that is a brilliant idea, i have always wondered why we dont have a ferry would bring a lot of money and tourists to the town.

It's a nice idea. Would you do it though, if you were a business? Bearing in mind the costs of starting up in a 'new' port, when there were already facilities you could use near-by?

It's true that many places like Durham and Newcastle are close by, but it's not at all easy to get to them, and any time you want to travel south from Hartlepool by public transport, there's the long dreary trek to Darlo first.

I wish the town could be rejuvenated. It's pretty depressing seeing it so down, compared with how it used to be.

For 70k a year its not bad.
Attend a few meetings blah blah blah.
It cant be that difficult a job. I dont see much change from 10 years ago.
Its X 7 the peanuts he was earning in garlands.
If chip can afford to go to a casino on garlands wage i'd like to know what drugs he's selling
And you're not doing bad urself for a raggy lad from Jutland Road

indoor go kart track

new bus depot?

Turn half of it into Social Services and Benefits offices because if it's going to be a casino that's what will be needed.

I see quite a bit of change - the majority for the worse. I would rather SD DID say he wanted a casino and that he was going ALL out to get one here than to make suggestions and let hot air for the sake of it.

I would like to see a bit of passion from the bloke, at least the people from smog land get that from Ray Mallon. SD was a brilliant H'angus but he has been a rubbish mayor.

No mate, it made me laugh. Wasn't it supposed to be funny

we used to have one of them and it died a death, too overpriced.

I think a winning idea would be some sort of Dinosaur world exhibition, I wonder where that idea came from

quote="The Lightning Tree"]

Oh come on.

And go back through my posts to find out the last time I have criticised him

A long long time ago.

He gets paid good money.

I'd like to see some results.

If he got results he'd get my vote.[/quote]


He can only do what any elected official can do; make it attractive for investors. Trouble is there ain't any investors at the moment so I guess you have the choice of doing something or doing nothing. If it can be used for something, whatever that might be then its the better option.

As for the money; the Mayoral salary is decent but not spectacular. Given the accountability and grief the job should pay a lot more. It's essentially a middle management wage for a CEO job. He earns roughly the same as me and believe me, my responsibilities are a fraction of his.[/quote]

For 70k a year its not bad.
Attend a few meetings blah blah blah.
It cant be that difficult a job. I dont see much change from 10 years ago.
Its X 7 the peanuts he was earning in garlands.
If chip can afford to go to a casino on garlands wage i'd like to know what drugs he's selling
And you're not doing bad urself for a raggy lad from Jutland Road [/quote]


I see quite a bit of change - the majority for the worse. I would rather SD DID say he wanted a casino and that he was going ALL out to get one here than to make suggestions and let hot air for the sake of it.

I would like to see a bit of passion from the bloke, at least the people from smog land get that from Ray Mallon. SD was a brilliant H'angus but he has been a rubbish mayor.[/quote]

Regarding changes in the town, I was chatting to a girl from work earlier (I work out of town) and she stated she had been to Hartlepool yesterday after apparently being told the town had changed for the better and there were excellent shopping facilities.
Anyway, after about 20 minutes there (and she stated Hartlepool was one of the worst shopping towns she had ever been to) her and her hubby decided to pop to Asda before heading off home.
Her hubby popped in the mens for a slash and seconds later came rushing out and said someone had dropped a log in the urinals!!!
She has vowed never to set foot north of the A689 ever though I have tried to assure her not all of us have a shit in the pee bowl.

Mind, if she had asked me first I could have saved her the petrol!!!

Yes cos the toilets in boro and stockton are amazing aint they!!!

Boro town centre toilet stink of piss and have a security guard on them.

And he's a fucking wimp if the sight of a shit makes him run out of a toilet

Yeah but the shopping in Boro is excellent

concurring

I wouldn't know about that, obviously you are referring to the former Cleveland County Council?

People are always going to shop where there is more choice. And Boro is a hundred times better than here.

Can anyone on here tell me what shops they actually use in Hartlepool on a regular basis (not including the supermarkets).

I do like Newcastle and York but they are a bit far out.

i was there tuesday, coldest place in the world.

pubey loves home bargins

i'm more of a poundland fan mr compo

get shaving gel from there, wax, face scrub, sweets for the youngun, got a book for my dad, bandage for the sore ankle, paracetomol for the hangovers, red bull for the gin, maltesers for the mrs, milk for the cereal, tuna for the lunch, crisps for the snacks, few little daft toys for the kids, my 3 year olds party plates and stuff also from there...

YOU NAME IT THAT PLACE HAS BUGGERING WELL GOT IT!!!

Does "ey he's right though isn't he" still have a market stall?

I seen him there once selling a single boot...

I work in Stockton, and it has got to be one of the worst places in the country to live, it probably has better shops than Hartlepool, but so what? does the shopping experience qualify it as a great place to go and visit or whatever, I dont think so. The same can be said for Boro, although it is slightly nicer than Stockton, if only because of its large parks and better housing, in the main. It is also true Hartlepool has a shit shopping centre and is populated by lots of chavs, like our neighbours in Teesside, but it is still, IMO a good town as it has many saving graces....a casino would be a great addition and provide a welcome boost to the towns economy Ice skating rink, come off it who is going to invest in something like that If you want a reason as to why not, just look at our bowling alley for a comparison, it would end up exactly the same, run down, scruffy, losing money.....

So a casino would be more popular than an ice rink ? Hardly !!!

'excellent'...? so you are either very easy pleased .... or don't get about much Toxic on Tees is as depressing as fook, one time I regularly had three hours to kill there midweek and after a visit to HMV, Waterstones and ...er, that's it, I still had two hours to kill... an excellent place to shop .... if you've previously spent your whole life in a Bulgarian mountain village with one shop that sells candles, bear baiting accessories and pigs trotters.
An ice rink .... it would be crowded out for a fortnight then enter a slow spiral into dereliction..

I like Boro too, the shoppping centres are rubbish but they have a couple of shops that sell some very nice clothes. Psyche and Triads are great shops.

I like Sunderland for shopping too.

So you're breeding.

Yubep was right about you

I won't sleep tonight..... ... and boro is still a dump.

when our lass and the bairn used to go to the town shopping they were down there for hours but used to come back with nowt,me i'am lucky if i spend 10 minutes there and that is counting the time waiting to be served

In reality the building is a purpose built retail unit though time has proved it is not fit for purpose. The town has been left with a white elephant. The council are reluctant to approve alterations to the building as it would vindicate the naysayers who were opposed to the development in the first place ( though I appreciate its a bit more complicated than that).

I know that some 12 months ago a local entrepreneur ( i really do use the term lightly) had the bright idea of turning the place into a live music venue and a 'centre for learning' with workshops etc . His proposals didnt get very far though I believe he managed to rope in a few dignitaries along with some professionals required to get the job off the ground. The reasons why the scheme didnt take off are pretty obvious given 2 mins thought.

A casino might be a good idea though. Any tvvat who professes to spend 50k a year on gambling should be chucked in the dock wearing his limited edition concrete adidas forest hills.........

He didn't say he LOSES 50k per year though.