Make A Fast Food Resteraunt For Teenagers In Bedlington. Restaurant

[Andy Brown]

Some 'thing' would be good, Bedlington has nothing to entice anyone here, unless you need to sue a bad hairdresser with a takeaway fetish.

On the back of this, my daughter is keen to join the younger version of the Brownies (Called Rainbows) but can't find a local meet for them anywhere, do any parents know of any local meets ?

I've had a look round on Google etc, but no success.

Cheers

[Merlin]

I'm gonna book a few long sessions in the suntan shop that Andy mentions before my next depression fuelled visit to the Job Center. If I can persuade the wife to follow a few steps behind me wearing a Burkha [she can soon run one up on the sewing machine], I might just get a little more respect and someone might just take an interest in me and give me exactly what I am entitled to and actually do what they are trained to do and help me get back to work. A couple of prospetive employers have told me that even though I am better qualified for the job, they have given it to someone who is long term unemployed because of the incentives available for employing them. So, if the sun tan shop in the station can make sure that there are plenty of shillings in the leccy meter, I'll be along shortly

So very true! Where's the dole scum when you need them! And I'm not on about the people who claim benefits!!!!!!!

[Andy Brown]

Andy,

Seen you at the Bedlington Partnership meeting tonight? 6.30pm Sally Army.

Unless we, as a community, take the responsibility on for trying to get the facilities and amenities we feel we deserve then............

Serious propostion to the original poster of this thread (and anyone else who wants to jump in), how's about a place just to hangout (alcohol free) for under 18's, with amusements, pool table(s), food on offer ??

I'm trying to get another business off the ground, but after talking to the wife about this issue, she asked 'Well why don't you do something ?', to be honest, why the hell not ??

I'm looking at suitable locations, licenses, feasability etc.

I don't think we need a fast food restaurant in Bedlington, we need something to do not just for the youngsters, but for everyones sake and sanity !!

So when's the next meeting ??

[Keith Scantlebury]

Serious propostion to the original poster of this thread (and anyone else who wants to jump in), how's about a place just to hangout (alcohol free) for under 18's, with amusements, pool table(s), food on offer ??

I'm trying to get another business off the ground, but after talking to the wife about this issue, she asked 'Well why don't you do something ?', to be honest, why the hell not ??

I'm looking at suitable locations, licenses, feasability etc.

I don't think we need a fast food restaurant in Bedlington, we need something to do not just for the youngsters, but for everyones sake and sanity !!

So when's the next meeting ??

It has been tried before Andy. Anyone reading this that is over a certain age will remember the Domino was open on a Sunday night for the under 18's. It was run by the same staff that were on duty on Friday and Saturday nights so that they would recognise anyone going on a Sunday trying to get in on other nights. There was the YM Monday to Friday. The thing is, no matter what is made available to teenagers it wont be enough. Generations of teenagers ,[myself and some of you reading this,included] have hung around on street corners because "there is nothing else to do" and this generation are doing the same , so will the next and so on, crying the same story nothing else to do. There is a building in the station that would be ideal for Andy's plan [the wife had the same thoughts a few years ago] It has a bar , kitchen ,dining area etc. It went on the market about 10 - 11 years ago and never sold [asking too much for it] it was taken off the market and is now standing there going to wreck and ruin. Some local authorities around the country would force the owners of such buildings to bring them up to scratch or the council would compulsory purchase them. The thing is Andy, you have the right idea and it will work as long as you can keep it fresh , the minute they get bored with it you will hear the same old story, nothing else to do.

[Andy Brown]

It has been tried before Andy. Anyone reading this that is over a certain age will remember the Domino was open on a Sunday night for the under 18's. It was run by the same staff that were on duty on Friday and Saturday nights so that they would recognise anyone going on a Sunday trying to get in on other nights. There was the YM Monday to Friday. The thing is, no matter what is made available to teenagers it wont be enough. Generations of teenagers ,[myself and some of you reading this,included] have hung around on street corners because "there is nothing else to do" and this generation are doing the same , so will the next and so on, crying the same story nothing else to do. There is a building in the station that would be ideal for Andy's plan [the wife had the same thoughts a few years ago] It has a bar , kitchen ,dining area etc. It went on the market about 10 - 11 years ago and never sold [asking too much for it] it was taken off the market and is now standing there going to wreck and ruin. Some local authorities around the country would force the owners of such buildings to bring them up to scratch or the council would compulsory purchase them. The thing is Andy, you have the right idea and it will work as long as you can keep it fresh , the minute they get bored with it you will hear the same old story, nothing else to do.

Hi Keith, I know what you mean, is the building you're on about the old Keenleysides building, cos I was looking at that very one earlier. I thing the key here is to ask the kids directly what they want to do. For example I've been to the little pizza shop at the Station, or rather tried to as the amount of kids dumping their bokes outside then monopilising the inside was ridiculous and made it near impossible to get in and order the said pizza. They are bored, they have nothing to do but they aren't imaginitive enough to do anything other than stand on street corners, ride their lightless bikes and annoy the general public 'cos there's nothing to do or anywhere to go', and is this largely because of the satellite towns having all the stuff Bedlington wants ? Leisure centres, the dreaded fast food joints ???

And yes I do seem to remember the Domino opening for youngsters, although the clientele which frequented on Friday and Saturday were the same mental age (I was one of them)

[Keith Scantlebury]

Hi Keith, I know what you mean, is the building you're on about the old Keenleysides building, cos I was looking at that very one earlier. I thing the key here is to ask the kids directly what they want to do. For example I've been to the little pizza shop at the Station, or rather tried to as the amount of kids dumping their bokes outside then monopilising the inside was ridiculous and made it near impossible to get in and order the said pizza. They are bored, they have nothing to do but they aren't imaginitive enough to do anything other than stand on street corners, ride their lightless bikes and annoy the general public 'cos there's nothing to do or anywhere to go', and is this largely because of the satellite towns having all the stuff Bedlington wants ? Leisure centres, the dreaded fast food joints ???

And yes I do seem to remember the Domino opening for youngsters, although the clientele which frequented on Friday and Saturday were the same mental age (I was one of them)

Building I am on about Andy is the old Jakes bar, it is already set up but dear knows what sort of state the inside is now. Probably the the most obvious place to use [ at least initially to see how it would work] is the residents association next to K/sides. It is ideal, old folk and meetings through the day, kids at night [ anything that gets broke the kids are bound to get the blame though]. It already has kitchen/toilets etc. After all the place is for residents, so why cant the teens get some benefit from it as long as they are properley supervised. Seems as if it is just used for old folk and councillors to use and the odd neighbourhood cop meeting but as I said the kids are residents too.

[Andy Brown]

Building I am on about Andy is the old Jakes bar, it is already set up but dear knows what sort of state the inside is now. Probably the the most obvious place to use [ at least initially to see how it would work] is the residents association next to K/sides. It is ideal, old folk and meetings through the day, kids at night [ anything that gets broke the kids are bound to get the blame though]. It already has kitchen/toilets etc. After all the place is for residents, so why cant the teens get some benefit from it as long as they are properley supervised. Seems as if it is just used for old folk and councillors to use and the odd neighbourhood cop meeting but as I said the kids are residents too.

Wouldn't like to see the inside of there in a hurry, it's been standing empty for so long (Actually it's the only pub I've never been into in Bedlington). And I like the idea of the residents association being used, but as you say it's the kids which will get the blame and this is something that needs to stop, as long as they are being made to be undervalued then they will behave in that fashion, they ARE residents but they need something to do as well.

[Pete]

It has been tried before Andy. Anyone reading this that is over a certain age will remember the Domino was open on a Sunday night for the under 18's. It was run by the same staff that were on duty on Friday and Saturday nights so that they would recognise anyone going on a Sunday trying to get in on other nights. There was the YM Monday to Friday. The thing is, no matter what is made available to teenagers it wont be enough. Generations of teenagers ,[myself and some of you reading this,included] have hung around on street corners because "there is nothing else to do" and this generation are doing the same , so will the next and so on, crying the same story nothing else to do. There is a building in the station that would be ideal for Andy's plan [the wife had the same thoughts a few years ago] It has a bar , kitchen ,dining area etc. It went on the market about 10 - 11 years ago and never sold [asking too much for it] it was taken off the market and is now standing there going to wreck and ruin. Some local authorities around the country would force the owners of such buildings to bring them up to scratch or the council would compulsory purchase them. The thing is Andy, you have the right idea and it will work as long as you can keep it fresh , the minute they get bored with it you will hear the same old story, nothing else to do.

Keith you mention the YM, if was not for the YM and Moscies cafe there would have been no where for my genaration to go at night but thankfully these places existed and kept a lot of people off the streer corners. Could somthing like that work today? I do not know its a different genaration with differnet values.

[Keith Scantlebury]

Keith you mention the YM, if was not for the YM and Moscies cafe there would have been no where for my genaration to go at night but thankfully these places existed and kept a lot of people off the streer corners. Could somthing like that work today? I do not know its a different genaration with differnet values.

something came through the door the other day. A booklet titled South East Northumberland holiday leisure programme Easter activities 18th-28th April 2011 and summer mid term 31st May- 4th June 2011. [ www.bval.co.uk ] Basically if you are a kid / teenager living in Blyth, Cramlington, Seaton Valley, Ashington, Newbiggin and Morpeth you have plenty to do inside or out and is either free or a reasonable fee is charged. If you live in Bedlington you are onto next to nowt. What is on offer is a couple of hours crap activity at Dr Pit and Gallagher Park and 3 or 4 athletic/sports sessions at the high school for which they charge £10/ session. So Pete , Moscies frothy coffee and pinball machines and the YM gym and pop bar don't seem too bad an option in comparrison.

[Merlin]

Haven't you lot realised yet, we live in no man's land. Stuff the rest of them, the people of Bedlington need to stand alone, it's the only way we will get anything, notice I say the 'people' not any of the cooncils, Parish or County. The cooncils are only interested in pocketing money, they do not have the interests of the people of Bedlington at heart! Let's by-pass them and if they don't agree well hard bloody lines they will soon get the message that we don't want or need them! They need bringing to heel, not us!

[Keith Scantlebury]

Haven't you lot realised yet, we live in no man's land. Stuff the rest of them, the people of Bedlington need to stand alone, it's the only way we will get anything, notice I say the 'people' not any of the cooncils, Parish or County. The cooncils are only interested in pocketing money, they do not have the interests of the people of Bedlington at heart! Let's by-pass them and if they don't agree well hard bloody lines they will soon get the message that we don't want or need them! They need bringing to heel, not us!

I totaly agree Merlin, the councillors are there to do what we want them to do [the majority] not glory seeking for themselves. You still seem a little agitated, are you still getting bullied off old ladies exitting the school the wrong way?

[Merlin]

:lol:

I'm just getting a bit sick of being told what is right for me when I know that it's damn not!

[bedlington bears]

I think the whole idea of fast food outlets for teenagers (in Bedlington)is a pipedream. I also think it is very unlikely that any other busisness will be falling over themselves to open a branch in Bedlington. There has been a totally astronomical hike in business rates here that is going to kill off this town for sure.

[Keith Scantlebury]

I think the whole idea of fast food outlets for teenagers (in Bedlington)is a pipedream. I also think it is very unlikely that any other busisness will be falling over themselves to open a branch in Bedlington. There has been a totally astronomical hike in business rates here that is going to kill off this town for sure.

What do you mean, "IS" going to kill this town off. The gun has already been given to Tesco and the hole has been dug

[Malcolm Robinson]

There should be something called a ''Town Plan'' being worked on. It identifies residents' concerns and aspirations and suggests ways forward for development. It is absolutely essential everyone takes part, if we ever get the chance, and put down the way they want Bedders to go in future and the bits they don't like at present.

East Bedlington Parish Council are putting questionnaires out to their residents I hope us at the Top End get the same consideration.

Course once you put stuff like this down on paper you can measure an organisations progress towards specific outcomes, benchmarking, so the likes of NCC and the smaller councils might not necessarily want to embrace the whole gambit of ambitions the residents might have!

[Keith Scantlebury]

I was watching Countryfile a week or two ago. They were looking at the effect the large supermarkets have on the town centres. It seems that the ones on the outskirts of towns have more of an adverse effect to local businesess than those that are built closer to the town centre. I think they were in Yeovil in Somerset. Morrisons have a store right in the town centre. [ as does MORPETH and BLYTH]. Apparrently Morrisons worked very closely from the begining with all the town centre business owners to see how best they can exist together, right down to the free use of the supermarket car park. A local butcher was interviewed, he said that he was living quite happily with Morrisons in Yeovil, the majority of his customers have stayed with him. Morrisons have actually brought people back into Yeovil town centre and kept the place alive. He also has a shop in Exeter. Tesco built a new store not too far away from his shop and business has very quickly been lost to the supermarket and now, along with his neighbours, his business in Exeter is to close after many years trading . Is Bedlington now going to be a one shop town, as it were. It certainly seems that way looking at the ammount of empty shops [oh, we have a coffee shop coming]. It seems that Morrisons can move into a town centre and co-exist quite happilly with the locals, while Tesco wants to take over the whole shebang, rake in the dosh and bollix to the locals.

[Merlin]

Hold on there Keith we've just got another shop opened on the front street, FISHY FEET, I hope it works, honestly, but if people want to sniff fishy feet to abate their fetish they can come round to mine and sniff my feet.......for a small consideration ......of course! :dribble: Or have I got the wrong end of the stick Mwhaha Mwhaha

[John Fox (foxy)]

Hold on there Keith we've just got another shop opened on the front street, FISHY FEET, I hope it works, honestly, but if people want to sniff fishy feet to abate their fetish they can come round to mine and sniff my feet.......for a small consideration ......of course! :dribble: Or have I got the wrong end of the stick Mwhaha Mwhaha

Afraid you have got it wrong, If you take a look Its got nowt to do with your smelly feet.

[Merlin]

well silly me :dribble:

[John Fox (foxy)]

well silly me :dribble:

Well at least your man enough to admit when your wrong!!

[bettyboo]

Hi Keith, I know what you mean, is the building you're on about the old Keenleysides building, cos I was looking at that very one earlier. I thing the key here is to ask the kids directly what they want to do. For example I've been to the little pizza shop at the Station, or rather tried to as the amount of kids dumping their bokes outside then monopilising the inside was ridiculous and made it near impossible to get in and order the said pizza. They are bored, they have nothing to do but they aren't imaginitive enough to do anything other than stand on street corners, ride their lightless bikes and annoy the general public 'cos there's nothing to do or anywhere to go', and is this largely because of the satellite towns having all the stuff Bedlington wants ? Leisure centres, the dreaded fast food joints ???

And yes I do seem to remember the Domino opening for youngsters, although the clientele which frequented on Friday and Saturday were the same mental age (I was one of them)

hiya andy i think i no the litte pizza shop your talking about nd if i'm not mitaking everytime its cold /wet the shop is packed out, i think my dad (keith above) will confirm that a few years ago my mum and i went to the council, police etc to try and put forward the idea of opening jakes bar as a youth club/after school club offering somewhere warm and safe with entertainment and refreshments only to be told there was not a need for anything like this, if your still interested in trying to set some thing up i would be willing to join forces with you as i think there is a REAL NEED!!!

[Merlin]

Well at least your man enough to admit when your wrong!!

WRONG? ME! NEVER! :dribble:

:lol: :lol:

[Monsta®]

just thought this might be of interest!

[Keith Scantlebury]

just thought this might be of interest!

Tried it Monsta mate, the fish didn't survive for long afterwards

[Merlin]

Here's how important Bedlington stands in the eyes of our so called saviours of Bedlington, Tesco...CLOSED...Morrisons.... CLOSED! An' you lot still think THEY will bring new business to this forgotten Ghost Town? I don't think so! Wake up and smell the roses! To get what I needed today I had to leave Bedlington, as per usual. Morrisons don't want to be here and Tesco have absolutely no intention of extending whatsoever, a pipe dream if there ever was!

To get back to outlets for kids or even just some new outlets, the people who own these premises to let must, I repeat, must reduce their rents and introduce some incentives to attract new business's, instead of wringing their hands with glee at the exorbitant rent prices they have set for new business's to set up! Don't think for one minute that I am talking out the top of my head! I was involved with a business that had premises on the Front Street, the first premises was owned locally, we moved to another premises owned by some people in London. Why? Simple really, rent! We moved to premises four times the size for about half the rent charged by local landlord. Sorted, yes.... not so, enter the the next set of blood sucking morons, the local cooncil! I ain't going there, but put it this way we AIN'T there any more! NUFF SAID!!!!