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OK... I am a pretty patient person but what on earth is taking so long!? Its not like they are building a new shopping centre... In fact I think the improvements to Morpeth have happened in less time than its taken to lay some new pavements I hate to sound like a whinger... but if Elliots garage, the old school, the red lion, dun cow, Johnsons shoe shop, booze busters (and now I hear the blue bell is closing) again aren't sorted out, I fear that all the work will be in vein. The worst of the lot is Elliots... I know planning permission has been knocked back before, but something has got to be done before this down ends up looking like Wallsend in the 1980's! So... any ideas or views?

Just wanted to start a Verdi's Appreciation thread! Verdi is a gorgeous little restaurant, where the food is always top notch and the banter is class =D and it's not too expensive!!!!

All we need now is for all the good people to turn up on the night. Lets have a good turn out folks. Only part of the job done, now we have to show tremendous support for what we asked for and were granted. Cheers.

Yes the shock nearly had me though!

Snow what snow i thought it was my eyes going again.......

Are you OK now Merlin

Ah well if they only eat lawn mowers then there allrigh they would be able to produce matal sheet

Fifty miles an hour! If I had one of them I could throw the exercise bike in the bin. How long can they keep running at that speed Brian?

Sorry Pete maybe i panicked i had a cuppa and a lay down i feel fine now :blink:

I think the old infants school has a willing and able developer. It's just all the official BS (and jobs-worths) around these days. One layer of regulation after another! The news pages here tell us there is a public enquiry on the infants school rescheduled for 15th December, but the public won't be able to speak. What kind of nonsense is that? It's quite ridiculous to apply the same planning standards to our town that are applied to highly prosperous leafy suburbs in the South East. That's enshrining the very inequality that has plagued us for decades. The kids think they live in a dump - see recent post elsewhere here - but they can't see things from the perspective of history. Our town is a victim of both the major parties. Ignored by Labour because it's an easy prey to their politics of envy and state-dependence economy, and ignored by the Tories because it's a no-hoper as far as votes go. Other places play smart in the political game, we have played the dumbest game of all time! There is a glimmer of hope, but it's from the youngsters and sadly not from my own generation. They have to stop listening to their parents distorted view of the world and start using their own heads. A hard call when the education system promotes mediocrity, and rewards conformity of thought.

The end of the world is nigh or summick