[Sussex] Artisan, Shoreham

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PascalGroß Tips

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Back in the day, Mrs B (who wasn't Mrs B then) lived in Brighton and I was in SBS. We almost moved to a one-bed flat in Brighton, mainly because it was in Brighton and we were young and more exciting back then. Because the process was taking months, we looked back in SBS and we could get a three-bed house for the same money. It was a no-brainer and, three houses later, we're still here.

I ran around the place this morning and thought about this thread and the comments on it. Yeah, I get the opposition to the development and concerns about overcrowding, but I can easily lose myself in the relative quiet of the beach, the downs, or even – at times – the riverbank. Wandering near the airport brings the added bonus of a view of the training ground in the distance

Is that peeking around the warehouses 😜

When I walk over there now, I go down to the country park loop where you can get very close to the training ground. I then go back across the new roundabout via the various crossings, past the entrance to the college and then back via the new shared pathway back underneath the flyover to rejoin the Toll Bridge. Makes for a lovely decent walk.
 




Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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Is that peeking around the warehouses 😜

When I walk over there now, I go down to the country park loop where you can get very close to the training ground. I then go back across the new roundabout via the various crossings, past the entrance to the college and then back via the new shared pathway back underneath the flyover to rejoin the Toll Bridge. Makes for a lovely decent walk.
Ha, no I quite literally take the high ground. Plus when you've walked about 100m or so down the path the PANETTONE building are long forgotten...

Yeah, that's a nice walk, apart from being so close to the A27 for a stretch, with little protection (at the moment).
 


tedebear

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Is that peeking around the warehouses 😜

When I walk over there now, I go down to the country park loop where you can get very close to the training ground. I then go back across the new roundabout via the various crossings, past the entrance to the college and then back via the new shared pathway back underneath the flyover to rejoin the Toll Bridge. Makes for a lovely decent walk.

Tis a lovely walk indeed...I change between that one, and being a pretend estate agent along the board walk to the fort....I just can't help myself peering into peoples houses, I know its wrong but its fascinating how those houses have just exploded in size...there is a coffee van down near the fort too run by Richard Durrant and his family called the Pollinator, haven't tried it, but have heard good things...
 


PascalGroß Tips

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Tis a lovely walk indeed...I change between that one, and being a pretend estate agent along the board walk to the fort....I just can't help myself peering into peoples houses, I know its wrong but its fascinating how those houses have just exploded in size...there is a coffee van down near the fort too run by Richard Durrant and his family called the Pollinator, haven't tried it, but have heard good things...
Yes … we do have some lovely walks on our doorstep. Have been to the Pollinator a few times. And walking along the boardwalk you will pass the house that Georginio lives in 👍
 








LamieRobertson

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Tis a lovely walk indeed...I change between that one, and being a pretend estate agent along the board walk to the fort....I just can't help myself peering into peoples houses, I know its wrong but its fascinating how those houses have just exploded in size...there is a coffee van down near the fort too run by Richard Durrant and his family called the Pollinator, haven't tried it, but have heard good things...
I do the same when passing those 3/4(?) storey houses fronting the river in that stretch between the toll bridge and Ropetackle ….it would be rude not too look 😉
 






tedebear

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I do the same when passing those 3/4(?) storey houses fronting the river in that stretch between the toll bridge and Ropetackle ….it would be rude not too look 😉

Yes, me too!:cool: Salt Marsh Road....Interestingly 3 are currently for sale for the bargain price of £975k or thereabouts.....always puzzled me the one that has an awning with some sort of logo about dachshunds....
 


PascalGroß Tips

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Ohh like ted I’d didn’t know that one…..u can DM us with further details incl house number …when he’s likely to be in 😉
This is it about 9 months ago on Google Maps while still having work done. I travel with one of his next door neighbours on Seagull Travel to home games. They’ve shaken hands across the garden fence in the back garden 😂
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tedebear

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This is it about 9 months ago on Google Maps while still having work done. I travel with one of his next door neighbours on Seagull Travel to home games. They’ve shaken hands across the garden fence in the back garden 😂View attachment 197105
Oh that one! We walked past with the dog the other day, I think I mumbled something about it looking like a museum of modern art! Oops!
 




Greg Bobkin

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I do the same when passing those 3/4(?) storey houses fronting the river in that stretch between the toll bridge and Ropetackle ….it would be rude not too look 😉
You can tell which one it is just by the cars out the front!
 












The Clamp

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As a mere JCL (only 46 (nearly 47) years living in Shoreham-by-Sea, I haven't seen as much development in the town as some people on here. And I'm probably in the minority that I don't really have an issue with it. I was part of the admin team for one of the town's FB groups for a while and got both bored and frustrated with the constant repetition of the same old moans about 'too much development', but also people complaining that the town is dying and needs more people. Posters clearly not making the link between the two.

Then there were people moaning about the new developments (this is probably at the time of the extension of Ropetackle and early plans for the Brighton Road buildings) who, themselves, lived in areas that had ALSO been redeveloped (herb estate, Middle Road, to give two examples).

And as for needing the services to cope with the extra people, that all comes in time. I know for a fact that there is plenty of capacity in at least two of the primary schools in the area and the others have the space to take people on. That's even if the people moving here have kids! And I've lost count the number of times I've been down to Pond Road health centre and seen empty waiting rooms. So there IS the capacity (clearly not in all cases), but a lot of people are quite happy to swallow the narrative that we are full up?

As for the appearance of the flats? Who cares? I'm assuming wherever the people complaining live are happy there and don't live DIRECTLY in the eyeline of these places, so how does it affect them? That was another moan on the FB group – some old bellend living in North Shoreham, who ventured along to, say, B&Q once in a blue moon, complaining that the town was going to be 'overcrowded'. When asked how it would affect them, they couldn't give a reasonable answer.

Congestion? I've said time and time again (probably on this thread – I CBA to check), but when I worked at Halfords in the mid-90s, there was a constant stream of cars along Brighton Road, exactly the same as there is now. The fact that more people work from home, or are hybrid working – plus the development of the A27 – means that it is probably no different and maybe even better.

I just simply can't get worked up about things that are relatively irrelevant to me and I can't do much about. I ADORE this town and can quite easily lose myself in it just wandering around, without being mortally offended by the buildings, the people, the traffic or anything else that I come into contact with.

Sorry – this turned much more ranty than I had originally planned. But at least me gets my fingers warmed up for a whole load more stuff I need to write today.

Peace and love, fellow SBSers xx
I think you are in denial.

Shoreham is still lovely, no doubt. I love the town. I lived there for years before moving to Lancing.

I still do all my socialising in Shoreham and shopping, cafes etc.


But it is being overdeveloped.
 
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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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I think you are in denial.

Shoreham is still lovely, no doubt. I love the town. I lived there for years before moving to Lancing.

I still do all my socialising in Shoreham and shopping, cafes etc.


But it is being overdeveloped.
In denial about what?
 




zefarelly

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I don't think Shoreham is over developed, it's being redevloped . . .the problem is the balance of homes to infrastructure.

homes are more compact/smaller, there are more of them, lots more, and they're being built on what was industrial land .. . . . where the hell does everyone work?

Thsats before you consider schools, doctors, dentists, a decent supermarket in town, roads and a proper cycle path East/west.
 
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LamieRobertson

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I don't think Shoreham is over developed, it's. Being redevloped . . .the problem is the balance of homes to infrastructure.

homes are more compact/smaller, there are more oif them, lots more, and they're being built on what was industrial land .. . . . where the hell does everyone work?

Thsats before you consider schools, doctors, dentists, e decent supermarket in town, roads and a proper cycle path East/west.
You could add the balance of the developments as well ..just 1/2 bed flats as far as I am aware
 


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