[News] Newhaven divided.

[beorhthelm]

I remember the Newhaven of the 70's, the High Street then was pretty dire, but I agree the one way system just bypassed the town and my wife assures me it is horrible there.

and having the main road go through would help? you can drive in to the shopping area, as i recall its terribly laid out and miserable. actually quite alot of space in there though, could pull it down and make a nice shopping centre.

 

[Notters]

and having the main road go through would help? you can drive in to the shopping area, as i recall its terribly laid out and miserable. actually quite alot of space in there though, could pull it down and make a nice shopping centre.

The plan is to close the southern part of the ring road and have all the traffic go round the northern part.

Indeed. Perhaps even something like Gunwharf Quays (which I'm amazed they've never really done at Brighton Marina).

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

The thought of him expecting Newhaven to be good on the strength of the wonders of Seaford made me laugh before I even noticed your book title reference.

A Tale of Two Sh*theaps?

Absolute rubbish regarding Seaford. It's a very nondescript little middle class town but is in no way a shitheap. Great beach, wonderful location.

 

[GT49er]

Ho Chi Minh worked on the bloody Newhaven Dieppe ferry! Why is this not more widely known? It's like discovering Fidel Castro once had a part time job on the Palace Pier ghost train. This is by far the greatest fact I've learned in many, many weeks.

Indeed. Almost on a par with Adolf Hitler working as a painter and decorator in Liverpool I would say (although the locals would probably be less enthusiastic about a memorial, I would think).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Indeed. Almost on a par with Adolf Hitler working as a painter and decorator in Liverpool I would say (although the locals would probably be less enthusiastic about a memorial, I would think).

What makes you think Newhaven residents are enthusiastic about Ho Chi Minh?

 

[GT49er]

What makes you think Newhaven residents are enthusiastic about Ho Chi Minh?

The thread title. 'Divided' - implies that some are for, and some against..............

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The thread title. 'Divided' - implies that some are for, and some against..............

The article states that is the case but the article isn't accurate.

 

[BlockDpete]

Went on the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry last month. Plus I'm off to Vietnam at the end of October.

If I take my ferry ticket stub, will I be treated like a hero of the revolution, or something?

 

[GT49er]

The article states that is the case but the article isn't accurate.

Well, you did ask me what made me think (some) Newhaven residents are enthusiastic about Ho Chi Minh, and the correct answer to that is, obviously, the article which I read.

 

[Stato]

Absolute rubbish regarding Seaford. It's a very nondescript little middle class town but is in no way a shitheap. Great beach, wonderful location.

Newhaven isn't really either, but Dickens never wrote a book called the 'Tale of one nondescript little middle class town and one traditional port town which has suffered from under investment, displacement of established employers and absentee landlords charging extortionate shop rents that have forced businesses out of the town centre', so I had to use poetic license to make the gag work.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Newhaven isn't really either, but Dickens never wrote a book called the 'Tale of one nondescript little middle class town and one traditional port town which has suffered from under investment, displacement of established employers and absentee landlords charging extortionate shop rents that have forced businesses out of the town centre', so I had to use poetic license to make the gag work.

Point taken. Incidentally, Seaford must have had something going for it as Dickens frequently visited the town.

 

[AZ Gull]

Someone once told me that Newhaven, was cursed by a gypsy who swore that nothing begun there would ever be a success. Thanks Mum & Dad, nice location for a conception.

Is the gypsy's curse still effective, in your personal experience?

 

[Stato]

Point taken. Incidentally, Seaford must have had something going for it as Dickens frequently visited the town.

But then he was born in Portsmouth. Anywhere must have seemed an improvement.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I worked for Bevan Funnell in Newhaven from 1973-75
The town centre was a dump then and even more so now

 

[Stato]

Is the gypsy's curse still effective, in your personal experience?

I believe that Barry Fry has the cure: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/apr/25/the-knowledge-football-curses

Not sure where the four corners of Newhaven are, but I'm sure that at least one of the locals must have left their scent in them.

 

[Taybha]

Slightly off topic but whos been turning all the wheelie bins in Newhaven and now branching out into Peacehaven into Minions ?

Good effort

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What makes you think Newhaven residents are enthusiastic about Ho Chi Minh?

Well I can tell you we're wild about him in Mid Sussex. Why, I'm sipping tea out of my HCM mug as I type.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I was told that Newhaven was always known as the asshole of Sussex, allegedly

 

[BN9 BHA]

Not having a one-way system that diverts everyone away from the shopping centre (which has pedestrianised streets lined with empty shops). I'd say that the one-way system is the single biggest reason for Newhaven having sod all going for it.

This and as others have said no free parking.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Slightly off topic but whos been turning all the wheelie bins in Newhaven and now branching out into Peacehaven into Minions ?

Good effort

Seen them next to bus stops in Peacehaven and Newhaven, also seen a photo of one on the Rottingdean pond island.