coventrygull
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coventrygull
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I had stayed at the Grand a couple of times before. The last time was the Fat Boy Slim do. So has been a few years. The price was worth it before but not now. Shame
I don't think it was The Grand. I may be wrong though. Great Film, Great Book
You are correct
Just checked the book and their meeting was in The Cosmopolitan
from my seaview room in The Grand. Its gone down a bit hasn't it.
Why would you pay for that overpriced dump when Brighton has loads of great hotels, with seaviews, if thats your thing...
coventrygull
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Why would you pay for that overpriced dump when Brighton has loads of great hotels, with seaviews, if thats your thing...
The Mrs likes the seaviews being a Cov kid and all that. We have tried a few others with seaviews. They are all a bit crap but I suppose they are a bit cheaper
I remember there being a good view from the Ramada hotel near the Bandstand when I was in their conference room in the top floor. My attention kept drifting in the meeting and I kept just looking out to sea instead!
coventrygull
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I will check that one out in future. I wonder what the rooms are like?
It seemed fairly well kept as a general building when I was in there for the meeting, which was four years back.
It struck me as a place that was pleasant without being ostentatious. Plus it's right by Uncle Sams so I was able to pop off for a quick burger once the meeting finished
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Agree. Nice wide open public space, as is the pedestrianised area in New Road by the Theatre Royal. Reckon that's the way forward and what with the creeping squeezing out of the private car in favour of widening the pavements being snuck in by the council, then reckon won't be too long before we have a fully pedestrianised town centre to be proud of.
And yes dougdeep, I do appreciate that will pose problems for delivery drivers. But I don't care.
Dont back on it with pro-car Mears in charge.
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
The Grand was my first job after leaving Hotel Management college in 1965. Second assistant manager, 7 quid a week!
And what a dump it was then, it was under a compulsory purchase order and was in a hell of a state!
And what a dump it was then, it was under a compulsory purchase order and was in a hell of a state!
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Brighton HAS changed since I last lived there, the main thing being the people. I think there are alot less born and bred Brightonians in Brighton than there ever used to be.
Blimey if you think Brighton's a bit shabby now you should have seen it back in the 1980s when in was little more than a decaying slum. The only bit really showing its age is the Brighton Centre / Top Rank complex. For the rest, especially places like the seafront broadwalk, the station, the marina, Churchill Square, New Road, the library, the pedestrianised areas - they've all improved immeasurably over the last 20 years. Even the pier's not THAT bad.
It IS a bit crowded mind this weekend, and crowds bring litter which obviously doesn't enhance the place. And chewing gum should be banned.
Pro-car? Are you having a laugh? Brighton Council are a lot of things but they are NOT 'pro-car'.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Pretty sure I read somewhere that the council qualify for substantial grants from the EEC for taking measures to cut the number of pedestrian traffic deaths in town and that their policy is to switch the balance from giving priority to the car to at least giving pedestrians equal priority. Quite right too, its the way forward and will make the town a much more pleasant environment to mooch around in.
Oh in the town centre I 100% agree. It's just that the current strategy seems to be anti-car (narrowing the roads, providing more bus lanes and restricting parking) and nothing else (high bus and taxi fares, no Park and Ride, etc). I read somewhere that the number of bus journeys in Brighton has increased - and so has air pollution. Hopefully it will have penetratred even the thickest skull that the current wishful-thinking policy of "Lets make driving and parking in Brighton more difficult and hope that people use the expensive, private diesel-powered buses instead" really isn't working.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Reckon the diesel-powered buses problem is a short term one. Shouldn't be beyond the wit and wisdom of the council to devise ways of forcing the bus company to invest in more environmentally-friendly fuel consumption. And the bus company seems pretty much on the ball and would probably go down that route voluntarily, seems to me.
As for making 'driving and parking in Brighton more difficult', well the town's just not designed for the volumes of trafffic. Never has been. Agree a proper Park and Ride scheme is long overdue, but IMHO the council are nudging things in the right direction. Probably having been given encouragement by local residents filling in the occasional transport surveys that drop through the letterbox. The feedback to the surveys undoubtedly gives the council the mandate to push foward plans for further pedestrianisation. Hoorah!
Oooh I'd love to get a survey, I'd love to tell the useless bastards what I thought of them. I agree that Brighton (like a lot of British cities) wasn't designed for cars, but one of the problems is people circulating the deliberately-narrowed streets looking for somewhere to park. Why do they do it? Because they know there IS parking and if they search hard enough they'll find a space. Simply making it hard doesn't stop people doing it any more than explaining the odds on the National Lottery stops people buying tickets. And, speaking from experience, if you've got a family of four it's cheaper to drive and take your chance than it is to go on the bus. 'Nudging in the right direction' is a typical fudge: they should either provide adequate in-city car parks and make them easy to get to (as opposed to Park and Ride) or remove ALL the car parks and on-street parking and ban cars completely from the city centre. I'll support either policy, but the current gutless fudge falls between two stools.
your not wrong,i left london working for one of the best chefs in the world at the time,for promotion to the grand,just after the bombing,worse decision of my life,shocking and the way they treated their staff was a joke.Saying that,i now supply thm bread and rolls,so i know they have quality now lol
NMH
Banned
I think your right. After 20 odd years up here. I think I have turned Northen
Tell us about your palatial abode oop north then, why doncha?
(thinks; "herd of Wildebeast sweeping majestically across the plains.....")
pasty
A different kind of pasty
I didn't know many of the chefs, but I worked there in room service shortly after it re-opened. October-ish 1986 I started. Think the Head Chef back then was Ivan somebody?