Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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(from today's Argus online)
'West Pier Trust chief executive Geoff Lockwood said Noble's opposition would only make the trust more determined to achieve the restoration it had planned for 30 years.
He said: "The vast majority of people are now even more determined to achieve the restoration."
In his latest report to the board, Mr Lockwood said a final restoration package would be produced by September and passed to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
During that time, the development contracts would be put out to tender.
He said: "There is no doubt whoever hired the criminal underworld to fire the pavilion and the concert hall has succeeded in denting our public support.
"The struggle to restore the West Pier has shifted from assessments of its economic viability into a battle with forces determined to undemine or frustrate democratic decisions by unacceptable methods. It has become a matter of public morality." '
'West Pier Trust chief executive Geoff Lockwood said Noble's opposition would only make the trust more determined to achieve the restoration it had planned for 30 years.
He said: "The vast majority of people are now even more determined to achieve the restoration."
In his latest report to the board, Mr Lockwood said a final restoration package would be produced by September and passed to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
During that time, the development contracts would be put out to tender.
He said: "There is no doubt whoever hired the criminal underworld to fire the pavilion and the concert hall has succeeded in denting our public support.
"The struggle to restore the West Pier has shifted from assessments of its economic viability into a battle with forces determined to undemine or frustrate democratic decisions by unacceptable methods. It has become a matter of public morality." '