Archive for 'harbour' Category
South Quay Suitable for Supermarket?
10 March 2010—————————————————————————————————————————
ING’s press release states (full text at hayle.net):
Marcel Kooij, Managing Director at ING Real Estate Development UK Ltd commented: “ING confirms its continued commitment to the regeneration of the historic harbour. South Quay remains the most appropriate site overall in planning terms for the foodstore and this first phase of development.”
ING [...]
Hayle Harbour Development
16 May 2008On Thursday, 15 May 2008, the outline planning application for the harbour development was advertised in the Cornishman – the clock is now ticking.
The public exhibition at Foundry Square opened the same day and runs until Saturday, 17 May.
Although the exhibition could only focus on the big picture, there were plenty of people on [...]
Plus ça change …
1 April 2007The editors of the Hayle Pump were cleaning up last week following a move from the upper (leaking roof) floor to the ground floor and handed me a set of Pumps from the early days.
Volume 1, Number 1 is dated December 1994 and I read with some interest the subjects covered 13 years ago. Here are some:
The [...]
Sic Transit
14 December 2006Towering over the towans for almost 75 years, the 4 westernmost 132,000 Volt pylons in Cornwall have finally toppled.
A view showing the cables crossing the chalet park
After the pylons were removed.
The pylons recommence in the far distance on the left.
Harbour Development and the Swing Bridge
17 November 2006I have been concerned, inter alia, about one aspect of the harbour development, the construction of a new bridge across Copperhouse Pool which would land on the listed quay at Hayle Terrace. In discussions with the ING architect, Mike Franklin, I was told that ING was unable to purchase the swing bridge so that [...]