Category Archives: Developments

Middle class government handout joy

Posted on April 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Unrestrained joy here at Blogger HQ as news filters down that SWRDA, the laughably inept regional development quango for the south west, has decided to subsidise the ‘creative industries’ in Bristol to the tune of £6m. The beneficiaries of this … Continue reading →

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In the Post

Posted on April 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Local public sector PR consultant now mooonlighting for the Evening Post, Maurice Fells, semi-coherently rambles his way through a list of pubs due for demolition in today’s paper. He says: “… in Parson Street, the Enterprise Inn has been locked … Continue reading →

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Space… The final insult

Posted on April 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

This was The Enterprise. The Parson Street boozer was quietly demolished a few months ago and it is now a building site. The pub is the latest victim of this apparently pious ‘we’re all middle class now’ Blairite era where … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference (again)

Posted on April 3, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

l-r: sketch and reality This is a good one. On the left we have a sketch courtesy of architects Atkins Walters Webster of what is supposed to be happening to the old Bristol and West HQ on Broad Quay. The … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference

Posted on April 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The top picture is a sketch provided to councillors and members of the Development Control (North) Committee in November 2004 as part of the planning application for Redland Green School. The committee, desperate to dish out yet another public subsidy … Continue reading →

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The Chocolate Factory

Posted on March 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Greenbank resident Flowerdahlia has posted a load of photos to Flickr of the empty Packer’s Chocolate Factory. The factory was shut last last year by owners Elizabeth Shaw when they moved the last of their manufacturing operation overseas. The building, … Continue reading →

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